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a They say it was a shocking te Great praise the Duke of Marl-
sight bro’ won,
After the field -was won : And our good Prince Eugene."
For m any a thousand bodj es here /rWTiy 'twasa very wickedthing,”
Lay rotting in the sun: Said little Wilhelmine,
Eut things like that, you know, " Nay, nay, my littlejj& tl? quoth
mint be, he,
After a Famous Victory, (ilt -was a Famous Victory.

11 And everybody praised the Duke,
Who such a fight did win
" But ichat good came of it at lust ? ”
Quoth little Feterkm.
“ Wliy, that 1 cannot tell,” said he,
“But ’tw a a a Famous Victory ! ”

WE ARE SEVEN.

WORDSWORTH.

A simple child, dear brother Tiuij I met a little cottage girl,
That lightly draws its fcfreathj She was eight yejtrsold, she said:
And feels its life in every limb, Berhairwasthickwithmaiiyacurl,
What should it know of death 1 That cluster'd round her head.