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Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/Love's Draft

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

LOVE'S DRAFT

THE draft of love was cool and sweetYou 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 youShall quench this burning flame,It will consume me through and through,And leave but ash—a name.