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SO SWEET by ANONYMOUS

First Line: I KNOW NOT WHO THE MAID MAY BE
Last Line: AND LIFE WILL BE SO SAD AND YET / SO SWEET
Subject(s): FLIRTATION;LONGING;

I KNOW not who the maid may be,
And whether she be fair or sweet;
I only know she cast on me
A glance that made my pulses beat,
And that her face was very fair
And sweet.

I know that if the fates are kind,
And she and I do ever meet,
Enraptured by her glance once more,
I shall fall kneeling at her feet,
Confessing all my love for her
So sweet.

But if the fates relentless prove,
And she and I do never meet,
I know I ne'er can love again,
For all my love is at her feet,
And life will be so sad and yet
So sweet.



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