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LILY.
Little Lily, darling Lily,
Lily with the golden hair!
Folks will think me very silly;
But I'll cry, and let them stare—
Cry, and let them think me silly,
Now I journey far from Lily.
Lily with the golden hair!
Folks will think me very silly;
But I'll cry, and let them stare—
Cry, and let them think me silly,
Now I journey far from Lily.
She is but a tiny maiden,
Idly playing on the hearth;
I a man with bosom laden,
Laden with the cares of earth.
Yet all cares I can unladen,
Save one for this little maiden.
Idly playing on the hearth;
I a man with bosom laden,
Laden with the cares of earth.
Yet all cares I can unladen,
Save one for this little maiden.
She is like a hoarded treasure—
Joy of joys when in our eye;
Out of sight, a fearful pleasure,
Lest our wingèd riches fly.
Riches is a sorrow'd pleasure,
Absent from my little treasure!
Joy of joys when in our eye;
Out of sight, a fearful pleasure,
Lest our wingèd riches fly.
Riches is a sorrow'd pleasure,
Absent from my little treasure!
Why should Absence weep for Lily,
When in thought we are so near?
Ah! we only know the silly,
Partial meaning of a tear.
Tears! O do not think them silly;
They are crystal'd thoughts of Lily.
When in thought we are so near?
Ah! we only know the silly,
Partial meaning of a tear.
Tears! O do not think them silly;
They are crystal'd thoughts of Lily.
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