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In Spring of youth it was my

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To haunt of the wide world a spot

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The which I could not love the less So love - ly was the lone - li - ness

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2005, by Nathan Shirley - www.NathanShirley.org
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Of a wi - ld lake,with black rock bound, Andthe t - all pines that tower'd a -

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But
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when the Night had thrown her pall U-

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And the mys -tic wind went
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pon that spot, as u - pon all,
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To the ter - ror of lake.
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A fee - ling not the je - welled
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mine Could teach or bribe me to de-fine Nor love al - though the Love we -re

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Whose so - li - ta - ry soul could make
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An E - den of
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