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We plucked a red rose, you and I, / All in the summer weather; / Sweet its perfume and rare its bloom, / Enjoyed by us together. / The rose is dead, the summer fled, / And bleak winds are complaining; / We dwell apart, but in each heart / We find the thorn remaining.
We sipped a sweet wine, you and I, / All in the summer weather. / The beaded draught we lightly quaffed, / And filled the glass together. / Together we watched its rosy glow, / And saw its bubbles glitter; / Apart, alone we only know / The lees are very bitter.