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But the blissful trance soon ended,
Soon I from my dream awoke,
Like the strong man bound in fetters,
Bending 'neath a heavy yoke.
Soon I from my dream awoke,
Like the strong man bound in fetters,
Bending 'neath a heavy yoke.
Time passed on, and hope's sweet visions
Clustered once more round my home,
Tempting me to scenes of gladness,
Bidding me from grief to roam.
Clustered once more round my home,
Tempting me to scenes of gladness,
Bidding me from grief to roam.
Now, exulting in my freedom,
Like a bird of fearless wing,
I can carol in my gladness,
Songs before I could not sing.
Like a bird of fearless wing,
I can carol in my gladness,
Songs before I could not sing.
Then bind me not, O gentle spirit!
In thy silken chains so sweet,—
They may do for happier spirits,
But for mine they 're all unmeet.
In thy silken chains so sweet,—
They may do for happier spirits,
But for mine they 're all unmeet.
