If I Had Thought Thou Couldst Have Died, I Might Not Weep For Thee

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If I had thought thou couldst have died,
I might not weep for thee;
But I forgot, when by thy side,
That thou couldst mortal be.
-- Charles Wolfe (1791-1823)
-- To Mary

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