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A BALLAD OF HIGHER ENDEAVOR by ANONYMOUS

First Line: AH NIGHT! BLIND GERM OF DAYS TO BE
Last Line: HEY DIDDLE DEE!
Subject(s): LOVE;MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL;VENUS (GODDESS);

AH Night! blind germ of days to be,
Ah, me! ah me!
(Sweet Venus, mother!)
What wail of smitten strings hear we?
(Ah me! ah me!
@3Hey diddle dee!@1)

Ravished by clouds our Lady Moon,
Ah me! ah me!
(Sweet Venus, mother!)
If love but over-soar its mark
(Ah me! ah me!
@3Hey diddle dee!@1)

What boots to fall again forlorn?
Ah me! ah me!
(Sweet Venus, mother!)
Scorned by the grinning hound of scorn,
(Ah me! ah me!
@3Dum diddle dee!@1)

Art thou not greater who art less?
Ah me! ah me!
(Sweet Venus, mother!)
Low love fulfilled of low success?
(Ah me! ah me!
@3Hey diddle dee!@1)



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