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Speak, O speak, my angel fair, / Is there sadness everywhere -- / Folly where the flower feedeth / Rapids where the river leadeth / To delight?
Is there, is there anything / An eternal joy can bring -- / What is real and what but seemeth / Like a dream a dreamer dreameth / Thru the night?
Can there be, Angel of Love / Can there be bright homes above -- / What is Life -- and when it endeth / What is Death -- why it descendeth / I implore?
Tell me, Angel, can it be / That thy hand is leading me -- / Tell me, are these seraphs singing / Up in heaven, gladness bringing / Evermore?