de between the lime-stone crags. And the dame decked it with garlandsevery Sunday, till she grew so old that she could notstir abroad ; then the little children decked it for her.And always she sang an old old song, as she satspinning what she called her wedding-dress. Thechildren could not… … Then hey for boot and horse,And round the -inn-Id, airtnj ; Young blood must have its course, lad,And cccry <1<><J his day. THE WATER-BABIES llr/icn all the world is oil, 1ml, And all the trees an- l>mirn, •And all the sport is stale, lad, And all the wheels run do urn ;Creep home,…
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