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AH! LOOK NOT THUS UNKINDLY.
I.
Ah! look not thus unkindly now,Fling not my hand in pride away;
The cloud is on thy heart, thy brow,
But there it must not, shall not stay!
Ah, no!—No! no!
If love hath power it shall not stay!
II.
There's not a bliss thy heart hath known,But it hath suffer'd mine to share;
Wrong me not now, when joy hath flown,
Denying me to feel thy care!
Ah, no!—No! no!
Deny me not to feel thy care!
III.
Fling off the shadow of thy grief,And all thy secret wo reveal;
My heart would seek from thine relief,
Still taught by thee to love and feel!
Ah, yes!—Yes! yes!
Still teach me how to love and feel!
IV.
Then look not thou unkindly now,Fling not my loving hand from thine,
But let me share, with love, the care
That glooms the soul so dear to mine,
Ah, yes!—Yes! yes!
Thy grief as well as joy be mine!
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