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My thoughts are gliding down the stream,

Ah, faster than the river flows;

And idly in my heart I dream

Of islands where the lotus grows.

I fear not rapids, waterfall,

Or whirlpool leading down to death,

If love but my tired heart enthrall,

And I may sip a woman's breath.

I care not what may be my fate.

Roll on, mad river, to the sea;

Drown all ambition, pride, and hate,—

But leave one woman's love to me.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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