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WILL YOU LOVE ME THEN?

Wilt thou love me when at last
We are left alone?
When the revelry is past,
And gay friends are gone?
When the shade of dulness comes
From her dreary den?
And you think of brighter homes,—
Will you love me then?
Will you love me when these eyes
All their light have lost?
When the glossy curls you prize
Show the wintry frost?
When my voice has lost its tone
Praised by flatt'ring men?
And when youth's light step is gone—
Will you love me then?