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XI. DEAREST LOVE! BELIEVE ME.
Dearest love! believe me,
Though all else depart,
Nought shall e'er deceive thee
In this faithful heart:
Beauty may be blighted,
Youth must pass away,
But the vows we plighted
Ne'er shall know decay.
Though all else depart,
Nought shall e'er deceive thee
In this faithful heart:
Beauty may be blighted,
Youth must pass away,
But the vows we plighted
Ne'er shall know decay.
Tempests may assail us
From affliction's coast,
Fortune's breeze may fail us
When we need it most;
Fairest hopes may perish,
Firmest friends may change;
But the love we cherish
Nothing shall estrange.
From affliction's coast,
Fortune's breeze may fail us
When we need it most;
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Firmest friends may change;
But the love we cherish
Nothing shall estrange.
Dreams of fame and grandeur
End in bitter tears;
Love grows only fonder
With the lapse of years:
Time, and change, and trouble,
Weaker ties unbind,
But the bands redouble
True affection twined.
End in bitter tears;
Love grows only fonder
With the lapse of years:
Time, and change, and trouble,
Weaker ties unbind,
But the bands redouble
True affection twined.
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