A Difference

First "in my heart? Why, she is all my heart.
There is no other;
Tho' I in her esteem have but a part,
And many a brother,

"First in my love? I have no other love
Nor recollection.
Yet many names are writ my name above
In her affection.

"First" in my life? Tell me that she must die—
My life is over!
Tell her that I am dead— she'll give a sigh
For her old lover.