III

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
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All is change, woe or weal;

Joy is Sorrow's brother;

Grief and gladness steal

Symbols of each other;

Ah! welaway!

Larks in heaven's cope

Sing: the culvers mourn

All the livelong day.

Be not all forlorn:

Let us weep in hope—

Ah! welaway!

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