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 *site bench. The artist was strumming the strings tentatively, as though searching for a forgotten refrain. Presently he found it and began to sing an accompaniment softly, under his breath:

"The world is very wide, dear, The heavens very high, And save the winds and tide, dear,  'Tis I alone know why,  'Tis I alone know why.

"The earth was made so grand, dear, The heav'ns so far above, That you might understand, dear,  How wide and deep my love,  How wide and deep my love."