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GHAZELES: 1 by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES

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First Line: SISTER! I WILL GO WITH THEE
Last Line: WHO BUT I CAN GO WITH THEE?

SISTER! I will go with Thee;
How can I not go with Thee?
What am I for, but to share
Thought, and joy, and woe with Thee?
I have known the unstained peace
Children only know -- with Thee;
I have watched the chequered blooms
Of my fortune blow -- with Thee;
I must part the scanty hope
Our low fates bestow -- with Thee;
Wish I with the great to live,
With the wealthy? No! with Thee;
Nature's hand has mated us, --
Who but I can go with Thee?



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