FALSE AND TRUE
Reading edition
One said: "Here is my hand to lean upon As long as you may need it." And one said: "Believe me true to you till I am dead." And one, whose dainty way it was to fawn About my face, with mellow fingers drawn Most soothingly o'er brow and drooping head, Sighed tremulously: "Till my breath is fled Know I am faithful!" ... Now, all these are gone And many like to them—and yet I make No bitter moan above their grassy graves— Alas! they are not dead for me to take Such sorry comfort!—but my heart behaves Most graciously, since one who never spake A vow is true to me for true love's sake.