nd the land-birds as theybuilt amoni( the boughs ; and the air was so full of o o y song that it stirred St. Brand an and his hermits, asthey slumbered in the shade ; and they moved their good old lips, and sang their morning hymn amid their Y 2 THE WATER-BABIES CHAP. dreams. But among all the… … young to understand it. But have patience, and keepyour eye single, and your hands clean, and you willlearn some day to sing it yourself, without needing anyman to teach you. And as Tom neared the island, there sat upon arock the most graceful creature that ever was seen, viii A FAIRY TALE FOR A…
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