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should lovers breathe their vows? When should ladies hear them? When the dew is on the boughs, When none else are near them; When the moon shines cold and pale, When the birds are sleeping, When no voice is on the gale, When the rose is weeping; When the stars are bright on high, Like hopes in young Love's dreaming, And glancing round the light clouds fly, Like soft fears to shade their beaming.