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I took my heart in my hand / (O my love, O my love), / I said: Let me fall or stand, / Let me live or die, / But this once hear me speak / (O my love, O my love); / Yet a woman's words are weak: / You should speak, not I.
You took my heart in your hand / With a friendly smile, / With a critical eye you scanned, / Then set it down, / And said: It is still unripe, / Better wait awhile; / Wait while the skylarks pipe, / Till the corn grows brown.