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Video Music:
Concerto for 2 Oboes
in F Major Op9 no3,
2 Adagio.
By Tomaso Albinoni.
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the Advent Orchestra
at the Free Music Archive
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Copyright by
Nicholas Gordon
Fear not, for love is all around you,
All you see and feel, your light and air.
The passion and the joy of it surround you,
However much, or not, you know it's there.
Even in the darkest of your days,
Raw anger, disappointment, fierce frustration,
'Mid those whose frailties their love betrays,
Still, love configures every close relation.
Destiny comes dressed at times to kill,
And willing it takes every ounce of will,
Yet love's the bloom in every obligation.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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