| Maybe ashfields and brine will grow flowers rare
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| Time and sweet columbine will brighten the air
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| And all of the sorrows and tears you have known
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| Will be cinders in sea where a blossom has grown
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| Far from ashfields and brine
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| Turn till the north winds blow through your face
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| Ask and you’ll find a calm peaceful place
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| A clear running stream and a forest of pine
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| A morning for dreams and an evening for wine
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| Far from ashfields and brine
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| Come when the autumn burns through my land
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| And let its flame feel warm to your flame
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| Stay by my side while winter comes on
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| You may leave in the spring when the memories are gone
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| Of the ashfields and brine
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| Love all the summer pale, free, and warm
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| Heed now the calm of the gathering storm
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| Barren and bitter my last tears will be
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| From the smoke of the fire and the spray of the sea
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| Leaving ashfields and brine
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| Ashfields and brine will grow flowers rare
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| Time and sweet columbine will brighten the air
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| All of the sorrows and tears I have known
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| Will be cinders in sea where a blossom has grown
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| Far from ashfields and brine |