They say my verse is sad no wonder Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man's.
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The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. 'Come all to church, good people' Oh, noisy bells, be dumb I hear you, I will come.
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Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.
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Look not in my eyes, for fear; They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear; And love it and be lost like me.
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There, by the starlit fences The wanderer halts and hears My soul that lingers sighing About the glimmering weirs.
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Give me a land of boughs in leaf, A land of trees that stand Where trees are fallen there is grief I love no leafless land.
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