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That The Night Come

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She lived in storm and strife,     Her soul had such desire     For what proud death may bring     That it could not endure     The common good of life,     But lived as twere a king     That packed his marriage day     With banneret and pennon,     Trumpet and kettledrum,     And the outrageous cannon,     To bundle time away     That the night come.

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