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,… … Those are the words : but they are only the bodyof it: the soul of the song was the dear old womanssweet face, and sweet voice, and the sweet old air towhich she sang ; and that, alas ! one cannot put onpaper. And at last she grew so stiff and lame, that II A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 81 the…
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