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George Gordon Byron - The Chain I Gave: From The Turkish
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The chain I gave was fair to view,
   The lute I added sweet in sound;
The heart that offer`d both was true,
   And ill deserved the fate it found.
 
These gifts were charm`d by secret spell,
   Thy truth in absence to divine; 
And they have done their duty well,
   Alas! they could not teach the thine.
 
That chain was firm in every link,
   But not to bear a stranger`s touch; 
That lute was sweet, till thou could`st think
   In other hands its notes were such.
 
Let him who from thy neck unbound
   The chain which shiver`d in his grasp,
Who saw that lute refuse to sound, 
   Restring the chords, renew the clasp.
 
When thou wert changed, they alter`d too;
   The chain is broke, the music mute.
`Tis past, to them and thee adieu
   False heart, frail chain, and silent lute.
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