tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">XXII

XXII
Of that so sweet imprisonment
My soul, dearest, is fain—

XXIII

XXIII
This heart that flutters near my heart
My hope and all my riches is,

XXIV

XXIV
Silently she's combing,
Combing her long hair

XXV

XXV
Lightly come or lightly go:
Though thy heart presage thee woe,

XXVI

XXVI
Thou leanest to the shell of night,
Dear lady, a divining ear.

XXVII

XXVII
Though I thy Mithridates were,
Framed to defy the poison-dart,

XXVIII

XXVIII
Gentle lady, do not sing
Sad songs about the end of love;

XXIX

XXIX
Dear heart, why will you use me so?
Dear eyes that gently me upbraid,

XXX

XXX
Love came to us in time gone by
When one at twilight shyly played

XXXI

XXXI
O, it was out by Donnycarney
When the bat flew from tree to tree

XXXII

XXXII
Rain has fallen all the day.
O come among the laden trees:

XXXIII

XXXIII
Now, O now, in this brown land
Where Love did so sweet music make

XXXIV

XXXIV
Sleep now, O sleep now,
O you unquiet heart!

XXXV

XXXV
All day I hear the noise of waters
Making moan,

XXXVI

I hear an army charging upon the land,
And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees:

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