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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!

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