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III.

THE RIO VERDE SONG.

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Flow, Rio Verde!
    In melody flow;
Win her that weepeth
    To slumber from woe;
Bid thy wave's music
    Roll thro' her dreams,
Grief ever loveth
    The kind voice of streams.

Bear her lone spirit
    Afar on the sound,
Back to her childhood,
    Her life's fairy ground;