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AMY DeVERE.

"Hast thou a friend that thou lovest well,
 Amy, Amy DeVere?
Hast thou a friend that thou lovest well,
 And lovest the live-long year?"
"I have a friend, and I love her well,
And her presence is over me like a spell,
And her eyes are blue as the skies in June,
And her voice is sweet as a bird's in tune,
 And I love her all the year."

"Her heart is false as her face is fair,
 Amy, Amy DeVere!
She will prove untrue to thee; beware!
 Ere the close of another year."
"That she is false thou shalt not tell,
I have known her long and have known her well,
And I live in unbroken trust that she
Will be true to her God, and true to me;
 So I love her without fear."

The monitor spoke, but she heeded not,
 Amy, Amy DeVere!
And the warning words were soon forgot,
 For she did not care to hear.