EDITH TO MORTON.
"Had he died, I would have lamented him; had he proved false, I would have forgiven him: but a traitor to his country, I will tear him from my heart!"—Old Mortality.
If thou hadst died, I would have wept
With sorrow o'er thy tomb,
And sought the fairest flowers of earth,
To shed their early bloom
With sorrow o'er thy tomb,
And sought the fairest flowers of earth,
To shed their early bloom
Around thy lowly resting-place;
I would have wept with tears,—
And pain, and sorrow, grief, and care,
Had made up all my years.
I would have wept with tears,—
And pain, and sorrow, grief, and care,
Had made up all my years.
