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FADED FLOWERS. 



The flowers now are faded 



That you twined amongst my hair 

 You said that they were lovely. 



But that I was twice as fair. 



You said my brow was fairer 

 Than the " lily of the vale ;" 



And that when placed beside mine eye. 

 The " blue bell " e'en look'd pale. 



'Mong the lilies and the roses. 

 You had placed " Forget-me-not;" 



And I believed you, when you said 

 I ne'er should be forgot 



You press'd unto your lips my hand. 

 And said 'twould soon be thine; 



And when I smiled, you said 



No smile was half so sweet as mine. 



But soon those flowers faded 



That you placed around my brow ; 



But ere the first had perish 'd. 

 You forgot your solemn vow. 



For another you have left me 

 To mourn o'er happier hours. 



And to think upon your falsehood 

 When I see these faded flowers. 



