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O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?
O, sorrow!
Why dost borrow
Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;
But left me none the wiser,
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I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;
But left me none the wiser,
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow
And ne'er a word said she;
But, oh, the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me!
Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
[Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
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Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
[Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
- credited to Sophie Arnould,
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other read more
Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other world
Than calling it at moments back to this.
The busy have no time for tears.
Tears are words the heart can't express
Tears are words the heart can't express
Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.
Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.
