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h, little green eyes,Ah, little eyes of mine,Ah, Heaven be willingThat you think of me somewise. The day of departureYou came full of grievingAnd to see I was leavingThe tears 'gan to start sureWith the heavy tortureOf sorrows unbrightenedWhen you lie down at night andWhen there to you dreams rise,Ah, Heaven be willingThat you think of me somewise. Deep is my assuranceOf you, little green eyes,That in truth you realiseSomething of my duranceEyes of hope's fair assuranceAnd good premonitionBy virtue of whose conditionAll green colours I prize.Ah, Heaven be willingThat you think of me somewise. Would God I might know youTo which quarter bendedAnd why comprehendedWhen sighings overflow you,And if you must go throughSome certain despair,For that you lose his careWho was faithful always.Ah, Heaven be willingThat you think of me these days. Through never a momentI've known how to live lestAll my thoughts but as one pressedYou-ward for their concernment.May God send chastisementIf in this I belie meAnd if it truth beMy own little green eyes.Ah, Heaven be willingThat you think of me somewise.
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