WO … XXV WHEN maidens such as Hester die,Their place ye may not well supply,Though ye among a thousand try With vain endeavour.A month or more hath she been dead,Yet cannot I by force be ledTo think upon the wormy bed, And her together. A springy motion in her gait, A rising step, did indicate Of pride…
Children's poetry, English
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