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قراءة كتاب The Maid and the Magpie An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts
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اللغة: English
The Maid and the Magpie An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts
الصفحة رقم: 4
Take these sad relicks, all I hold,
The wreck of fortune lost;
And quick exchange them love for gold,
For one by fortune crost.
The wreck of fortune lost;
And quick exchange them love for gold,
For one by fortune crost.
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Thy form I must not see again,
Then mark my last decree;
The gold that these, my love obtain,
Convey to yonder tree.
Then mark my last decree;
The gold that these, my love obtain,
Convey to yonder tree.
30
This said, he vanished from her sight,
She sank, opprest with grief;
Her eyes were dim, tho’ azure bright,
And tears bestow’d relief.
She sank, opprest with grief;
Her eyes were dim, tho’ azure bright,
And tears bestow’d relief.
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Her heart reliev’d, she sought with speed,
Her promise to pursue;
When chance directed in her need,
A wandering pedlar Jew.
Her promise to pursue;
When chance directed in her need,
A wandering pedlar Jew.
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Her Fathers wealth to him she sold,
But heav’d a bitter sigh;
And as she took the glittering gold,
A tear bedim’d her eye.
But heav’d a bitter sigh;
And as she took the glittering gold,
A tear bedim’d her eye.
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The Jew was gone! she rush’d with joy,
To seek the hollow tree;
Delighted that she’d soon destroy
His cares and set him free.
To seek the hollow tree;
Delighted that she’d soon destroy
His cares and set him free.
34
But fate denied her good intent,
Julianne came that way;
And stop’d her course, on virtue bent,
And caus’d a short delay.
Julianne came that way;
And stop’d her course, on virtue bent,
And caus’d a short delay.
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Come hither child, the matron said,
I’ve business here for you;
’Tis fit the plate be instant laid,
Ere you your course pursue.
I’ve business here for you;
’Tis fit the plate be instant laid,
Ere you your course pursue.
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She counted o’er each massy spoon,
When dreadful to relate;
The one deficient, very soon,
She miss’d among her plate.
When dreadful to relate;
The one deficient, very soon,
She miss’d among her plate.
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Dispair was mark’d in Annette’s face
Which beam’d deep scarlet hue;
Where heav’nly innocence might trace,
A heart, both firm and true.
Which beam’d deep scarlet hue;
Where heav’nly innocence might trace,
A heart, both firm and true.
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’Tis passing strange, Annette then sigh’d,
When Gerard reach’d the door;
But whose the Thief? the Magpie cry’d,
Annette, and said no more.
When Gerard reach’d the door;
But whose the Thief? the Magpie cry’d,
Annette, and said no more.
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