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When Other Friends.

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When other friends are round thee,      And other hearts are thine--     When other bays have crowned thee,      More fresh and green than mine--     Then think how sad and lonely      This doating heart will be,     Which, while it beats, beats only,      Beloved one, for thee!     Yet do not think I doubt thee,      I know thy truth remains;     I would not live without thee,      For all the world contains.     Thou art the start that guides me      Along life's troubled sea;     And whatever fate betides me,      This heart still turns to thee.

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