Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay
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“The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall.”
“Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.”
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“Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings!”
“Surely 't is better, when summer is over To die when all fair things are fading away.”
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“She wore a wreath of roses, The night that first we met.”
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“The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me.”
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“I'd be a butterfly; living a rover, Dying when fair things are fading away.”
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“Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Prolonged absence makes the heart forget.”
“Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be.”
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“Oh, pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep.”
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“Friends depart, and memory takes them To her caverns, pure and deep.”
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“Why don't the men propose, Mamma? Why don't the men propose?”
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