I LOVED YOU


I loved you, and I probably still do,


And for awhile the feeling may remain;


But let my love no longer trouble you,


I do not wish to cause you any pain.


I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew,


The jealousy, the shyness -- though in vain --


Made up a love so tender and so true


As may God grant you to be loved again


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