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I. SINKING down by the gate I discern the thin moon, / And a blackbird tries over old airs in the pine, / But the moon is a sorry one, sad the bird's tune, / For this spot is unknown to that Heartmate of mine.
II. Did my Heartmate but haunt here at times such as now, / The song would be joyous and cheerful the moon; / But she will see never this gate, path, or bough, / Nor I find a joy in the scene or the tune.