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The Maid and the Magpie An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Maid and the Magpie, by Charles Moreton
Title: The Maid and the Magpie
An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts
Author: Charles Moreton
Release Date: July 30, 2007 [eBook #22181]
Language: English
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FRONTISPIECE.Verse 4
THE
MAID and the MAGPIE
an Interesting Tale
Founded on Facts
By Charles Moreton
LONDON.
Published by G. Stevens, 10 Borough Road, Southwark.
Verse 16
THE
MAID
AND THE
MAGPIE.
1
At Palaiseau, there liv’d a maid,
In form and features mild;
The stings of conscience never prey’d,
On this devoted child.
In form and features mild;
The stings of conscience never prey’d,
On this devoted child.
2
She serv’d a wealthy farmer there,
An honest soul was he;
Her comforts were his only care,
And all he wish’d to see.
An honest soul was he;
Her comforts were his only care,
And all he wish’d to see.
3
His wife was of another mould,
And prematurely smart;
Hasty, and rash, with that a scold,
Yet still a feeling heart.
And prematurely smart;
Hasty, and rash, with that a scold,
Yet still a feeling heart.
4
One summers eve’, her labor done,
She sat in pensive plight;
Watching the clear declining sun,
With rapt’rous delight.
She sat in pensive plight;
Watching the clear declining sun,
With rapt’rous delight.
5
’Twas then, that Blaisot trembling came