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REMEMBER ME, AND FORGET ME.
To thee I pray, to thee I sue,
Remember and forget me too,—
If ever I thy heart could move,
Remember—and forget me Love!
Remember and forget me too,—
If ever I thy heart could move,
Remember—and forget me Love!
When none beside are sweetly near,
To answer back thy smile or tear;
When none beside companion thee,
Dearest, Oh! deign remember me.
To answer back thy smile or tear;
When none beside companion thee,
Dearest, Oh! deign remember me.
When bowed with melancholy hours,
A wanderer 'mid forsaken bowers,
With none to love, and none to bless,
Call upon me in thy distress.
A wanderer 'mid forsaken bowers,
With none to love, and none to bless,
Call upon me in thy distress.
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When thou would'st seek, and seek in vain,
Some solace for thy heart's sick pain,
And that the thought a balm might be,
Oh! then remember love and me.
Some solace for thy heart's sick pain,
And that the thought a balm might be,
Oh! then remember love and me.
When thou hast little need of aught
To soothe thy heart, tò cheer thy thought,
Amid the noisy haunts of men,
Forget me—Oh! forget me then.
To soothe thy heart, tò cheer thy thought,
Amid the noisy haunts of men,
Forget me—Oh! forget me then.
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