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"Live but one moment."
"Live? exclaimed the wife or our lamented President as she stood bending o'er his dying form. Live but for one moment, to speak to me once more, to speak to our children."
BALLAD
Poetry & Musc by
J.W TURNER.
3
BOSTON
Publlished by HENRY TOLMAN & CO. 291 Washington St.
Wm. Hall & Son, N. York. H.l. Story_Burlington Vt Root & Gady. Chicago
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H. F. Greene. Eng.
26545
"LIVE BUT ONE MOMENT!"
Words and Music by J. W. Turner.
Con agitazione.
Piano
1."Live but one moment!" Speak but once more!
Speak to the child_dren, One word I im_plore! O
breathe but one acc_cent To cheer this sad heart
"Live but one mo_ _ _ment" E'er we must part!
"Live but one moment" E'er we must part!
2."Live but one moment!" Dear _ _ est and best,
Ten _ _ _ der compan _ ion In sad _ _ _ ness oppressed!
Let me but hear again That voice so................dear.
"Live but one moment" This heart to cheer!
3. "Live but one moment!" O. 'twas too late!
Death _ _ like and si _ _ lent The lips of the great. A
fond wife stood weeping In an _ _ _ guise and pain. For
one love _ ing ac _ _ _ cent to bless for a _ gain! For
One lov _ ing accent to bless her a _ gain!