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Shall I lye down & dye without complaining or shall I suffer the sighs of a broken heart to the man who has given to that heart the greatest joys & the most bitter sorrows it has ever known? --Answer me one question oh Cronstadt beloved of my soul! Am I thy wife or thy -- ? I gave up my right to thy company, I would have foregone every enjoyment, every advantage for thee -- If thou hast taken thy love from me & given it to another -- if I am only an incumbrance to thee & thou wishest to be rid of me -- wait one moment longer & -- forgive me, thou whom my soul loveth above all things that this world can show as an object of desire -- there is yet one more wish in this broken heart --
