English poem
Caution
by A. Cleveland Coxe (1818–1896)
Break not tryste with tender hearts, They ask not oaths for trust; A look—a smile—to them imparts What—answered with a tear that starts, Is sealed, if thou art just!
Learn this lesson, not too late; ’Twill save some gentle eye, That often at her garden gate, Strains sight and ear to watch and wait, And droops—she tells not why.