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Silently, silently, did they embrace,
Tenderly, tenderly, face illumed face,

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Deliciously beam'd her sweet passionate eyes:
Fondly confiding the maiden's embrace.
Woe for the prize of love easily won!
Dark is the nightfall that follows the day.
Silently, silently, did they embrace,
Gloomily, gloomily, face shadow'd face,
Despairingly gleam'd her sweet sorrowful eyes:
Sadly, despairingly, did she embrace.
Hastily flies the love easily won!
Summer has gone and the winter is grey.