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YOU AND MY SONG, by                    
First Line: How many times from life away I fled
Last Line: You and my song shall meet and blend somewhere.
Subject(s): Tears; Wisdom


How many times from life away I fled
To shadows painting trees on the still sea;
A wavering spark, the image just of me;
As consolation for the tears I shed.
The sun turned shadows hazy gold and red
And slowly healing I felt harmony.
Wiped out was all, the plot of tyranny,
The lonely frozen home of the men dead.
I did come back with lighter, fiercer will,
Banished again that mystic pressing dream,
Feeding myself on sunsets on the hill,
On sparkling waters overflown the brim.
One cannot walk from life like it were gone
Through joy and sorrow life has wisdom won.

There is an old song deep-tuned in my heart
Mystic veiled with love but never to die.
Crimson boughs of roses who sleepy lie
Upon my breast have the same hurting dart.
Since the day long ago where we forever part
My heart has never stopped that silent cry;
Then you are gone, and I am wondering why
Two lovers who have met should be apart.
This is life's maddest and great mystery:
Love born in vain, white flame turned raven black.

Unmeasured is the light of destiny.
Is death the answer and the only gain?
Real love can never die, it's always there;
You and my song shall meet and blend somewhere.





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