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A FAIRY-DUET.
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"For I think it is Love,
For I feel it is Love,
For I'm sure it is nothing but Love!"

By this time I could see them clearly once more. Bruno again sang by himself:——

"Say, whence is the voice that, when anger is burning,
Bids the whirl of the tempest to cease?
That stirs the vexed soul with an aching — a yearning
For the brotherly hand-grip of peace?
Whence the music that fills all our being — that thrills
Around us, beneath, and above?"

Sylvie sang more courageously, this time: the words seemed to carry her away, out of herself:——

"'Tis a secret: none knows how it comes, how it
goes:
But the name of the secret is Love!"

And clear and strong the chorus rang out:——

"For I think it is Love,
For I feel it is Love,
For I'm sure it is nothing but Love!"


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