<h3><SPAN name="THE_HAWTHORN_TREE" id="THE_HAWTHORN_TREE"></SPAN>THE HAWTHORN TREE</h3>
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<span class="i0"><span class="letra">A</span>cross the shimmering meadows—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Ah, when he came to me!<br/></span>
<span class="i0">In the spring-time,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">In the night-time,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">In the starlight,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Beneath the hawthorn tree.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Up from the misty marsh-land—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Ah, when he climbed to me!<br/></span>
<span class="i0">To my white bower,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">To my sweet rest,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">To my warm breast,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Beneath the hawthorn tree.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Ask of me what the birds sang,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">High in the hawthorn tree;<br/></span>
<span class="i0">What the breeze tells,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">What the rose smells,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">What the stars shine—<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Not what he said to me!<br/></span>
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_18" id="page_18">{18}</SPAN></span></div>
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