'T were vain to tell thee all I feel,
Or say for thee I'd die.
Ah, well-a-day, the sweetest melody
Could never, never say, one half my love for thee.


'T were vain to tell, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

J. Augustine Wade Quotes

'T were vain to tell thee all I feel, Or say for thee I'd die. Ah, well-a-day, the sweetest melody Could never, never say, one half my love for thee.

'T were vain to tell thee all I feel, Or say for thee I'd die. Ah, well-a-day, the sweetest melody Could never, never say, one half my love for thee.

'T were vain to tell thee all I feel, Or say for thee I'd die. Ah, well-a-day, the sweetest melody Could never, never say, one half my love for thee.

'T were vain to tell thee all I feel, Or say for thee I'd die. Ah, well-a-day, the sweetest melody Could never, never say, one half my love for thee.