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SMILE AND NEVER HEED ME.
Though, when other maids stand by,
I may deign thee no reply,
Turn not then away and sigh,—
Smile and never heed me!
If our love, indeed, be such,
As must thrill at every touch,
Why should others learn as much,—
Smile and never heed me!
I may deign thee no reply,
Turn not then away and sigh,—
Smile and never heed me!
If our love, indeed, be such,
As must thrill at every touch,
Why should others learn as much,—
Smile and never heed me!
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Where's the use that they should know
If one's heart beat fast or slow?—
Deepest love avoideth show,—
Smile and never heed me.
Let our hearts, like stars of night,
Shunning day's intrusive light,
Live but for each other's sight,—
Smile and never heed me.
If one's heart beat fast or slow?—
Deepest love avoideth show,—
Smile and never heed me.
Let our hearts, like stars of night,
Shunning day's intrusive light,
Live but for each other's sight,—
Smile and never heed me.
Even if, with maiden pride,
I should bid thee quit my side,
Take this lesson for thy guide,—
Smile and never heed me!
But when stars and twilight meet,
And the dew is falling sweet,
And thou hear'st my coming feet,—
Then—thou then—may'st heed me!
I should bid thee quit my side,
Take this lesson for thy guide,—
Smile and never heed me!
But when stars and twilight meet,
And the dew is falling sweet,
And thou hear'st my coming feet,—
Then—thou then—may'st heed me!
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