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Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.

Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
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In print by 1901 AD · modern

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In print by 1901 AD · modern
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Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)

Quote1129 · printed citation: BURNS: Song, Ae Fond Kiss.

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