If those dark eyes have gazed on me, 
 Unconscious of their power? 
The glance in secret ecstasy 
 I've treasured many an hour. 
If that soft voice, a single word 
 Has breathed for me to hear, 
Like Heaven's entrancing airs, the chord 
 Resounded on my ear. 

And yet, alas! too well I knew 
 That love?or hope?was vain, 
The fountain whence delight I drew 
 Would end in yielding pain! 
My folly and my peace at once 
 A moment could destroy; 
It bade me every wish renounce, 
 And broke my dream of joy