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Oh! had I ne'er beheld thee
How calm my life had flown!
As cold, as pure and tranquil
As some fair vale unknown;
How calm my life had flown!
As cold, as pure and tranquil
As some fair vale unknown;
Where never yet the footsteps
Of wand'ring man has stray'd;
That smiles in lonely beauty,
Unheeded—unsurvey'd.
Of wand'ring man has stray'd;
That smiles in lonely beauty,
Unheeded—unsurvey'd.
How cheerfully the moments
In sweet content went by,
When sorrow's cloud pass'd swiftly
Across a placid sky:
In sweet content went by,
When sorrow's cloud pass'd swiftly
Across a placid sky:
The charm of peace is broken—
Can nought its dream restore?
That sky, obscured by sadness,
Shall ne'er be cloudless more.
Can nought its dream restore?
That sky, obscured by sadness,
Shall ne'er be cloudless more.
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