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.
From Hispanic Anthology: Poems Translated from the Spanish by English and North American Poets (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1920) by Thomas Walsh. This poem is in the public domain.