And all the charms of face or voice Which I in others see, Are but the recollected choice Of what I feel for thee.
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I love the lone green places where they beAnd the sweet clothing of the Maple tree.
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Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares.
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'Tis heard in Spring
When light and sunbeams, warm and kind,
On angel's wing
Bring love and music to the mind.
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If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.
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He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well.
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The present is the funeral of the past, And man the living sepulchre of life.
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