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Good-Bye, Pierrette

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Good-bye, Pierrette. The new moon waits     Like some shy maiden at the gates     Of rose and pearl, to watch us stand     This little moment, hand in hand--     Nor one red rose its watch abates.     The low wind through your garden prates     Of one this twilight desolates.     Ah, was it this your roses planned?     Good-bye, Pierrette.     Oh, merriest of little mates,     No sadder lover hesitates     Beneath this moon in any land;     Nor any roses, watchful, bland,     Look on a sadder jest of Fate's.     Good-bye, Pierrette.

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