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BREATHE NOT A SIGH WHEN WE ARE PARTING.
Breathe not a sigh when we are parting—
    'T is vain to sigh:
Nor let a single tear be starting
    In thy soft eye.

I know 't is sad for hearts like ours,
    So warm and true,
To pine for loving smiles, as flowers
    Languish for dew.

Yet I shall have sweet thoughts to cheer me
    When thou art gone,
For, in my dreams, will linger near me
    The absent one.

And, as those dreams at pensive even
    Steal over me,
I'll lift my melting heart to heaven
    In prayer for thee.

Through the deep gloom that darkens o'er thee,
    The star of fame
Shines like a beacon light before thee—
    Go! win a name.