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“You will proceed in pleasure, and in pride,

Beloved and loving many; all is o’er

For me on earth, except some years to hide

My shame and sorrow deep in my heart’s core:

These I could bear, but cannot cast aside

The passion which still rages as before⁠—

And so farewell⁠—forgive me, love me⁠—No,

That word is idle now⁠—but let it go.