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Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.

VI. Human Experience

Conscience and Remorse

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)

“GOOD-BYE,” I said to my Conscience—

“Good-bye for aye and aye;”

And I put her hands off harshly,

And turned my face away:

And Conscience, smitten sorely,

Returned not from that day.

But a time came when my spirit

Grew weary of its pace:

And I cried, “Come back, my Conscience,

I long to see thy face;”

But Conscience cried, “I cannot,—

Remorse sits in my place.”