Poem: “Without Disguise” by Henry Van Dyke

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Without Disguise

If I have erred in showing all my heart, And lost your favour by a lack of pride; If standing like a beggar at your sideWith naked feet, I have forgot the artOf those who bargain well in passion’s mart, And win the thing they want by what they hide; Be mine the fault as mine the hope denied,Be mine the lover’s and the loser’s part.

The sin, if sin it was, I do repent, And take the penance on myself alone;Yet after I have borne the punishment, I shall not fear to stand before the throneOf Love with open heart, and make this plea:“At least I have not lied to her nor Thee!”

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