1. She said, "Do you mock me and kill my joy,
And stir my passions and invoke my misery?

2. And come bearing in your hands a poem,
And say in a husky voice 'my darling'?

3. How ugly is flattery when uttered
By your lips, it's like fire in my soul.

4. I've loved your ways in passion from the start,
Its shadows are my home and cradle of rest."