Part 2 — AD DOMNULAM SUAM
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Little lady of my heart! Just a little longer, Love me: we will pass and part, Ere this love grow stronger.
I have loved thee, Child! too well, To do aught but leave thee: Nay! my lips should never tell Any tale to grieve thee.
Little lady of my heart! Just a little longer I may love thee: we will part Ere my love grow stronger.
Soon thou leavest fairy-land; Darker grow thy tresses: Soon no more of hand in hand; Soon no more caresses!
Little lady of my heart! Just a little longer Be a child; then we will part, Ere this love grow stronger.
Ernest Dowson [1867-1900]