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In clusters of ringlets gay to see.
And the way of a witch. But our hero ? He
Was tongue-tied when in her presence fair;
Dumb14when, he strove the girl to beguile
With the eloquent wile of a lover’s smile,
A n d a heart tint ached with a dull despair.

'Tis the old; old tale; another ear Tie
With a readier smile and a lighter speech
And sat himself down this maid to teach
The primer tin it tomes beiorc change of name.
But site with her witcheiv tau:rhfc in turn
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That phi vers with flame mav f i i b u r n .
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And the other knew, as he plied his oar,
What the gay bell pealing across the bay
Strove to tell in il.s mocking way
Of hope perfected and hope no more/1
13Lit the years rolled on, and again the bell
Pealed across the sunlit sea
Willi note of madness now/0the knell
That told where widow's weeds would be.
The girlish face was faded now.
For years, where curb had been, plain braids
Swept back from the wrinkled cnreworn brow,
And the witchery fled2,1 that bad been the maid’s.
But blind to that was our lover true,
And he came again her love to sue.

Twice have the hcl's since crossed the sea,
Once for a wedding, once for the dead,
And another grave 'neath the apple-tree
Lies in the glow of sunset red,