I br br For long the cruel wish I knew br That your free heart should ache for me br While mine should bear no ache for you; br For, long--the cruel wish!--I knew br How men can feel, and craved to view br My triumph--fated not to be br For long! . . . The cruel wish I knew br That your free heart should ache for me! br br II br br At last one pays the penalty - br The woman--women always do. br My farce, I found, was tragedy br At last!--One pays the penalty br With interest when one, fancy-free, br Learns love, learns shame . . .