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I stood on the bridge at midnight	A
As the clocks were striking the hour	B
And the moon rose o'er the city	C
Behind the dark church tower	B
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I saw her bright reflection	D
In the watrers under me	C
Like a golden goblet falling	E
And sinking into the sea	C
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And far in the hazy distance	F
Of that lovely night in June	G
The blaze of the gleaming furnace	H
Gleamed redder than the moon	G
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Among the long black rafters	I
The wavering shadows lay	J
And the current that came from the ocean	D
Seemed to lift and bear them away	J
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As sweeping and eddying through them	K
Rose the belated tide	L
And streaming into the moonlight	A
The seaweed floated wide	L
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And like those waters rushing	E
Among the wooden piers	M
A flood of thoughts came o'er me	C
That filled my eyes with tears	N
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How often oh how often	D
In the days that had gone by	O
I had stood on that bridge at midnight	A
And gazed on that wave and sky	O
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How often oh how often	D
I had wished that the ebbing tide	L
Would bear me away on its bosom	P
O'er the ocean wild and wide	L
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For my heart was hot and restless	H
And my life was full of care	Q
And the burden laid upon me	C
Seemed greater than I could bear	Q
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But now it has fallen from me	C
It is buried in the sea	C
And only the sorrow of others	I
Throws its shadow over me	C
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Yet whenever I cross the river	B
On its bridge with wooden piers	M
Like the odor of brine from the ocean	D
Comes the thought of other years	M
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And I think how many thousands	R
Of care encumbered men	S
Each bearing his burden of sorrow	T
Have crossed the bridge since then	S
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I see the long procession	D
Still passing to and fro	T
The young heart hot and restless	H
And the old subdued and slow	T
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And forever and forever	B
As long as the river flows	U
As long as the heart has passions	V
As long as life has woes	U
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The moon and its broken reflection	D
Aand its shadows shall appear	W
As the symbol of love in heaven	D
And its wavering image here	X

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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