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/ Why smile high stars the happier after rain? / Why is strong love the stronger after pain? / Ai me! ai me! thou wotest not nor I!
/ Why sings the wild swan heavenliest when it dies? / Why spake the dumb lips sweetest that we prize / For maddening memories? O why! O why!
/ Why are dead kisses dearer when they're dead? / Why are dead faces lovelier vanished? / And why this heart-ache? None can answer why!