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THE RIO VERDE SONG.
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Pass like the whisper
Of love that is gone—
—Flow, Rio Verde!
Softly flow on!
Dark glassy water
So crimson'd of yore!
Love, death, and sorrow
Know thy green shore.
Thou shouldst have echoes
For grief's deepest tone—
—Flow, Rio Verde,
Softly flow on!
H