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I WOULD FORGET!
Round me bright faces gently smile
As one on me once smiled—
I would forget now for awhile—
And be awhile beguiled!
As one on me once smiled—
I would forget now for awhile—
And be awhile beguiled!
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Round me fair eyes all brightly shine
As thine on me once shone,
I would forget—since why repine?
That I am all alone!
As thine on me once shone,
I would forget—since why repine?
That I am all alone!
When pleasures come—take pleasures still,
And venomed pains resign,
Oh! Heart—nor strive with stubborn will
To keep cold Sorrow thine!
And venomed pains resign,
Oh! Heart—nor strive with stubborn will
To keep cold Sorrow thine!
Round me young faces brightly smile
(As once for me did one!)
I would forget a little while
That I am all alone!
(As once for me did one!)
I would forget a little while
That I am all alone!
I would forget—I would forget—
Why brood o'er Life's harsh ill?—
Poor Heart—thou throbbing answerest yet
“I would remember still!”
Why brood o'er Life's harsh ill?—
Poor Heart—thou throbbing answerest yet
“I would remember still!”
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