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19
THE WOODBINE AND THE WILD ROSE.
The woodbine and the wild rose
Enlace their fragrant charms,
The linnet sings within them,
Like Love in Beauty's arms!
Like Love in Beauty's arms, and sweet
It warbles notes within;
A song 'twould evermore repeat,
And ending, still begin!
Enlace their fragrant charms,
The linnet sings within them,
Like Love in Beauty's arms!
Like Love in Beauty's arms, and sweet
It warbles notes within;
A song 'twould evermore repeat,
And ending, still begin!
The freshness of the wild rose
Adorns my own dear girl;
Like tendrils of the woodbine
Her golden ringlets curl:
Her golden ringlets curl, and sweet
Affection sings within
A song 'twould evermore repeat,
And ending, still begin!
Adorns my own dear girl;
Like tendrils of the woodbine
Her golden ringlets curl:
Her golden ringlets curl, and sweet
Affection sings within
A song 'twould evermore repeat,
And ending, still begin!
20
Oh! would that life were ever
Embower'd in love and truth,
No wintry age to sever
The golden round of youth!
The golden round of youth, that sweet
Its circling course should win,
Still ever turning to repeat;
Still ending, to begin.
Embower'd in love and truth,
No wintry age to sever
The golden round of youth!
The golden round of youth, that sweet
Its circling course should win,
Still ever turning to repeat;
Still ending, to begin.
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