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Loving Henry.

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Henry, Henry, do you love me?      Do I love you, Mary?      Oh, can you mean to liken me      To the aspen tree.      Whose leaves do shake and vary,      From white to green      And back again,      Shifting and contrary?      Henry, Henry, do you love me,      Do you love me truly?      Oh, Mary, must I say again      My love's a pain,      A torment most unruly?      It tosses me      Like a ship at sea      When the storm rages fully.      Henry, Henry, why do you love me?      Mary, dear, have pity!      I swear, of all the girls there are      Both near and far,      In country or in city,      There's none like you,      So kind, so true,      So wise, so brave, so pretty.

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