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Here is a lock of his soft dark hair	A
And here are the letters he wrote to me	B
And the ring of gold that I used to wear	A
Is here in the casket see	B
I put them away ten years ago	C
'What is it ' you ask 'did I love in vain	D
Was my lover unfaithful ' No oh no	C
My heart was spared that pain	D
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He died in the bloom of his manhood's youth	E
You say I have his memory friend	F
That he is not dead but lives in truth	E
Wait till you hear the end	F
Death in itself is a little thing	G
It is only passing from here to there	A
But a death of shame has a bitter sting	G
That makes it hard to bear	A
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He was good and true as a man could be	B
Noble and pure when I loved him first	H
But all of his race were cursed you see	B
With a fiery craving thirst	H
And the tempter morning and noon and night	I
Was placed in his path by a mother's hand	J
The woe of wine and its blasting blight	I
She did not understand	J
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I did not know or I did not think	K
Of the awful shame that was hidden there	A
When I saw him lift the glass and drink	K
To the health of his 'lady fair '	-
I knew and I thought when it was too late	L
I reached out my hands but I could not save	M
He hurried on to his fearful fate	L
And sank in a drunkard's grave	M
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He was good and kind and true but weak	N
When the ruby wine danced o'er the brim	O
And woe is me that I did not speak	N
One warning word to him	O
If I had but told him to cast away	P
To touch not and taste not the mocker wine	Q
I need not have felt as I feel to day	P
That blood stains these hands of mine	Q
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O ye who have friends on the awful brink	K
That hangs o'er the river of ruin and death	R
When you see them lift the glass oh think	K
Of the jagg d rocks beneath	S
Reach out a hand ere the deed is done	T
Send forth a cry in the dear Lord's name	U
Oh stand not aloof while a precious one	T
Speeds down to a grave of shame	U

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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