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RHYMES AND RHYTHMS: 5 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

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First Line: WHY, MY HEART, DO WE LOVE HER SO?
Last Line: LOVE -- AND LOVE ME.
Why, my heart, do we love her so?
(Geraldine, Geraldine!)
Why does the great sea ebb and flow? --
Why does the round world spin?
Geraldine, Geraldine,
Bid me my life renew:
What is it worth unless I win,
Love -- love and you?

Why, my heart, when we speak her name
(Geraldine, Geraldine!)
Throbs the word like a flinging flame? --
Why does the Spring begin?
Geraldine, Geraldine,
Bid me indeed to be:
Open your heart, and take us in,
Love -- and love me.



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