Without Disguise + 

If I have erred in showing all my heart, + 

And lost your favour by a lack of pride; + 

If standing like a beggar at your side + 

With naked feet, I have forgot the art + 

Of those who bargain well in passion’s mart, + 

And win the thing they want by what they hide; + 

Be mine the fault as mine the hope denied, + 

Be mine the lover’s and the loser’s part. + 

The sin, if sin it was, I do repent, + 

And take the penance on myself alone; + 

Yet after I have borne the punishment, + 

I shall not fear to stand before the throne + 

Of Love with open heart, and make this plea: + 

“At least I have not lied to her nor Thee!” + 