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NEVERMORE
Nevermore, my dear, oh nevermore
Shall we see the faces of old days,
Never laugh as blithely as before.
Shall we see the faces of old days,
Never laugh as blithely as before.
Fools we were to catch at straws and strays
While the season proffered all its store!
We went wandering on divided ways.
While the season proffered all its store!
We went wandering on divided ways.
Such a harvest of abundant grain
We had gathered had we once been wise!
Then we laughed but now alas our eyes
Weep above the love ourselves have slain.
We had gathered had we once been wise!
Then we laughed but now alas our eyes
Weep above the love ourselves have slain.
Could it be once more! The old refrain
Rings between our long regretful sighs,
And the echo, nevermore, replies
Nellie, to our hearts that ache with pain.
Rings between our long regretful sighs,
And the echo, nevermore, replies
Nellie, to our hearts that ache with pain.
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