Spurns that gray cell which once its free­dom barred;

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Poor hearts! the but­ter­fly, with pin­ions gold­en,

Spurns that gray cell which once its free­dom barred;

And the freed soul, with wings no long­er hold­en,

O Sad-Faced Mourners

lyricist: May Smith, 1893
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, 1834
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...Poor hearts! the but­ter­fly, with pin­ions gold­en,

Spurns that gray cell which once its free­dom barred;

And the freed soul, with wings no long­er hold­en,...

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Poor hearts! the but­ter­fly, with pin­ions gold­en,

Spurns that gray cell which once its free­dom barred;

And the freed soul, with wings no long­er hold­en,

O Sad-Faced Mourners

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