ALPINE GLOW - Our lives are Swiss

Our lives are Swiss, --
So still, so cool,
Till, some odd afternoon,
The Alps neglect their curtains,
And we look farther on.

Italy stands the other side,
While, like a guard between,
The solemn Alps,
The siren Alps,
Forever intervene!

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Death sets a thing significant / The eye had hurried by,

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LOYALTY - Split the lark and you'll find the music

Split the lark and you'll find the music, / Bulb after bulb, in silver rolled,

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FAREWELL

FAREWELL. / Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,

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To know just how he suffered would be dear

To know just how he suffered would be dear; / To know if any human eyes were near

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