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What the Bullet Sang

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O Joy of creation     To be!     O rapture to fly     And be free!     Be the battle lost or won,     Though its smoke shall hide the sun,     I shall find my love, the one     Born for me!     I shall know him where he stands,     All alone,     With the power in his hands     Not oerthrown;     I shall know him by his face,     By his godlike front and grace;     I shall hold him for a space,     All my own!     It is he O my love!     So bold!     It is I all thy love     Foretold!     It is I. O love! what bliss!     Dost thou answer to my kiss?     O sweetheart! what is this     Lieth there so cold?

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