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Had I A Heart

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Title:     Had I A Heart
Author: J. C. Manning [More Titles by Manning]

Had I a heart to give away
As when, in days that now are o'er,
We watcht the bright blue billows play,
Roaming along the sounding shore;
When joys like Summer blossoms bloom'd,
When love and hope were all our own;
I'd bring that heart--to sadness doomed--
And let it beat for thee alone.

Had I a heart to give away,
Its daily thought in life would be,
Like yonder bird, with trembling lay,
To sing sweet songs, dear love, of thee.
But, ah! the heart that once was mine
Is mine, alas! no more to give;
And joys that once were joys divine
In mem'ry now alone can live.




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J. C. Manning's poem: Had I A Heart

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