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/ What shall be said to him, / Now he is dead? / Now that his eyes are dim, / Low lies his head? / What shall be said to him, / Now he is dead?
/ One word to whisper of / Low in his ear; / Sweet, but the one word "love" / Haply he'll hear. / One word to whisper of / Low in his ear.
/ What shall be given him, / Now he is dead? / Now that his eyes are dim, / Low lies his head? / What shall be given him, / Now he is dead?
/ Hope, that life long denied / Here to his heart, / Sweet, lay it now beside, / Never to part. / Hope, that life long denied / Here to his heart.