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SONG by THOMAS MACDONAGH

First Line: LOVE IS CRUEL, LOVE IS SWEET
Last Line: SWEET IS BOLDNESS, SHYNESS PAIN.
Subject(s): LOVE - NATURE OF;

Love is cruel, love is sweet,
Cruel, sweet;
Lovers sigh till lovers meet,
Sigh and meet--
Sigh and meet, and sigh again--
Cruel sweet! O sweetest pain!

Love is blind, but love is sly,
Blind and sly;
Thoughts are bold, but words are shy,
Bold and shy--
Bold and shy, and bold again--
Sweet is boldness, shyness pain.



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