C    Please, let me embrace thee.
I     That can never be.
I     Your embrace will melt me.

C    Please, then you embrace me.
I     That can never be.
I     My embrace will quench thee.

C    Please, we each the other shall embrace.
I     That can never take place.
I     Between us there must always be space.

C    Rain drops on me are beating.
C    Quick! Let's embrace. Time is fleeting.
I     No! With us there'll be no meeting.

C    Drops from you are falling.
C    Let me come to you, even crawling!
I     No! Quit your bawling.

       Icicle into a puddle turned.
       Candle from both ends burned.
       Echo cries, "Love spurned!"

                            "Love spurned!"

                               "Love spurned!"

                

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