Oh stay! oh stay! Joy so seldom weaves a chain Like this to-night, tha…

Charles Lamb
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Oh stay! oh stay! Joy so seldom weaves a chain Like this to-night, that oh 't is pain To break its links so soon.
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Oh call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold.
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Oh stay! oh stay! Joy so seldom weaves a chain Like this to-night, that oh 't is pain To break its links so soon.

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