How long can but a summer day last?

How long but can a summer day last?

When the lovely shades of evening pace behind

Just as you walked away and left me in the past

I fret and jump and drooping in dark, blind

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The stars hide when they see my love

Like a red glowing flower in a desert

Or striding daintily with peace like a dove

That makes beautiful the gloomy concert.

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The love that lasts a day or more

Is love like a winter's evening

I will always love you more and more

With the passing of fleeting timing

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My love will be a long summer day

That will end not with the love dismay.