The Silken Tassel/Love’s Struggle

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Love's Struggle
O Love! you tell me Weep-No-More,
  That you I should forget:
Ah! had you known my heart before,
  You could not say thus yet!

That Weep-No-More makes me to weep
  My whole life evermore:
And every tear digs the more deep
  Your memory sweet and sure.

I cannot live without you, dear!
  And yet I cannot die!
I love to live for your sake here,
  And live to love and cry!

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