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TO ONE WEEPING by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE

First Line: MAIDEN, THESE ARE SACRED TEARS
Last Line: IN MY HEART AT SINGING TIME.
Subject(s): BLACKBIRDS; GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;
MAIDEN, these are sacred tears,
Let me not disturb your grief;
Had I but your bosom's fears
I should weep, nor seek relief.

My woe is a silent woe
'Til I give it measured rhyme,
When the blackbird's flute is low
In my heart at singing time.



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