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  1. A FAERY SONG
  2.  
  3. i{Sung by the people of Faery over Diarmuid and Grania,}
  4. i{in their bridal sleep under a Cromlech.}
  5.  
  6. WE who are old, old and gay,
  7. O so old!
  8. Thousands of years, thousands of years,
  9. If all were told:
  10. Give to these children, new from the world,
  11. Silence and love;
  12. And the long dew-dropping hours of the night,
  13. And the stars above:
  14. Give to these children, new from the world,
  15. Rest far from men.
  16. Is anything better, anything better?
  17. Tell us it then:
  18. Us who are old, old and gay,
  19. O so old!
  20. Thousands of years, thousands of years,
  21. If all were told.
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