TESTO DEL LIED

"I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago"
di Helen Maude Francesca Bantock (von Schweizer) (1868-?)

I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago.
Thou loved'st another more than me,
Scornful wert thou, none like to thee.
Me thou forgettest -
As thou wilt -
Thou art nought to me.
I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago.
In the hereafter shall I be remembered,
But thou shalt die, nor live in memory,
For thou didst not gather the roses of Pieria;
Alone and obscure thou shalt wander,
Even in the house of Hades,
Flitting among the shadowy dead.
I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago.