The Spirit Of Love Watches Over Me

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    Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream,
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    and I seek there in vain by the meadow and stream.
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    Oft I breathe out your name to the winds floating by,
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    but the sweet voice is mute to my cry.

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    In the stillness of night when the stars mightily shine,
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    my heart fondly holds a communion with thine.
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    For I feel thou art near and where e'er I may be,
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    that the spirit of love watches me.

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    Of the birds in the bower now companion I make,
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    every simple wildflower I prize for the sake.
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    Deep woods and dark clouds can now pleasure impart,
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    for the solitude suits my poor heart.

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    Thou art gone from my gaze, yet I will not repine,
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    e'er long we shall meet in a home that is thine.
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    For I feel thou art near and where e'er I may be,
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    that the spirit of love watches me.