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by Unknown

Y heart is full of tenderness and tears,

And tears are in mine eyes, I know not why;

With all my grief, content to live for years,

Or even this hour to die.

My youth is gone, but that I heed not now;

My love is dead, or worse than dead can be;

My friends drop off like blossoms from a bough,

But nothing troubles me,

Only the golden flush of sunset lies

Within my heart like fire, like dew within my eyes!