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! away! O, do not say He can prove false to me: Let me believe but this brief day In his fidelity; Tell me, that rivers backward flow, That unsunned snows like fire-brands glow, I may believe that lay, But never can believe that he Is false and fled away.

Ill acted part! ill acted part! I knew his noble mind, He could not break a trusting heart, Nor leave his love behind; Tell me yon sun will cease to rise, Or stars at night to gem the skies, I may believe such lay; But never can believe that he Is false and fled away.