| I think of all thou art to me
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| I dream of what thou canst not be
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| My life is cursed with thoughts of thee
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| For ever and for ever
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| My heart is full of grief and woe
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| I see thy face where’er I go
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| I would alas it were not so
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| For ever and for ever
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| Perchance if we had never met
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| I had been spared this mad regret
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| This endless striving to forget
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| For ever and for ever
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| For chance it thou wert far away
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| Did I not see thee day by day
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| I might again be blithe and gay
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| For ever and for ever
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| Ah no, I could not bear the pain
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| Of never seeing thee again
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| I cling to thee with might and main
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| For ever and for ever
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| Ah leave me not, I love but thee
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| Blessing or curse, whiche’er thou be
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| Oh be as thou hast been to me
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| For ever and for ever |