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First Line: How my heart aches for you
Last Line: "ev'n till I die for you, / never on earth shall we two meet again!"


HOW my heart aches for you!
How my heart breaks for you,
All the day, all the night, all the year through!
Ah! though I'd sigh for you,
Ev'n till I die for you,
Never a meeting may come for us two!

How my heart craves for you!
How my heart raves for you!
Haunted by thoughts that for ever will cling,
Ah! but no gleam of you,
Only this dream of you,
Daylight, or midnight, or twilight will bring!

Ah! for the vanished years,
Seen through my blinding tears,
Down the black river of life as I go --
Drifting all wearily,
Onward so drearily,
While the rain falls and the wild tempests blow.

Burning with love for you,
Looking above for you,
Filled with this longing and sorrow and pain!
Ah! though I'd sigh for you,
Ev'n till I die for you,
Never on earth shall we two meet again!





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