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LEAP on, glad waves, in summer glee,
A voice of joy has come to-day,
A voice of joy has come to me -
Leap on glad waves, flash through the bay.
Laugh, merry waves, laugh back the light,
Laugh back the light that is not yours,
On me another's joy suns bright -
Dash, laughing waves, against your shores.
Surge on, bright waves, beneath bright skies,
Voice out delight; but through your speech
There ever swells a voice of sighs -
Break, sighing waves, against the beach.
Sigh on, bright waves, through summer glee:
While on my thoughts a joy floats bright,
A bitterness is deep in me -
Sad waves laugh back the happy light.
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