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 FAR AWAY.

stept so lightly to the land,
 * All in his manly pride:

He kissed her cheek, he clasped her hand;
 * Yet still she glanced aside.

"Too gay he seems," she darkly dreams,
 * "Too gallant and too gay,

To think of me—poor simple me—
 * When he is far away!"

"I bring my Love this goodly pearl
 * Across the seas," he said:

"A gem to deck the dearest girl
 * That ever sailor wed!"

She holds it tight: her eyes are bright:
 * Her throbbing heart would say

"He thought of me—he thought of me—
 * When he was far away!"

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