Raglan Road

Verse 1
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On Raglan Road on an autumn day,
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I saw her first and  knew
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That her dark hair would weave a snare,
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that I might one day rue
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I saw the danger yet I walked,
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a-long the enchanted way,
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and I said: 'Let grief, be a fallen leaf
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at the dawning of the     day'

Verse 2
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On Grafton Street in November,
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we tripped lightly a-long the   ledge
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Of a deep ravine, where can be seen,
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the worth of passion's pledge
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The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts,
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and I not making hay
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Oh, I loved too much by such by such,
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is happiness blown away 

Verse 3
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I gave her gifts of the mind, I-I gave her
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secret sign that's known
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To the artists who have known the true
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gods of sound and stone
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And word and tint, I did not stint,
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For I gave her poems to say
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With her own name there, and her dark hair,
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like clouds over fields of  May

Verse 4
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On a quiet street, where old ghosts meet,
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I see her walking    now
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Away from me so hurriedly,
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my reason must allow
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That I had wooed, not as I should,
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a creature made of clay
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When the angel woos the clay, he'll lose
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his wings at the dawn of     day