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... mother's heart ? What can that burden be ? Why do the bearers silent stand ? — Oh , pray for those at sea ! They draw the cold , damp swathings off , They leave the features free , Elspie and William see their son Stiff as the drown'd ...
... mother's heart ? What can that burden be ? Why do the bearers silent stand ? — Oh , pray for those at sea ! They draw the cold , damp swathings off , They leave the features free , Elspie and William see their son Stiff as the drown'd ...
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... " What dost thou here , young man , " quoth she , Blest Mary ! how glisten'd her ee ! " Good mother , I walk and meditate , " Quoth I , and turn'd to flee . " Thou shalt not go , " the beldame cried A LEGEND OF ARNSTRAND.
... " What dost thou here , young man , " quoth she , Blest Mary ! how glisten'd her ee ! " Good mother , I walk and meditate , " Quoth I , and turn'd to flee . " Thou shalt not go , " the beldame cried A LEGEND OF ARNSTRAND.
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... Mother , mother , let me go , The hour of noon is past . ' 99 " I swear thou shalt hear out my tale , If this hour be my last . * See note A. " We took this sailor to our cot , We A LEGEND OF ARNSTRAND . 31.
... Mother , mother , let me go , The hour of noon is past . ' 99 " I swear thou shalt hear out my tale , If this hour be my last . * See note A. " We took this sailor to our cot , We A LEGEND OF ARNSTRAND . 31.
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... Mother , mother , let me go , The day is waxing late : ” - " Hear how I sped , " the beldame said , " With my false - hearted mate . " For a short time in joy I spent Each swift - returning day ; But my love he left me desolate , In his ...
... Mother , mother , let me go , The day is waxing late : ” - " Hear how I sped , " the beldame said , " With my false - hearted mate . " For a short time in joy I spent Each swift - returning day ; But my love he left me desolate , In his ...
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... mother lay a - dying , Mother of mine , my Gwendolene , no more , And as her soul was flying , flying Across the sands of this life's shore , She stopp'd upon the brink a moment , Upon the brink of death's dark sea , - " Son Arthur ...
... mother lay a - dying , Mother of mine , my Gwendolene , no more , And as her soul was flying , flying Across the sands of this life's shore , She stopp'd upon the brink a moment , Upon the brink of death's dark sea , - " Son Arthur ...
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