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MINE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK

First Line: O HOW MY HEART IS BEATING AS HER NAME I KEEP
Last Line: FOR THE GIRL I LOVE IS MINE!

O HOW my heart is beating as her name I keep repeating,
And I drink up joy like wine:
O how my heart is beating as her name I keep repeating,
For the lovely girl is mine!
She's rich, she's fair, beyond compare,
Of noble mind, serene and kind --
And how my heart is beating as her name I keep repeating,
For the lovely girl is mine!

O how my heart is beating as her name I keep repeating,
In a music soft and fine;
O how my heart is beating as her name I keep repeating,
For the girl I love is mine.
She owns no lands, has no white hands,
Her lot is poor, her life obscure; --
Yet how my heart is beating as her name I keep repeating,
For the girl I love is mine!




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