LOVE HAS PASSED ALONG THE WAY
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Love has passed along the way— Lo! the doors have opened wide, Hands have beckoned him to stay, Hearts have fluttered to his side. Let him loiter as he may, Love has passed along the way. Ah, what means the vacant room? Ashes where the flames were red? What the shudder in the gloom? What the corpse upon the bed? Break my heart as best it may, Love has passed along the way.