I've learned to trust that love exists aplenty,


And that most people long to be adored.


Some think that one love's all they can afford,


But open minds can oft embrace its bounty

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And love the world entire, and each in turn!


My heart, so full of you, …

When you departed, love, you'd been afflicted

And mute so long. My strength and hope had flagged.

I felt myself alone, exhausted, ragged,

But then there came a blessing unpredicted.

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I'd thought my love was dying, nearly gone,

And never to return, once …

I'm torn, my dear. I don't know what to do.

I wish you were alive, that you'd respond

To guide me, as before--but you're beyond

Such interactions now; still, I seek you.

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Just hear me, please. I lack all peace of mind.

It shuffled off just after you with…