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Till The End.

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I should not dare to leave my friend,     Because -- because if he should die     While I was gone, and I -- too late --     Should reach the heart that wanted me;     If I should disappoint the eyes     That hunted, hunted so, to see,     And could not bear to shut until     They "noticed" me -- they noticed me;     If I should stab the patient faith     So sure I 'd come -- so sure I 'd come,     It listening, listening, went to sleep     Telling my tardy name, --     My heart would wish it broke before,     Since breaking then, since breaking then,     Were useless as next morning's sun,     Where midnight frosts had lain!

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