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LAYS AND LEGENDS;

THE

ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLISH LIFE.

BY CAMILLA TOULMIN.

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WOMEN OF ISRAEL.

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PROSE AND VERSE.

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LAURA.

"Twas some years ago

It may be thirty, forty, more or less, The carnival was at its height, and so

Were all kinds of buffoonery and dress; A certain lady went to see the show,

Her real name I know not, nor can guess, And so we'll call her Laura, if you please, Because it slips into my verse with ease.

She was not old, nor young, nor at the years
Which certain people call a "certain age,"
Which yet the most uncertain age appears,
Because I never heard, nor could engage
A person yet by prayers, or bribes, or tears,
To name, define by speech, or write on page,
The period meant precisely by that word-
Which surely is exceedingly absurd.

Laura was blooming still, had made the best Of time, and time return'd the compliment, And treated her genteelly, so that, dress'd,

She looked extremely well where'er she went ;

A pretty woman is a welcome guest,

And Laura's brow a frown had rarely bent; Indeed she shone all smiles, and seemed to flatter Mankind with her black eyes for looking at her.

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