 | The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay |  |
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NEVER AGAIN.
I
Will I love thee? Ah yes! but the love which I knew,Ere Falsehood had clouded thy Truth's sunny blue,
A flower in the desert—a joy in my pain,
Will cheer my sad spirit, oh, never again!
II
The rose has been gather'd, the tune has been sung,And roses have perish'd and harps are unstrung;
And I'll feast on the odour and hear the sweet strain,
To cheer me in sadness, oh, never again!
III
I will cling to thy fortunes and cherish thee still,And stay by thy side through all sorrow and ill;
But Youth's early passion one falsehood has slain,
And Time can revive it, oh, never again!
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