The Mary Hamilton Papers : Newspaper cutting: poem on unrequited love

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The Mary Hamilton Papers

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Newspaper cutting containing verses on unrequited love, beginning: 'Condemn'd unheard, unpitied to complain, | To lose the Object, yet the Wish retain, | are mine:- 'Tis yours to trifle and deceive: | 'Tis all that Friendship, all that Love can give'.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>[The verses may allude to Mary Hamilton's rejection of his offer of marriage, but they may not be by Hope himself.]</p>


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