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SOLITUDE FOR TWO by CARROLL RYAN

First Line: TIS SWEET TO ROVE UPON THE HILLS
Last Line: IN SOLITUDE FOR TWO.
Subject(s): SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;
'Tis sweet to rove upon the hills
Among the trees and flowers,
Or sit beside the laughing rills
That glide near sunny bowers;
To muse alone and gentle thought
Delightedly to woo;
But sweeter were that solitude
If solitude for two.

To listen to the wild birds sing,
To gaze upon the sky,
Where giants of the forest fling
Their long arms wild and high:
Such things I know are very sweet
In scenes we love to view,
But O! their joy is more complete
In solitude for two!

O, who would seek in loneliness
A spirit pure and kind,
Where solitude could but oppress,
Or half awake the mind.
When I would gaze on scenes like this
Be happy, free and true,
Let one fair being share my bliss
In solitude for two.



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