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[Variant 23:]

1845
So was it then, and so is now:
For, Ruth! with thee I know not how
I feel my spirit burn

1802
"But wherefore speak of this? for now,
Sweet Ruth! with thee, ... 		1805
Dear Ruth! with thee ... 1836

So was it then, and so is now:
For, Ruth! with thee I know not how
I feel my spirit burn

"But wherefore speak of this? for now,
Sweet Ruth! with thee, ...

Dear Ruth! with thee ...

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[Variant 24:]

1836
Even as the east when day comes forth;
And to the west, and south, and north,
1802

Even as the east when day comes forth;
And to the west, and south, and north,