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A FINLAND LOVE-SONG by THOMAS MOORE

First Line: I SAW THE MOON RISE CLEAR
Last Line: TWILL NEVER SET AGAIN.
Subject(s): LOVE;
I SAW the moon rise clear
O'er hills and dales of snow,
Nor told my fleet reindeer
The way I wish'd to go;
But, quick he bounded forth,
For well my reindeer knew,
I've but one path on earth,
That path which leads to you.

The gloom that winter cast,
How soon the heart forgets,
When summer brings at last
Her sun that never sets!
So dawn'd my love for you,
And chasing every pain,
Than summer sun more true,
'Twill never set again.



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