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THE CLOUDED SOUL by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA

First Line: O WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH YOUR HEART, DAUGHTER
Last Line: AND WE NEVER SHALL SEE IT AGAIN.
Subject(s): SOUL;

O WHAT have you done with your heart, daughter,
And what have you done to your soul, my dear?
Your heart was like a lily in June,
And your soul as a crystal clear...

Oh, I've thrown my heart in a well, mother,
For the lily was sick, and needed rain:
Oh, I've wept a cloud round my soul, mother,
And we never shall see it again.



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