A Birthday
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose heart is in a watered shoot.
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Farewell to Love
Since there's not help, come let us kiss and part;
Nay, I am done, you get no more of me;
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Sonnets from the Portuguese, XIV
If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
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Heart, We Will Forget Him
Heart, we will forget him,
You and I, tonight!
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Mag
I wish to God I never saw you, Mag.
I wish you never quit your job and came along with me.
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The Bait
Come live with me and be my love
And we will some new pleasures prove
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Maybe
Maybe he believes me, maybe not.
Maybe I can marry him, maybe not.
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YOU SMILED
You smiled, you spoke and I believed,
By every word and smile- deceived.
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When I Was One-And-Twenty
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
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Jenny Kissed Me
Jenny kissed me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in;
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