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A Bygone Occasion (Song)

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That night, that night,     That song, that song!     Will such again be evened quite     Through lifetimes long?     No mirth was shown     To outer seers,     But mood to match has not been known     In modern years.     O eyes that smiled,     O lips that lured;     That such would last was one beguiled     To think ensured!     That night, that night,     That song, that song;     O drink to its recalled delight,     Though tears may throng!

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