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From 'My Heart's Fit To Break' by Lady Caroline Lamb (1785 - 1828) |
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My heart's fit to break, with no hope for love in sight |
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As I gaze up above at the stars that fill the night |
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A frail blanket of jewels strewn across the sky |
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Each star a memory of a life that's gone by |
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They will fade like the dreams of our pleasures and youth |
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They will fade like the promise of honor and truth |
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My heart's fit to break, yet no tear fills my eye |
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As I gaze on the moon, and the clouds that flutter by |
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The moon shines so fair, she reminds me of you |
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Like the clouds that obscure her, I darken the view |
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They will pass like the dreams of our pleasures and youth |
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They will pass like the promise of honor and truth |
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And bright thou shalt shine when the shadows are gone |
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All radiant, serene, unobscur'd, and alone |
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(Alone now) |
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They will pass like our dreams |
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All radiant, serene |
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They will pass like our dreams |
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All radiant, serene |
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Stars that fill the sky |
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Clouds that flutter by |
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All radiant, serene |
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A million fragile dreams |
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And alone |