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SAY NO MORE THAT LOVE DECEIVES. |
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SAY NO MORE THAT LOVE DECEIVES.
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Say no more that Love deceives;Love that's worthy of the name,
Hopes, confides, endures, believes,
In all fortune still the same,—
Born with Truth, as heat with flame.
If through the heart that Love might fill,
One thought of change or falsehood rove,
Our tongues may name it what they will;
'Tis earthly feeling,
Its taint revealing;
But, ah! we may not call it Love.
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Selfish Pleasure often wearsLove's pure garments for disguise;
And the mask that Fancy wears,
Seems like Love to careless eyes,
And Folly round Indifference flies.
But Love itself is ever true;
No guile profanes his radiant face;
His robes are of celestial hue:
From heaven descending,
O'er mortals bending,
He points to Heaven—his dwelling-place.
| The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay | |