Forsaken Love

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    They stood in the moonlight near by the gate,
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    “Goodbye, my darling, I know you'll wait."
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    She ceased her weeping and smiled through her tears,
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    saying," I've been true love through these long years."

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    For on tomorrow at the break of day,
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    he was to journey far far away.
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    He held her closer his promised bride,
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    and to her questions these words replied.

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“I've loved you always, yes, I've been true,
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My heart shall never be loveless for you.
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O darling believe me, far over the sea,
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through life or death, so faithful I'll be.“

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    One year passed by, he's coming home,
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    his pilgrimage over, no longer to roam.
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    And smiling, he thinks of her shining eyes,
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    shining with welcome, a glad surprise.

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    A dainty letter he takes from his breast,
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    to which his extended lips were pressed.
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    And reading once more by the warming light,
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    these words he had spoken to her that night.

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“I've loved you always, yes, I've been true,
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My heart shall never be loveless for you.
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O darling believe me, far over the sea,
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through life or death, so faithful I'll be.“

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    Once more he seeks the old garden gate,
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    but he arrives alas, alas it's too late.
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    The wedding is over, the knot is tied,
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    he finds his darling another's bride.

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    And later they found him there on the grass,
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    a pistol nearby tells what had passed.
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    A crumpled letter that explained the deed,
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    and in the pale moonlight these words did read.

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“I've loved you always, yes, I've been true,
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My heart shall never be loveless for you.
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O darling believe me, far over the sea,
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through life or death, so faithful I'll be.“