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    "text": "In dreams, unhappy, I behold you stand",
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    "text": "As heretofore:",
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    "text": "The unremembered tokens in your hand",
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    "text": "No more the morning glow, no more the grace,",
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    "text": "Cold beats the light of time upon your face",
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    "text": "He came and went. Perchance you wept a while",
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    "text": "And then forgot.",
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    "text": "Ah, me! but he that left you with a smile",
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