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POPULAR SONC^S. 115
ALL THAT'S BRIGHT MUST FADE.
Written by Moore.
Music by Sir J, Stevenson.
All that's bright must fade,
The brightest still the fleetest ;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
Stars that shine and fall,
The flower that droops in springing,
These alas ! are types of all
To which our hearts are clinging.
Who would seek or prize
Delights that end in aching ?
Who would trust to ties
That every hour are breaking ?
Better far to be
In utter darkness lying,
Thmi blest with light and see
That light for ever flying.
THE CALM SIMMER GLOAMIN\
ORIGINAL.
Blythe is the blink o' the newborn day,
When the east is smiling sae rosie O ;
And the mavis to greet the first gouden ray,
Leaves the nest that she happit sae cosie O.
But this is no the time blythe tho' it be,
That I loe far the best of ony O :
'Tis the hour that brings my bonny lad to me,
In the calm simmer gloamin' sae bonny 0.
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