gain ? said poor littleTom. Of course I will, you little duck. I should liketo take you with me and cuddle you all the way, onlyI must not; and away she went. So Tom really tried to be a good boy, and tormentedno sea-beasts after that as long as he lived ; and he isquite alive, I assure you, still.… … Thou little child, yet glorious in the nightOf heaven-born freedom on thy Beings height,Why with such earnest pains dost thou provokeThe Years to bring the inevitable yoke-Thus blindly with thy blessedness at strife ?Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight,And custom lie upon thee Avith a…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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