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FATE.
I met her in the country
When the sun was low,
And the sky was radiant
With an amber glow.
When the sun was low,
And the sky was radiant
With an amber glow.
We played croquet together
On the school-yard ground,
Till fell the twilight shadows
And the night came round.
On the school-yard ground,
Till fell the twilight shadows
And the night came round.
“Good-night, sir!” said she softly,
As she walked away;
“We'll meet again to-morrow,
If fine be the day.”
As she walked away;
“We'll meet again to-morrow,
If fine be the day.”
Again next day I met her
In the early morn,
When heard was but the ringing
Of the hunter's horn.
In the early morn,
When heard was but the ringing
Of the hunter's horn.
With me she went afishing,
Tho' nothing was caught;
I wondered if I loved her,
Would it come to naught?
Tho' nothing was caught;
I wondered if I loved her,
Would it come to naught?
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We went to church together,
And she sang a song;
I dreamed about the singing
All the night live-long.
And she sang a song;
I dreamed about the singing
All the night live-long.
I then knew that I loved her,
And did not repine,
Because that she was promised
And never could be mine.
And did not repine,
Because that she was promised
And never could be mine.
But love I will forever,
Till we meet above;
For death can never sever
Bonds of sacred love.
Till we meet above;
For death can never sever
Bonds of sacred love.
The heaven bells will ring it
In their merry chimes—
“I love her!”—and be echoed
Back a thousand times.
In their merry chimes—
“I love her!”—and be echoed
Back a thousand times.
The angels all will sing it
In their melody,
That I will love her ever
Thro' eternity.
In their melody,
That I will love her ever
Thro' eternity.
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