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<h1 id="id03080" style="margin-top: 6em">MY HEART AND LUTE.</h1>
<p id="id03081" style="margin-top: 2em">I give thee all—I can no more—<br/>
Tho' poor the offering be;<br/>
My heart and lute are all the store<br/>
That I can bring to thee.<br/>
A lute whose gentle song reveals<br/>
The soul of love full well;<br/>
And, better far, a heart that feels<br/>
Much more than lute could tell.<br/></p>
<p id="id03082">Tho' love and song may fail, alas!<br/>
To keep life's clouds away,<br/>
At least 'twill make them lighter pass,<br/>
Or gild them if they stay.<br/>
And even if Care at moments flings<br/>
A discord o'er life's happy strain,<br/>
Let Love but gently touch the strings,<br/>
'Twill all be sweet again!<br/></p>
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