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... child , what a time you must waste , And that every year older you grow ; Ah ! when I was young , in the days that are past , I was not allowed to do so ! My grandmother bade me to look at my first , Whether white , red , or black , it ...
... child , what a time you must waste , And that every year older you grow ; Ah ! when I was young , in the days that are past , I was not allowed to do so ! My grandmother bade me to look at my first , Whether white , red , or black , it ...
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... child Roamed over the hill side , brown and bare , And shivered in the cold night air ; Timid and wearied on she sped , Her only light the stars o'erhead . She did my first , then paused awhile ! And suddenly she seemed to smile ; For ...
... child Roamed over the hill side , brown and bare , And shivered in the cold night air ; Timid and wearied on she sped , Her only light the stars o'erhead . She did my first , then paused awhile ! And suddenly she seemed to smile ; For ...
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... child . My whole should you do , to your charge would be laid . A crime which no mortal on earth could defend ; There's no pity for him , who , unseen and unheard , Could plunge the cold steel in the heart of a friend . F. A. G. 41 In ...
... child . My whole should you do , to your charge would be laid . A crime which no mortal on earth could defend ; There's no pity for him , who , unseen and unheard , Could plunge the cold steel in the heart of a friend . F. A. G. 41 In ...
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... child , beware ! 44 F. A. G. F. A. G. Oh ! greet my first with loving words , Chide not his merry mirth ; This spring tide is the brightest time , He'll ever know on earth . Be like my second - have for all Large hearted sympathy , A ...
... child , beware ! 44 F. A. G. F. A. G. Oh ! greet my first with loving words , Chide not his merry mirth ; This spring tide is the brightest time , He'll ever know on earth . Be like my second - have for all Large hearted sympathy , A ...
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... child for gold ? Would quench the joy of her maiden life In the season of youth , when hope is rife ; And make her the shrinking cheerless wife Of Lord Jocelyn , -vile and old ? To soften his heart , she did my next , With many a prayer ...
... child for gold ? Would quench the joy of her maiden life In the season of youth , when hope is rife ; And make her the shrinking cheerless wife Of Lord Jocelyn , -vile and old ? To soften his heart , she did my next , With many a prayer ...
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