Ma Belle

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Farewell, dear Heart! Since needs it must I go,
  Dear Heart, farewell!
  Fain would I stay, but that I love thee so.
  One kiss, ma Belle!
  What hope lies in the Land we do not know,
  Who, Dear, can tell?
  But thee I love, and let thy 'plaint be, ‘Lo,
  He loved me well!’

© Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore