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Songs of the West

by S. Baring-Gould

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No 105 Within a Garden

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1
Within a garden a maiden lingered,
When soft the shades of evening fell,
Expecting, fearing,
A footstep hearing,
Her love appearing,
To say farewell.
2
With sighs and sorrow their vows they plighted
One more embrace, one last adieu;
Tho’ seas divide, love,
In this confide, love,
Whate’er betide, love,
To thee I’m true.
3
Long years are over, and still the maiden
Seeks oft at eve the trysting tree;
Her promise keeping,
And, faithful, weeping,
Her lost love sleeping
Across the sea.

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