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<h2><SPAN name="song37"></SPAN>THE GARDEN OF LOVE</h2>
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I went to the Garden of Love,<br/>
And saw what I never had seen;<br/>
A Chapel was built in the midst,<br/>
Where I used to play on the green.</p>
<p class="poem">
And the gates of this Chapel were shut,<br/>
And ‘Thou shalt not’ writ over the door;<br/>
So I turned to the Garden of Love<br/>
That so many sweet flowers bore.</p>
<p class="poem">
And I saw it was filled with graves,<br/>
And tombstones where flowers should be;<br/>
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,<br/>
And binding with briars my joys and desires.</p>
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