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Were all the vows I liv'd to cherish
Breath'd but to charm and then to perish?
They were like the rainbow's greeting,
Tears and smiles together meeting:
Ah! as lovely and as fleeting—
Fare thee well!
Breath'd but to charm and then to perish?
They were like the rainbow's greeting,
Tears and smiles together meeting:
Ah! as lovely and as fleeting—
Fare thee well!
I saw those eyes such softness telling,
And deem'd that truth must there be dwelling.
How could I, when gazing on thee,
Doubt the tender glance that won me,
Fly the spell that has undone me?—
Fare thee well!
And deem'd that truth must there be dwelling.
How could I, when gazing on thee,
Doubt the tender glance that won me,
Fly the spell that has undone me?—
Fare thee well!
No more thy smile or frown can move me,
The grave will be too cold to love thee:
O'er the spot where I am lying
Thou wilt hear the cold wind sighing,
To my last lament replying,
Fare thee well!
The grave will be too cold to love thee:
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Thou wilt hear the cold wind sighing,
To my last lament replying,
Fare thee well!
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