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قراءة كتاب The Maid and the Magpie An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts
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The Maid and the Magpie An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts
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class="i0">The once abode of rest;
His nature ev’ry care forgot,
He sank by grief opprest.
51
And has his form extended lay,
The cross was fair to view;
The Magpie seiz’d it for his prey,
And to the Abbey flew.
The cross was fair to view;
The Magpie seiz’d it for his prey,
And to the Abbey flew.
52
His worships clerk observ’d the theft,
And told him of his loss;
The dormant youth was now bereft
Of reason and his cross.
And told him of his loss;
The dormant youth was now bereft
Of reason and his cross.
53
Now swiftly to the spot he flew,
The Abbey enter’d soon;
His valu’d cross, now met his view,
With it, the fork and spoon.
The Abbey enter’d soon;
His valu’d cross, now met his view,
With it, the fork and spoon.
54
With joy he seized the stolen plate,
His bliss, what tongue can tell;
He wonder’d, gaz’d, till rous’d by fate,
And Annette’s dying knell.
His bliss, what tongue can tell;
He wonder’d, gaz’d, till rous’d by fate,
And Annette’s dying knell.
55
He starting, trembel’d at the sound——
Again it struck his ear;
With lightening speed he struck the ground
To save his only dear.
Again it struck his ear;
With lightening speed he struck the ground
To save his only dear.
56
In solemn state, Annette was led,
Towards the fatal spot;
All pray’d a blessing on her head,
Her guilt they all forgot.
Towards the fatal spot;
All pray’d a blessing on her head,
Her guilt they all forgot.
57
Old Gerard sought in vain to spare
Her life, her destin’d fate;
When Blaisot entered in dispair,
And shew’d the stollen plate.
Her life, her destin’d fate;
When Blaisot entered in dispair,
And shew’d the stollen plate.
58
A shout of joy, now rent the sky,
Old Gerard join’d the pair;
Erect they stand, who guilt defy,
The guilty do not dare,
Old Gerard join’d the pair;
Erect they stand, who guilt defy,
The guilty do not dare,
59
Before the sun, with bended knee,
They sank with awful fear;
With praises to their Lord’s decree,
They sought their cottage cheer.
They sank with awful fear;
With praises to their Lord’s decree,
They sought their cottage cheer.
60
Her Father, he now met their view,
Past cares they all defied;
The maid was spar’d, her virtue too,
The Magpie ’twas that died.
Past cares they all defied;
The maid was spar’d, her virtue too,
The Magpie ’twas that died.
Verse 60FINIS.
L. H. Cox, Printer, 17, Black Friars Road.
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