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The sunsets fall and the sunsets fade,     But still I walk this shadowy land;     And grapple the dark and only the dark     In my search for a loving hand.     For its here a still, deep woodland lies,     With spurs of pine and sheaves of fern;     But I wander wild, and wail like a child     For a face that will never return!     And its here a mighty water flows,     With drifts of wind and wimpled waves;     But the darling head of a dear one dead     Is hidden beneath its caves.

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