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"Lydia, dic, per omnes     Te deos oro!"     I      What are the subtleties      Which woo me in her eyes      To oaths she deems but lies,     I can not tell, I can not tell,          Nor will she.      They are beyond my thought.      For when I gaze I'm nought,      My senses all unwrought,     It is not well, it is not well,          Now Lily!     II      What is the magic sweet      Which makes hot pulses beat,      A wayward tongue repeat     A name for weeks, a name for weeks          Will, nill he?      Ai me! the pleasant pain      Falls sweetly on the brain      Like some slow sunny rain,     Whene'er she speaks, whene'er she speaks          This Lily.     III      What is the witchery rare      Which snares me in her hair      So deeply that I dare,     I dare not move, I dare not move, -          Lie stilly?      In looks and winning ways      The bloom of love she lays      Like fire on all my days,     And makes me love, and makes me love          This Lily.

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