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HER WAYS. |
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HER WAYS.
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When there is something to be said,In pleasure or in pain,
To brighten joy, like sunlight shed,
Or dry affliction's rain;
When she'd console, rebuke, control,
With yes, or no, as clear—
She's such a way of saying it,
'Tis pleasantness to hear.
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And when there's something to be done,At need's or duty's call—
A courtesy, a charity,
A kindness, great or small,
A daily grief that needs relief—
Whate'er the action be,
She's such a way of doing it,
She wins all hearts to see.
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But saying, doing, night or day,'Tis difficult to tell
The sweetest grace of mind or face
That marks her to excel!
She seldom breathes the love I crave,
But from her eyes divine
She's such a way of looking it,
I know that she is mine!
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