They have told you many stories

They have told you many stories

And made a great to-do;

But why my spirit worries

Has not been told to you.

They made a stir and pother,

Complaining and shaking the head,

"A devil!" they said to each other;

And you believed all they said.

And yet the very worst thing

They never even have guessed;

For the worst and most accurst thing,

I carry hid in my breast.