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Poetry for children (1880)

Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 · Boston : [J. Wilson & Son, University Press] · leaf 330

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(And on went Gelert too),And still, whereer his eves were cast, Fresh blood-gouts shocked his view ! Oerturned his infants bed he found.The blood-stained cover rent; And all around the walls and groundWith recent blood besprent. He called his child — no voice replied ; He searched with terror wild… … His suppliant, as to eaith he fell, No pity could impait;But still his Gelerts dyhig yell Passed heavy oer his heart. Aroused by Gelerts dying yell,Some slumberer wakened nigh ; What words the parents joy can tell,To hear his infant cry ! 312 LLEWELLYN A2sD HIS DOG. Concealed beneath a mangled…

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