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OVer the mountains,
And over the waves,
Over the fountains,
And under the graves;
Over floods that are deepest,
Which do Neptune obey;
Over rocks that are steepest,
Love will find out the way.
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Where there is no place
For the glow-worm to ly;
Where there is no space
For receipt of a fly;
Where the midge dares not venture,
Left herself fast she lay:
But if love come, he will enter,
And soon find out his way.
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You may esteem him
A child in his force;
Or you may deem him
A coward, which is worse:
But if she, whom love doth honour,
Be conceal’d from the day,
Set a thousand guards upon her,
Love will find out the way.
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Some think to lose him
Which is too unkind;
And some do suppose him,
Poor thing, to be blind:
But if ne’er so close ye wall him,
Do the best that ye may,
Blind love, if so ye call him,
He will find out the way.
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You may train the eagle
To stoop to your fist;
Or you may inveigle
The phœnix of the east;
The lioness, ye may move her
To give o’er her prey:
But you’ll never stop a lover,
He will find out his way.
