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Believe me if all those endearing young charms
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Which I gaze on so fondly today
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Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms
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Like fairy gifts fading away!
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Thou wouldst still be ador'd as this moment thou art
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Let thy loveliness fade as it will
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And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
        C            G         C
Would entwine itself verdantly still!

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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It is not while beauty and youth are thine own
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And thy cheeks unprofan'd by a tear
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That the fervour and faith of a love can be known
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To which time will but make thee more dear!
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No! the heart that has truly lov'd, never forgets
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But as truly loves on to the close
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As the sun-flower turns on her God when he sets
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The same look which she turn'd when he rose!