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All this for a song.
All this for a song.
 I think, whatever mortals crave,
 With impotent endeavor,
  A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave--
   The read more 
 I think, whatever mortals crave,
 With impotent endeavor,
  A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave--
   The world goes round forever;
    I think that life is not too long,
     And therefore I determine,
      That many people read a song,
       Who will not read a sermon. 
 The song on its mighty pinions
 Took every living soul, and lifted it gently to heaven.  
 The song on its mighty pinions
 Took every living soul, and lifted it gently to heaven. 
 Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound;
 She feels no biting pang the while she sings,
  Nor read more 
 Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound;
 She feels no biting pang the while she sings,
  Nor as she turns the giddy wheel around,
   Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things. 
 Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude 
it may be.
 [Lat., Etiam singulorum fatigatio read more 
 Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude 
it may be.
 [Lat., Etiam singulorum fatigatio quamlibet se rudi modulatione 
solatur.] 
 Listen to that song, and learn it!
 Half my kingdom would I give,
  As I live,
 read more 
 Listen to that song, and learn it!
 Half my kingdom would I give,
  As I live,
   If by such songs you would earn it. 
 A song of hate is a song of Hell;
 Some there be who sing it well.
  Let read more 
 A song of hate is a song of Hell;
 Some there be who sing it well.
  Let them sing it loud and long,
   We lift our hearts in a loftier song:
    We life our hearts to Heaven above,
     Singing the glory of her we love,
      England. 
I had wanted to say that my song was far too painful to sing.
I had wanted to say that my song was far too painful to sing.
I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you write read more
I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you write a song about it, I'll buy you album.