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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 159 |
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Long, long be my heart with such memories filled ! Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may ruin the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. |
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GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE
GO where glory waits thee, But, while fame elates thee, O still remember me. When the praise thou meetest To thine ear is sweetest, O then remember me. Other arms may press thee, Dearer friends caress thee, All the joys that bless thee,
Sweeter far may be; But when friends are nearest, And when joys are dearest, O then remember me ! |
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When, at eve, thou rovest By the star thou lovest,
O then remember me ! Think, when home returning, Bright we've seen it burning, « O thus remember me.
Oft as summer closes, When thine eye reposes On its ling'ring roses, |
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