Why did you take sweet sleep from eyes,
Quiet content from my heart?
Why did you rouse flames in breast
That now but make me smart?
Why did you lend ears to dreams?
Long were they laid to rest,
Why did you bring hope to life
And put me to the test?
My soul I had lost to darkening night,
Why make it live once more?
Why light a lamp, and let it burn
When sadness lies in store?
This life, these thoughts, my love, my soul,
I put in your dear care,
Why gather 'em close, keep 'em warm,
Just to lay them bare.
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