Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/Love's Draft

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Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (1905)
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4641509Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow — Love's Draft1905Paul Laurence Dunbar

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LOVE'S DRAFT

THE draft of love was cool and sweet
 You gave me in the cup,
But, ah, love's fire is keen and fleet,
 And I am burning up.

Unless the tears I shed for you
 Shall quench this burning flame,
It will consume me through and through,
 And leave but ash—a name.

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