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Opals (Custance)/A Pause

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A Pause

O! do you hear the rainBeat on the glass in vain?So my tears beat against fate's feetIn vain . . . in vain . . . in vain . . .
O! do you see the skiesAs gray as your grave eyes?O! do you hear the wind, my dear,That sighs and sighs and sighs . . .
. . . Tired as this twilight seemsMy soul droops sad with dreams . . .You cannot know where we two goIn dreams . . . in dreams . . . in dreams.
You only watch the light,Sinking away from night . . .In silver mail all shadowy pale,The moon shines white, so white . . .
. . . O! if we two were wiseYour eyes would leave the skiesAnd look into my eyes!And I who wistful stand, . . .One foot in fairy land,Would catch Love by the hand. . . .