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Words by Bayard Taylor.

Allegro molto energico.

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From the De - sert I come to

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thee On a stallion shod with fire; And the

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winds are left be - hind In the speed of my de -

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 gradually slower.

sire. Un - der thy win - dow I stand, And the

(88)

mid - night hears my cry: I love thee, I love but

accelerando.

thee, With a love that shall not die Till the

accelerando.

Andante maestoso. (60)

sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judg-ment Book un -

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 poco piu moto. (88)

fold.

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Look from my win - dow and see My pas - sion and my pain; I

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lie on the sands be - low And I faint at thy dis - dain. Let the

night-winds touch thy brow............ With the heat of my burn - ing sigh, And

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p cresc. ed accelerando.

melt thee to hear the vow Of a love that shall not die Till the

cresc. ed accelerando.

Andante maestoso.
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sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the judg - ment Book un -

fold. Allegro.
Tempo I.

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My steps are night - ly

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 driv - in, By the fev - er in my breast, To

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poco rall.

hear from thy lat - tice breathed The word that shall give me

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rest. O - - pen the door of my heart, And

o - pen thy cham - ber door, And my kiss - - - es shall teach thy

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 rall.

lips The........ love.......... that shall fade no more. Till the

cresc. rall.

Andante maestoso.

sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the

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Judg - ment Book, the Judg - ment Book........... un -

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fold.

Allegro.

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