Semitones

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IN DECEMBER TT is June when my lady goes by, With the sweep of her gown and her grace; Though the calendar's there to deny, It is June when my lady goes by ; For the warmth of the earth and the sky With her coming is full in my face ; It is June when my lady goes by, With the sweep of her gown and her grace. REGRET

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TT7HEN Doubt came in at the door Then Love flew out at the grating; But he turned for a look once more (When Doubt came in at the door) At the firelight on the floor And the warm little corner waiting; When Doubt came in at the door And Love flew out at the grating. A STRAY GLANCE T T was only a look she gave And a strain of music dying Like the sound of an ebbing wave; It was only a look she gave? But we carry such to the grave In pay for a life's denying; It was only a look she gave And a strain of music dying. UNTIL DEATH DO US PART TT was hardly worth while to say it, So soon was the word forsworn; With a priest and a ring to stay it, It was hardly worth while to say it; Since love and the doubt to slay it Of the same desire are born, It was hardly worth while to say it, So soon was the word forsworn. INTERLUDE T WORSHIP what you might have been; I know it is not what you are, For you were like a falling star, A moment glorious?then unseen. All men must lose what most they prize; There is no permanency here; Only a memory and a tear And splendor failing from the skies. LYRICS T OVE comes not to thy call, ?' And stays not for thy word; His vagrant footsteps fall Unseen, unheard. I whispered Love to stay A little while, a breath, E'en though the lingering day Be one with Death. LYRIC 'T'HY mouth is the rosebud's hue; Thy cheek is the eglantine; Thine ey...

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