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COR CORDIUM by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: SWEET HEART, TRUE HEART, STRONG HEART, STAR OF MY LIFE, OH, NEVER
Last Line: AND FOR THEE THE LOWERED BANNER, O SWEET HEART NEVER!
Subject(s): DREAMS; FUTURE LIFE; HEARTS; LOSS; LOYALTY; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; NIGHTMARES; RETRIBUTION; ETERNITY; AFTER LIFE; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS;
Sweet Heart, true heart, strong heart, star of my life, oh, never
For thee the lowered banner, the lost endeavour!
The weapons are still unforged that thee and me shall dissever,
For I in thy heart have dwelling, and thou hast in mine for ever.

Can a silken cord strangle love, or a steel sword sever?
Or be as a bruisèd reed, the flow'r of joy for ever?
Love is a beautiful dream, a deathless endeavour,
And for thee the lowered banner, O Sweet Heart never!



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