To the end of the trail / Richard Hovey [electronic text]
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Title
To the end of the trail / Richard Hovey [electronic text]
Author
Hovey, Richard, 1864-1900.
Publication
New York: Duffield & Company
1908
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FALSE TRUTH
OH! stab me with denial of your love,But do not torture me in this slow hellOf thoughts I dare not tell the stars above,Of fears I dare not hear the night winds tell!If this be truth, oh! tell me any lie,And I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,Build me an altar where the words may lieAnd make it my religion to believe!But let it not be truth that you should giveAccustomed kisses lest a robber lack,Not filch from Love his high prerogativeThat Mercy wear false ermine on her back!Let him be starved — and starve me if you will —But not for less than love smite love and kill!
August, 1898.
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