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/ WITH saddest music all day long / She soothed her secret sorrow: / At night she sighed "I fear 'twas wrong / Such cheerful words to borrow. / Dearest, a sweeter, sadder song / I'll sing to thee to-morrow."
/ I thanked her, but I could not say / That I was glad to hear it: / I left the house at break of day, / And did not venture near it / Till time, I hoped, had worn away / Her grief, for nought could cheer it!