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… … ERE I come to thevery saddest partof all my story. 1 know some people willonly laugh at it, and call it 3 much ado about nothing. ButI know one man who would not;and he was an officer with a pairof gray moustaches as long asyour arm, who said once in com-pany that two of the most heart-rending…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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