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Thrice Toss Those Oaken Ashes In The Air

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Thrice toss those oaken ashes in the air;     Thrice sit thou mute in this enchanted chair;     Then thrice three times tie up this true love's knot,     And murmur soft: "She will, or she will not."     Go burn those poisonous weeds in yon blue fire,     These screech-owl's feathers and this prickling briar,     This cypress gathered at a dead man's grave,     That all thy fears and cares an end may have.     Then come, you fairies, dance with me a round;     Melt her hard heart with your melodious sound.     In vain are all the charms I can devise;     She hath an art to break them with her eyes.

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