'Lucy's Song (I)'

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From The Village Coquettes, An Operatic Burletta in Two Acts (1836). Music by John Hullah, p.5.

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Dickens, Charles

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The Village Coquettes, An Operatic Burletta in Two Acts (1836). London: John Dicks. 

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Dickens, Charles. 'Lucy's Song (I).' The Village Coquettes (1836): p. 5. Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1836-The_Village_Coquettes_Lucys_SongI.

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Love is not a feeling to pass away,

Like the balmy breath of a summer day;

It is not – it cannot be – laid aside;

It is not a thing to forget or hide.

It clings to the heart, ah, woe is me!

As the ivy clings to the old oak tree.


Love is not a passion of earthly mould,

As a thirst for honour, or fame, or gold:

For when all these wishes have died away,

The deep strong love of a brighter day,

Though nourished in secret, consumes the more,

As the slow rust eats to the iron’s core.

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Dickens, Charles, “'Lucy's Song (I)',” Dickens Search, accessed March 28, 2024, https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1836-The_Village_Coquettes_Lucys_SongI.

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