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  In the summer came the lovers,
 * Plighting troth beneath its shade;

Warm heart’s secret each discovers—
 * Happy youth and happy maid!

Plays the fount so soft and featly
 * In the breeze of waning day,

As the lovers whisper sweetly,
 * “I will love you, love alway.”


 * O fountain pure and bright,
 * Dance in the joyous sun;
 * And sparkle in your might
 * Until all life is done.

In the winter, cold and dreary,
 * Cease the waters in their play;

But the lovers, grey and weary,
 * Seek the tryst of yesterday!

Time and tide flow on for ever,
 * Heedless of man’s joy or pain;

But beyond the tideless river
 * Trusting hearts will meet again.