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A Merry Madrigal.

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Brightly dawns our wedding day;     Joyous hour, we give thee greeting!     Whither, whither art thou fleeting?     Fickle moment, prithee stay!     What though mortal joys be hollow?     Pleasures come, if sorrows follow:     Though the tocsin sound, ere long,     Ding dong! Ding dong!     Yet until the shadows fall     Over one and over all,     Sing a merry madrigal      Fal la!     Let us dry the ready tear;     Though the hours are surely creeping,     Little need for woeful weeping,     Till the sad sundown is near.     All must sip the cup of sorrow     I to-day and thou to-morrow:     This the close of every song     Ding dong! Ding dong!     What, though solemn shadows fall,     Sooner, later, over all?     Sing a merry madrigal      Fal la!

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