Song

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1. The linnet in the rocky dells,
2. The moor-lark in the air,
3. The bee among the heather bells
4. That hide my lady fair:
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6. The wild deer browse above her breast;
7. The wild birds raise their brood;
8. And they, her smiles of love caressed,
9. Have left her solitude!
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11. I ween, that when the grave's dark wall
12. Did first her form retain,
13. They thought their hearts could ne'er recall
14. The light of joy again.
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16. They thought the tide of grief would flow
17. Unchecked through future years;
18. But where is all their anguish now,
19. And where are all their tears?
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21. Well, let them fight for honour's breath,
22. Or pleasure's shade pursue--
23. The dweller in the land of death
24. Is changed and careless too.
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26. And, if their eyes should watch and weep
27. Till sorrow's source were dry,
28. She would not, in her tranquil sleep,
29. Return a single sigh!
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31. Blow, west-wind, by the lonely mound,
32. And murmur, summer-streams--
33. There is no need of other sound
34. To soothe my lady's dreams.