They loved each other too well.

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ABROAD[42] (1834)

Oh I had once a beauteous Fatherland!
High used to seem
The oak--so high!--the violets nodded kind--
It was a dream.

In German I was kissed, in German told
(You scarce would deem
How sweetly rang the words): "I love thee well!--"
It was a dream.

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THE SPHINX[43] (1839)

It is the fairy forest old,
With lime-tree blossoms scented!
The moonshine with its mystic light
My soul and sense enchanted.

On, on I roamed, and, as I went,
Sweet music o'er me rose there;
It is the nightingale--she sings
Of love and lovers' woes there.