<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414612" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Smitten</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I loved a maid who loved not me.<br>This was a love that could not be<br>For she was wed, though I was free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But had she been at liberty<br> I would have wooed her openly.<br>Instead I loved her secretly. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Just one of life’s small tragedies <br>There was no cure for my disease<br>I hoped through time the pain would cease.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But sadly this was not to be.<br>The fates had ruled capriciously<br> there could be no one else for me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although the lady never knew<br> my love for her was deep and true<br>I held my peace how could she do.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although I tried my best to find<br> another love. She filled my mind.<br> The snare fate fashioned well designed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lady saw me as a friend, <br> someone on whom she could depend.<br>I had no choice but to pretend</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That friendship was enough for me.<br> Although I loved her hopelessly.<br>I loved her well enough to see.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That she was married happily.<br>But I was bound by fates decree<br> to love her unrequitedly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">26-Oct-08.<br>http: //.blog.my space.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</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=414612" data-title="Smitten de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="I loved a maid who loved not me. This was a love that could not be For she was wed, though I was free. But had she been at liberty I would have wooed her openly. Instead I loved her secretly. Just one of life’s small tragedies There was no ..."></div> </div> </div>

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