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- THE LOVE BASE -
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A Database of Love Poems
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- being -
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An Exercise in Idealism
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For the romantic spirit
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Version 1.6
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Copyright (c) Kevin Solway 1992
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Short description: Over 280 great love poems for idealists
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Long description:
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THE LOVE BASE contains over TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY of the very
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best love poems to bring fire to even the coldest of hearts, and
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to awaken the idealist within your soul. Use these poems as an
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inspiration to write your own love poems, and to win the heart
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of that special person (or scare them away). Learn of love's
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beauty, fantastic love, erotic love, the contradictions of love,
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love's lies, the humour of love, and much more.
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Files on the distribution disk:
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LOVEBASE.EXE: The main program
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LOVEBASE.DOC This documentation
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REGISTER.FRM Registration form
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- A word about user supported software: -
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The user supported software concept (usually referred to as
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shareware) is an attempt to provide software at low cost. The
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cost of offering a new product by conventional means is
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staggering, and hence dissuades many independent authors and
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small companies from developing and promoting their ideas. User
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supported software is an attempt to develop a new marketing
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channel, where products can be introduced at low cost.
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If user supported software works, then everyone will benefit.
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The user will benefit by receiving quality products at low cost,
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and by being able to "test drive" software thoroughly before
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purchasing it. The author benefits by being able to enter the
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commercial software arena without first needing large sources of
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venture capital.
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But it can only work with your support. We're not just talking
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about THE LOVE BASE here, but about all user supported software.
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If you find that you are still using a program after a couple of
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weeks, then pretty obviously it is worth something to you, and
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you should send in a contribution.
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- REGISTRATION/LICENCE -
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NOTE: This program is not free, but is a "shareware"
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try-before-you-buy product. To become a registered user of
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THE LOVE BASE, you need to fill-out the following (or the
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accompanying registration form) and send it to me at the address
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below:
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THE LOVE BASE version 1.6
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Registration (v1.6).......... @ $ 10.00 ea $ ______
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If you want to be sent a copy of the
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latest version of THE LOVE BASE when
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it becomes available, add $6 for
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postage and handling .......... $ 6.00 $ ______
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Total $ ______
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Name : ____________________________________________________________
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Address: ____________________________________________________________
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: ____________________________________________________________
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: ____________________________________________________________
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I would also appreciate any input you would care to give concerning
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THE LOVE BASE. If you have any ideas or comments that would make this
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a better program, then please let me know.
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If you have some favourite love poems that are not included in THE
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LOVE BASE then please send a copy of them to us so we can include
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them.
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Comments and/or suggestions:
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____________________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________________
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Please remit to:
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Kevin Solway
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P.O Box 207
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University of Queensland
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St Lucia 4067
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Australia
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DISCLAIMER
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This program is provided AS IS without warranty, expressed or
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implied.
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- USING THE LOVE BASE -
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Just type LOVEBASE from the DOS prompt and press the return key
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to run the program.
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All function keys are displayed on the screen.
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Select section from the menu. Bring the menu up at any time by
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pressing the letter "M".
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Find text by pressing "F". Use this to search for an author's
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name or for keywords. A global search will search from the very
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first entry through to the very last. A local search is
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considerably faster but searches only the section you are
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currently viewing.
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Repeat the last find operation by pressing "R".
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Print the currently displayed entry by pressing the letter "P".
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Send the currently displayed entry to a text file on disk by
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pressing "T".
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"G"o to entry number. Goes immediately to the entry number
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specified.
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Up and down arrow keys move through the entries one at a time.
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Pressing the spacebar moves forward through the entries one at
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a time.
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Home and end keys move to the first and last entries
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respectively.
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- THE PURPOSE OF THE LOVE BASE -
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We live in an age devoid of ideals, devoid of dreams, devoid
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of hope. The dollar is our God, television our mentor, the
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newspaper our Bible. Drugs and sex make our heaven. Nobody
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even thinks of perfection as we strive headlong for mediocrity
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with workman-like efficiency.
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We are dying.
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The ideal of perfect romantic love is far from being the
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loftiest of ideals. It hardly compares with the ideals of
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knowledge and wisdom. But the romantic ideal is far superior to
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the so-called ideals of material wealth and power.
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An ideal is the most wonderful disease, for it makes one
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totally dissatisfied with life. Only then can one look higher,
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higher, and maybe . . . begin . . . to think.
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Other shareware programs by the same author:
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BREEZE: Word processor/text editor, many features. Can turn
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your ordinary text files into stand-alone executable
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programs (with viewing & searching features) for you
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to distribute. Analyze readability, check spelling,
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statistical analysis, sorting, indexing, multiple
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files/windows. Very easy to learn and use.
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TEXTLIFE: Text file to .EXE program converter.
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CONTROL3: File manager, lists three drives/directories on screen
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simultaneously.
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LIFEGAME: Graphical simulation of natural systems.
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DI: Directory program for moving quickly around your
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hard disk.
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PCONTROL: Printer controller program.
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PVIEW: Graphical text print previewer.
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POWER WORDS: 5000 quotes at your fingertips - fast! All packed
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into a single executable program.
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And four computer books:
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POISON FOR THE HEART: The ultimate philosophy.
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Written in an aphoristic style for those who don't like to waste
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their time with padding. Discusses the law of cause and effect
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and its far reaching ramifications. Investigates the nature of
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the ego, attachment, religion, men and women. Arguably the only
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book a thinking person needs to read.
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WIT FOR WISDOM: Compact truth.
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"Wit for Wisdom" is a compilation of the most incisive gems of
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wit, along with a few drops of my own blood. Unlike normal
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collections of quotes, aphorisms and apothegms, this work has
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both a purpose and a message. So this is not so much a book for
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wits, but for thinkers. Wit for wisdom is a kind of wit that is
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too witty even for wits. Of all the areas of interest covered
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in this work, the subjects of the sexes and the relationships
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between them predominate, they being responsible for the larger
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part of our foolishness. The viewing program allows you to send
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the text to your printer or to a text file on disk.
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VENOM CRYSTALS:
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A compilation of the most powerful spiritual/philosophic
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writings of all time. Includes the best from Buddhism,
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Christianity, Hinduism, Taoism, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche.
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LETTERS BETWEEN ENEMIES:
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Amazing correspondence between two thinkers. Explores the life
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experiences and philosophies of two friends on the path to
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Knowledge.
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* All these shareware programs are available from me,
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the author at:
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Kevin Solway
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PO Box 207
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University of Queensland
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St Lucia 4067
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Australia
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- Contribution from a user -
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"Love hurts"
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by John E. Pickersgill
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Tasmania
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I knew a man called Tom McPherson.
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He was a very clumsy person.
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Two left arms and two left feet,
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The clumsiest man you'd ever meet.
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Each step he took he fell down twice.
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He tripped and stumbled all through life.
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Accidents that couldn't happen
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Were Tom McPherson's daily pattern.
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Now you may doubt and you may scoff,
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But he's fell in and he's fell off,
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Everything you'd care to mention,
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Although, it's not been his intention.
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One day in Spring he fell again,
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In love this time with clumsy Gwen.
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Her two left feet and two left arms,
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He thought her most appealing charms.
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Of course you'd have no doubt at all
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That they were married in the fall,
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And at the altar said "I do",
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While falling down a time or two.
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A honeymoon of carefree bliss,
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They fell off that, they fell off this,
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But they fell more in love than ever,
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Having accidents together.
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Weeks of love, of joy and rapture,
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Of bruises, cuts, sometimes a fracture,
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Sweet memories shared of true romance
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Travelling home by ambulance.
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But now here comes the tragic part,
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A bit to wring the hardest heart.
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They both were fell on by a horse,
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It was an accident - of course.
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Life's ups and downs are unremitting,
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Their end was sad but strangely fitting.
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An ending flat, yet nice and neat,
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The horse you see, had four left feet.
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