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Well-A-Day!

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Love comes and goes like a spell!     How, no one knows, nor can tell!     Now here--now there--then away!     None dreameth where!--Well-a-day!     Love should be true as the star     Seen in the blue sky afar!--     Not here--now there--like the lay     Of lutes in th' air!--Well-a-day!     Should love depart, not a tie     Binds up the heart till we die!--     Now here--now there--sad we stray     Life is all care!--Well-a-day!

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"Love comes and goes like a spell!..."

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