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Benedick's Song

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Though I see within thine eyes         Sudden frown of cloudy skies,         Yet I bid them "merry morn"         For they tell me Love is born.             So ha-h! with h-ha-h!             For they tell me Love is born.         Storms of mocking from thy lips         Lash me still like airy whips;         But to-day thy scorn I scorn         For I know that Love is born.             So ha-h! with h-ha-h!             For I know that Love is born.         O the hail that rattles fierce         Through my hodden cloak to pierce!         What care I if rags be torn?         Love and I are beggars born!             So ha-h! with h-ha-h!             Love and I are beggars born.

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