 | The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay |  |
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“I LOVE MY LOVE.”
I
What is the meaning of the songThat rings so clear and loud,
Thou nightingale amid the copse—
Thou lark above the cloud?
What says thy song, thou joyous thrush,
Up in the walnut-tree?
“I love my Love, because I know
“My Love loves me.”
II
What is the meaning of thy thought,O maiden fair and young?
There is such pleasure in thine eyes,
Such music on thy tongue;
There is such glory on thy face—
What can the meaning be?
“I love my Love, because I know
“My Love loves me.”
III
O happy words! at Beauty's feetWe sing them ere our prime;
And when the early summers pass,
And Care comes on with Time,
Still be it ours, in Care's despite,
To join the chorus free—
“I love my Love, because I know
“My Love loves me.”
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