KNOW ye in ages past that tower
By human hands built strong and high?
Arch over arch, with magic power,
Rose proudly each successive hour,
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I.
THERE was a lady, who had early wed
One whom she saw and lov'd in her bright youth,
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WHERE is the minstrel's native land?
Where the flames of light and feeling glow;
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'TWAS a bright May morn, and each opening flower
Lay sunning itself in Flora's bower;
Young Love, who was fluttering round, espied
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WHERE the red wine-cup floweth, there art thou!
Where luxury curtains out the evening sky;--
Triumphant Mirth sits flush'd upon thy brow,
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A CHEER to keep our hearts up,
A cup to drown our tears,
And we'll talk of those who perished,
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Oh, Twilight! Spirit that dost render birth
To dim enchantments; melting heaven with earth,
Leaving on craggy hills and running streams
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I.
As by his lonely hearth he sate,
The shadow of a welcome dream
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HOW are they waned and faded from our hearts,
The old companions of our early days!
Of all the many loved, which name imparts
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