To Love Thee Was the Easiest Task
Amelia Alderson Opie
1769 to 1853
To love thee was the easiest task
Affection ever taught me;
But now I'm forced with smiles to mask
The woe that task has wrought me.
I saw thee fond, and thought thee true,
And swiftly flew my hours;
But oh! I wove a wreath of rue,
Which I mistook for flowers.
Then go! deceiver, haste away!
To me be lost for ever,
Since I am doom'd to hail the day
That shall our fortunes sever.
Yes, go! nor let me see again
That smile—love's treacherous token;
Lest I once more resume my chain,
And this poor heart be broken.
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