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You want me, my love, to carry you away, Far away from laws that oppress, To some Twlight shore where happiness Begins over all, and Life is a roundelay; To a land of raprous tenderness, Where Laughter and Love are forever at play?

I know just such a land, ah, 'tis wondrous fair, Yet I dare not lead you to its shore, For lovers who have been there before Have returned in sorrow, hearts laden with care, Cursing the kingdom forevermore- Its esctasies were greater than they could bear.