when we two parted

• "in silence and tears"
• "Half broken-hearted"
• "Pale grew thy cheeks and cold"
• "the vows are all broken"
• "the light is thy fame"

  • reputation damaged
• "and share in its shame"

  • takes pleasure in her humiliation
• "long, long should I rue thee / too deeply to tell"

  • fell for her
  • hurt more than he is willing to admit
• "They name thee before me / A knell in mine ear"

  • she became dead to me
  • knell is a church bell rung at funerals