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Pale veil of mist bound round the trees / Pale fringe of rain upon the hills, / Cold earth, cold sky and biting breeze / That mock the withered daffodils.
And yet so short a while ago, / The sunlight on the quickened land / Laughed at the memory of the snow, / And we went hand in hand.
Pale veil of doubt wound round my heart, / Pale fringe of tears upon your eyes; / Why did we choose the evil part? / Why did we leave our Paradise? / There were such green and pleasant ways / Where you and I with happy heart / Laughed at the old unhappy days, / And now -- we are apart.
Will the sun shine again some day? / Will you forgive me and forget? / Chill is the east, the west is gray, / And all our world with tears is wet.
Ah! love, the world is wide and cold, / The weary skies are wild with rain; / Give me at least your hand to hold / Till the sun shines again.