SONG (THE EARLIEST WISH I EVER KNEW)
The earliest wish I ever knew
Was woman's kind regard to win;
I felt it long e'er passion grew,
E'er such a wish could be a sin.
And still it lasts; -- the yearning ache
No cure has found, no comfort known:
If she did love, 'twas for my sake,
She could not love me for her own.
The earliest wish I ever knew
Was woman's kind regard to win;
I felt it long e'er passion grew,
E'er such a wish could be a sin.
And still it lasts; -- the yearning ache
No cure has found, no comfort known:
If she did love, 'twas for my sake,
She could not love me for her own.