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Lyrics of Love and Laughter

I would not for the world, love, give you pain, 
Or ever compass what would cause you grief;
And, oh, how well I know that tears are vain!
But love is sweet, my dear, and life is brief;
So if some day before you I should go
Beyond the sound and sight of song and sea,
'T would give my spirit stronger wings to know
That you remembered still and wept for me.

SLOW THROUGH THE DARK.

SLOW moves the pageant of a climbing race;
Their footsteps drag far, far below the height,
And, unprevailing by their utmost might, 
Seem faltering downward from each hard won place.
No strange, swift-sprung exception we; we trace
A devious way thro' dim uncertain light,-
Our hope, through the long vistaed years, a sight
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