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Stories for the household (1889)

Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 253

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nable to utter asound, for he had no voice. Long he sat there before he could rightlysee all the beauty around him ; for it was beautiful. The air was freshand mild, the moon cast its mild radiance over the earth; trees andbushes exhaled fragrance, and it was right pleasant where he sat, andhis… … I1IE BIRD. as the cuckoo and the nightingale sang in spring-time. But Heaven,that hears the mute song of praise of the worm, could hear the notes ofpraise which now trembled in the breast of the bird, as Davids psalmswere heard before they had fashioned themselves into words and song. For weeks…

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