Lorena

 
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Oh, the years creep slowly by, Lorena, the snow is on the ground again 
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The sun's low down the sky, Lorena, the frost gleams where the flow'rs have been. 
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But the heart throbs on as warmly now, as when the summer days were nigh. 
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Oh, the sun can never dip so low,   And-down affection's cloudless sky. 

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A hundred months have passed, Lorena, since last I held that hand in mine, 
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And felt the pulse beat fast, Lorena, Though mine beat faster far than thine. 
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A hundred months, 'twas flowery May, When up the hilly slope we climbed, 
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To watch the dying of the day,  and hear the distant church bells chime. 

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It matters little now, Lorena, The past is in the eternal past; 
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Our heads will soon lie low, Lorena, Life's tide is ebbing out so fast. 
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There is a Future! O, thank God! Of life this is so small a part! 
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'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod;  but there, up there, 'tis heart to heart.