Canción

^{translated from the Spanish by George Ticknor}

O Love, I never, never thought
    Thy power had been so great,
    That thou couldst change my fate,
By changes in another wrought,
Till now, alas! I know it.

I thought I knew thee well,
    For I had known thee long;
    But though I felt thee strong,
I felt not all thy spell.

Nor ever, ever had I thought
    Thy power had been so great,
    That thou couldst change my fate,
By changes in another wrought,
Till now, alas! I know it.