'Lucy's Song (I)'
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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.