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NEVER again. This shivering rose, that
sees
Its dwindled blossoms droop and fall to earth
Before the chillness of the Autumn rain,
Will bud next summer with more fair than these -
But when have love's waned smiles a second birth?
Never again, Never again.
Never again. Oh dearest do you know
All the long mournfulness of such a word?
And even you who smile now on my pain
May seek some day for love lost long ago
And sigh to the long echo faintly heard
Never again, Never again.
Never again. The love we break to-day
May linger in my heart unto the last;
And even with you some memory must remain,
But ah! no more. The sunlight died away
Will wake again, but never wakes the past -
Never again, Never again.
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