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JOHN BANIM (i798-1844)
AILEEN
'r I ~»IS not for love of gold I go, I 'Tis not for love of fame;
Though fortune should her smile bestow, And I may win a name,
Aileen; And I may win a name.
And yet it is for gold I go,
And yet it is for fame, That they may deck another brow,
And bless another name, Aileen;
And bless another name.
For this, but this, I go : for this
I lose thy love awhile, And all the soft and quiet bliss
Of thy young faithful smile, Aileen;
Of thy young faithful smile.
And I go to brave a world I hate,
And woo it o'er and o'er, And tempt a wave and try a fate,
Upon a stranger shore, Aileen;
Upon a stranger shore. |
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