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CANADIAN SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS Easter Eve. Lines for Lehar's Waltz Strain.

Golden rose the moon of March that still mild night; Silver white through purple pierced the star: points bright, Not a whisper murmured in the pines above, Silence lived like music in a dream of love.

Thirty years have vanished like the sunset gleam, Life and death the shadows falling on a stream; Good and ill betrayed us—wrought us passing pains, Peace the only perfect gift the soul attains

Birth has taught us yearning for Eternal Day; Births to come will set us far that Shining Way; Beauty clothes the pageant, Love preserves it whole; All the mighty magic serves the Sun led soul

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