Gilbert and Sullivan Archive The Rose of Persia Song No. 23 Our tale is told

CD 2 Track 6

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Our tale is told,

And now is growing old!

For Fate, who holds the book

Of childhood, youth, and age,

Her finger now doth crook

To turn another page.

Try to forget --

Although a soft regret

Like some poor faded rose-leaf lie,

(To mark the place)

Within the book where thou and I

Have read one passage full of grace!

Where thou and I

Have read one passage full of grace!

Oh, try, try to forget!

The desert's wide --

And we must mount and ride!

Each with a caravan

That's laden with our sighs;

To barter, if we can,

Our loads in Paradise.

Try to forget!

Try to forget!

Our caravans have met

Amid the burning desert space,

Ah! Where thou and I, where thou and I

Have rested in a shady place

A little while, and then passed by, and then passed by!

Where thou and I, where thou and I have now passed by!

Try to forget!

Try to forget!

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