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... sweet and gentle faces ; " But two are sweeter far to me , " My Mother's and the Lady Grace's . " And here were mirrors round a room , That made a thousand walls of one ; And sunlight here in curtain'd gloom Faintly through colour'd ...
... sweet and gentle faces ; " But two are sweeter far to me , " My Mother's and the Lady Grace's . " And here were mirrors round a room , That made a thousand walls of one ; And sunlight here in curtain'd gloom Faintly through colour'd ...
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... sweet , sad , far - off memory . " Ah ! Lady Grace , how sweet you look , " So sweet and gentle , that you seem " A picture in some story - book , " Or I am in some pleasant dream . " " Ay , children , I was dreaming too ; " Which tells ...
... sweet , sad , far - off memory . " Ah ! Lady Grace , how sweet you look , " So sweet and gentle , that you seem " A picture in some story - book , " Or I am in some pleasant dream . " " Ay , children , I was dreaming too ; " Which tells ...
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... sweet boy and his bluff , bold brother- “ Ah , Château - grand ! your lady fair " Is not as happy as their mother . " Within the parlour , neat and plain , That eventide each eager brother Twice told , and would have told again , The ...
... sweet boy and his bluff , bold brother- “ Ah , Château - grand ! your lady fair " Is not as happy as their mother . " Within the parlour , neat and plain , That eventide each eager brother Twice told , and would have told again , The ...
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... sweet home , for evermore ! " And so they left the dear , dear place , Their child - walk a last time to roam ; And sought , and found with Lady Grace , At Château - grand a second home . And dearly loved they Lady Grace , And still ...
... sweet home , for evermore ! " And so they left the dear , dear place , Their child - walk a last time to roam ; And sought , and found with Lady Grace , At Château - grand a second home . And dearly loved they Lady Grace , And still ...
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... sweet and sad ; But dearly loved she Lancelot , And dearly loved her Galahad . And Arthur took the lady's name ; But he alone ; for said his brother ; " Mine , Lady Grace , must be the same " That once my father gave my mother . " That ...
... sweet and sad ; But dearly loved she Lancelot , And dearly loved her Galahad . And Arthur took the lady's name ; But he alone ; for said his brother ; " Mine , Lady Grace , must be the same " That once my father gave my mother . " That ...
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