But now I know the truth at last;

I would I knew _he_ knew the same,

To come to me from out the past

And tell me I was not to blame.

But, ah! ’tis maybe all too late:

That day of joy may never dawn;

I can no more than watch and wait,

And through the future years hope on.

J. A. M‘DONALD.

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Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, fifth series, no. 154, vol. III, December 11, 1886 · 第 4 / 4 段