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 | Interludes and Undertones, or, Music at Twilight |  |
31
XXV. YESTERDAY.
What makes the king unhappy?
His queen is young and fair,
His children climb around him
With waving yellow hair.
His queen is young and fair,
His children climb around him
With waving yellow hair.
His realm is broad and peaceful,
He fears no foreign foe;
And health to his veins comes leaping
In all the winds that blow.
He fears no foreign foe;
And health to his veins comes leaping
In all the winds that blow.
What makes the king unhappy?
Alas! a little thing,
That money cannot purchase,
Or fleets and armies bring.
Alas! a little thing,
That money cannot purchase,
Or fleets and armies bring.
And yesterday he had it,
With yesterday it went,
And yesterday it perished,
With all the king's content.
With yesterday it went,
And yesterday it perished,
With all the king's content.
For this he sits lamenting,
And sighs, “Alack! alack!
I'd give one half my kingdom,
Could Yesterday come back!”
And sighs, “Alack! alack!
I'd give one half my kingdom,
Could Yesterday come back!”
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