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Why I Love Her

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Why do I love my sweetheart?    Well          I really never tried to tell.     I love her mayhap for her smile,          So innocent and free from guile.     Perhaps I love her for her mien,          So calmly cheerful and serene;     Or it may be her silken hair,          First caught and tangled Cupid there.     And since I came to analyse;          Her chiefest beauty is her eyes.     Her mouth, too, that is Cupid's bow -          Perhaps that's why I love her so.     And now I think of it, her voice          First made my rusty heart rejoice     And then her hand -'tis my belief          It quite outvies the lily leaf.     Perhaps I love her for her ways          That blend in with the sunny days.     Tush -to be brief and plain with you,          I love her just because I do.

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