<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373960" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Comedy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">MADAM, you bade me act a part, <br>A comedy of your devising-- <br>Forbade me to consult my heart, <br>To be sincere--or compromising. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The play was not my own device, <br>My stage-struck youth lies far behind me; <br>And yet--I thought it would be nice <br>To play the part that you assigned me. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Thus have I learned my rôle so well <br>That, as I play, you question whether <br>Fate has not taught your jest a spell <br>To bind me to you altogether. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The truth is this: so ill I wrought <br>In mastering the part you gave me, <br>That now 'tis tyrant of my thought, <br>And nothing in the world can save me! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Between me and my work, your face, <br>In haunting fashion, daily lingers; <br>Your eyes make mine their dwelling place <br>Your dream-hand thrills my idle fingers. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Through death-white nights I dream of you-- <br>Of what might move, and what has moved you-- <br>Ah! no! There's nothing you can do!... <br>...It's not as though I really loved you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edith+Nesbit">Edith Nesbit</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373960" data-title="A Comedy de Edith Nesbit" data-description="MADAM, you bade me act a part, A comedy of your devising-- Forbade me to consult my heart, To be sincere--or compromising. The play was not my own device, My stage-struck youth lies far behind me; And yet--I thought it would be nice To pl..."></div> </div> </div>

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