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The water-babies (1916)

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, ill · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 66

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hout knowing it, thebest part of ten miles from Harthover; but he was wrongabout getting down in five minutes, for the cottage wasmore than a mile off, and a good thousand feet below. However, down he went, like a brave little man ashe was, though he was very footsore, and tired, andhungry, and… … Clear and cool, clear and cool, By laughing shallow, and dreaming pool;Cool and clear, cool and clear,By shining shingle, and foaming weir;Under the crag where the ouzel sings,And the ivied wall where the church-bell rings,Undefiled, for the undefiled;Play by me, bathe in me, mother and child. I 57…

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