A life was mine full of the close concern
Of many-voiced affairs. The world sped fast;
Behind me, ever rolled a pregnant past.
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STEP me now a bridal measure,
Work give way to love and leisure,
Hearts be free and hearts be gay --
Doctor Dan doth wed to-day.
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It's hot to-day. The bees is buzzin'
Kinder don't-keer-like aroun'
An' fur off the warm air dances
O'er the parchin' roofs in town.
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THE rain streams down like harp-strings from the sky;
The wind, that world-old harpist, sitteth by;
And ever as he sings his low refrain,
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THOU art the soul of a summer's day,
Thou art the breath of the rose.
But the summer is fled
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As lone I sat one summer's day,
With mien dejected, Love came by;
His face distraught, his locks astray,
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The moon begins her stately ride
Across the summer sky;
The happy wavelets lash the shore,--
The tide is rising high.
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De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way,
Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day;
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How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own?
Say in what tongue shall I tell of my love.
I who was fearless so timid have grown,
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The snow lies deep upon the ground,
And winter's brightness all around
Decks bravely out the forest sere,
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