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Maria mia! all in white
Your fairy form against the night,
Maria!
Maria mia! in the night
Gleams like a ghost your form so slight,
Maria!
Maria mia! like a sprite
Burn those eyes in dusky light,
Maria!

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Maria mia! sweet and wise
Those darkling, deep, Italian eyes,
Maria!
Maria mia! starry skies
Hold no such brightness as those eyes,
Maria!
Maria mia! turn, O turn
Those eyes away that beam and burn,
Maria!
Maria mia! when those eyes
Burn close, O close, I am not wise,
Maria!
I am not wise,
Maria!