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And they turned to craze on tlie fair vounr face V
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And marveled much at Ju t beauty and grace.
What cared they if her heart was aching?
How knew they that her heart was breaking ?
Forth from the West the red light glowed,

A n d th e weary feel still k ep t on their road,
Wand'riu<j on in the golden sheen,
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Where the country lanes were fresh and greeK.
The ri-ui light gleamed 011 the village' tuv/e^
A n d lit up th e clock at the sunset hou r ,
And stiU her cry
Was, “ Oh, to die!
God, let me die on rny mother's gravw,
T is the onlv boon I cure to crave! ”
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Tiie sun uprose. and the light of day
Brightly scattered the clouds of gray ;
And the village was gay
For a holiday.

Merrily echoed the old church bells,
Peal on peal, o'er the hills and dells;
Borne away on the morning breeze
Over the moorland, o ver the leas;
Back again with a joyous clang!
Merrily, cheerily, oil (.hey rang!
But they woke her not, she slumbered on,
With her head laid down on the cold gray stone.

The village was bright
li; the gladsome light,

And the village maidens were clad in white,
As side by side
They merrily hied,
In gay procession, to meet the bride :