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A Song

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All that a man may pray,     Have I not prayed to thee?     What were praise left to say,     Has not been said by me     O, ma mie?     Yet thine eyes and thine heart,     Always were dumb to me:     Only to be my part,     Sorrow has come from thee,     O, ma mie?     Where shall I seek and hide     My grief away with me?     Lest my bitter tears should chide,     Bring brief dismay to thee,     O, ma mie?     More than a man may pray,     Have I not prayed to thee?     What were praise left to say,     Has not been said by me,     O, ma mie?

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