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Eleanor.
Lionel, I know
I could be happier so - with you - I know,
Than in the tempting paradise Sir Joyce
Has won my parents with - and almost me.
Ah! love, I have been weak. You were away.
And I was flattered. And I had gone far
Before I knew where I was being led.
It seemed too late at last. But I am yours:
I have come back to you. Yes I will wait
For always.
Lionel.
Dear, it need not be for long,
If you will take a poor man, but half way
To where he hopes to reach. I'm prospering, love.
I shall not win for long what was to be
My goal for claiming you, the promised prize;
But I take answer now from none but you,
And, very soon I hope, I shall return
And say "Come now, for there is room for you
In a fit home which I have earned." But, love,
You will be strong?
Eleanor.
Yes; but you must not go,
You must be near me.
Lionel.
Nay, dear, I must work.
Clients and causes stand no truanting:
And I am greedy now to heap up gains.
Oh! darling, I am sad to leave you here
In your changed churlish home. You will not find
Much kindness in it now?
Eleanor.
You will be kind.
Lionel.
Oh, darling! oh, my love won back to me!
Cling to me once again. My Eleanor!
Sir Joyce can never buy my wife away.
Eleanor.
Oh never, never. Love, I will be strong.
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Bartimaeus
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A March Night
A Messenger
A Mother's Cry
A Wedding
Afterwards
Dead Amy
Deserted
Dreaming
Glad Waves
Going
How The Brook Sings
If
In The Storm
In The Sunshine
Looking Downstairs
Mary Lost
Never Again
Night Whispers
On The Lake
On The Shore
Our Lily
Passing Away
Perjured
Safe
Shadow
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The Blush Rose
The Gift
The Heiress' Wooer
The Hidden Wound
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The Land Of Happy Dreams
The Old Year Out
The Red Star On The Hill
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The Setting Star
The Shadow Of A Cloud
To And Fro
To One Of Many
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