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AH, HAD I SEEN THEE SOONER! by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS

First Line: AH, HAD I THEE BUT SOONER SEEN
Last Line: ALL WITHERED ON LIFE'S TREE!
Subject(s): LOVE;

AH, had I thee but sooner seen,
Though e'en for one brief hour,
That happy moment would I bless
While dying lips had pow'r!

Ah, had I thee but sooner loved,
Thou pure light of my soul!
I'd envy not the fate of those
Whom angel hosts enroll.

Ah, had I thee but sooner loved,
Although in dreamland free,
My hope's fair blossoms would not hang
All withered on Life's tree!



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