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PART IV.
Descriptive and Dramatic Readings,
WEDDING BELLS.
'T "TA N D K R TN G away on tired feet,
Wl^ A w ay from the close and crowded street,
Faded shawl and faded gown,
Unsmoothed hair of a golden brown,
F,yes once bright
With joyous light,
A w ay from the city’s smoke and din,
Trying’ to flee from it and sin ;
In shame cast down,
'Neath the scorn and frown
O f those who had known her in days that -yv^tL flown-,
The same blue eves—-the abode of tears.
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The once light heart— the abode of fears,
While dark despair came creeping in,
A s she fled from the city’s smoke and >iih-
With a yearning sigh,
A nd a heart-sick cry—
“ Oh, to wander away and die 1
God, let me die on m y mother's gravi,
'Tis the only boon I dare to crave J r'
A nd she struggled on,
With a weary moan,
In the noon-day heat,
From the dusty street:
