And canst thou have forgotten wholly

Fanny Hensel

And canst thou have forgotten wholly

How long thy heart was mine, mine solely

That small heart, so sweet, and so false, and so wee

Nought sweet, nought falser could ever be.

Canst thou have forgotten the love and anguish

Wherewith my heart oppressed did languish?

I know not if love was greater than care,

I only know how great both were.