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I GO FOR EVERMORE.
I go, but ere my steps depart,—
Before my lips pronounce thee free,—
While yet I hold thee to my heart,
That bleeds—how vainly bleeds!—for thee;
Thou hear'st my unavailing sighs,—
The hidden strife will soon be o'er;
Thou seest the tears that dim mine eyes,—
I go—I go for evermore!
Before my lips pronounce thee free,—
While yet I hold thee to my heart,
That bleeds—how vainly bleeds!—for thee;
Thou hear'st my unavailing sighs,—
The hidden strife will soon be o'er;
Thou seest the tears that dim mine eyes,—
I go—I go for evermore!
I met thee in thy earliest youth,
A meek and unassuming maid,—
The seeming light of holy truth
O'er thine enchanting aspect played;
I loved thee;—that sweet dream is past,
'Twas thine own falsehood broke the spell;
My baffled hopes expire at last,
In one despairing word—Farewell!
A meek and unassuming maid,—
The seeming light of holy truth
O'er thine enchanting aspect played;
I loved thee;—that sweet dream is past,
'Twas thine own falsehood broke the spell;
My baffled hopes expire at last,
In one despairing word—Farewell!
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