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 A. MATORY Some in life's winter may toil to seover Means of procuring a weary delay. I'd be a butterfly, living a rover, Dying when fair things re fading away. l'd be a butterfly, I'd be a butlerfly, Dying when fair things are fading away. I'LL LOVE THEE EVER DEARLY. L' others breathe the melting sigh And swear they love to madness; 'o them I leave the tearful eye, And all Iove's sober ssdness. No tender vows and pray'rs are mine, But_this I swear sincerely, While trulh and honest love are thine, 1'11 love thee ever dearly. Then lady, though I scorn the wiles Which love too oft discovers, Ne'er splrn the heart that woos in smiles, For smiles are made for lovers. And though no tender vows are mine, Yet this I swear'sincerely, While truth and honest love are thine, I'll love thee ever dearly. I CANNOT STAY A MINUTE. Now where so fast ? a young man said To her he for'd, one day, When she, with blushes, tnrn'd her head, And cried, don't stop me, pray; But why this hurry ? he .replied, As blithe as any linnet; Yet still the pretty Emma cried, I cannot stay a mintte.

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