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1. Thus nature tuned her mournful tongue,
Till grace lift up her head ;
Reversed the sorrow and the song,
And, smiling, thus me said:
2. Were kindred spirits born for cares?
Must every grief be mine?
Is there a sympathy in tears,
Yet joys refuse to join?
3. Forbid it, heaven, and raise my love,
And make our joys the fame:
So bliss and friendship joined above,
Mix an immortal flame.
