My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst been
If we had never met.


To my Wife, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret To think more happy thou hadst been If we had never met.

My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret To think more happy thou hadst been If we had never met.

My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret To think more happy thou hadst been If we had never met.

My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret To think more happy thou hadst been If we had never met.