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Serenade.

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I would not have you wake for me,     Fair lady, though I love you!     And though the night is warm, and all     The stars are out above you;     And though the dew's so light it could     Not hurt your little feet,     And nightingales in yonder wood     Are singing passing sweet.     Yet may my plaintive strain unite     And mingle with your dreaming,     And through the visions of the night     Just interweave my seeming.     Yet no! sleep on with fancy free     In that untroubled breast;     No song of mine, no thought of me,     Deserves to break your rest!

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