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And when the moon enrapts the streams |
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And trembles on the fen |
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A thousand years have flown it seems |
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Since then, since then |
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For if today |
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I part the veil |
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And see what time portended |
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I feel that long ago the tale |
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Was endedLittle |
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I knew in youth's enchantment |
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That it is alike absurd |
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Or to lean against a shadow |
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Or believe a woman's word |
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For if today |
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I part the veil |
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And see what time portended |
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I feel that long ago the tale |
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Was endedThough she was betrayed |
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Through empty words spoken |
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I wished she'd have stayed |
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Remain with a heart that's broken |
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For I no longer am confined |
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In that sweet country's spell |
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I have left you far behind |
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FarewellFair autumn still its breeze delays |
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Upon the springs that wail and sigh |
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And through the leaves the whisper strays |
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Of my sad dreams that now must die, die |
