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Interludes and Undertones, or, Music at Twilight

By Charles Mackay
Mackay, Charles (1814-1889)
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III. POOR LIZZIE!

(An Unromantic Romance.)

You swear I loved you dearly once—
Perhaps! my pretty Lizzie;
But then was then—and now is now:
I'm busy—very busy!
You'd like to have a thousand pounds!
Good girl, your brain is dizzy!
But mine is calm, and knows the world:
I'm busy—very busy!
You'll try your rights! you'll go to law!
Your lawyer's clever! Is he?
Well! give the man my best respects,
I'm busy—very busy!
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