English girls: their place and powerC. Kegan Paul & Company, 1879 - 147 pages |
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... let it Slip useless away . " Out of eternity This new day is born ; Into eternity At night will return . " Behold it aforetime , No eye ever did ; So soon it for ever From all eyes is hid . " Here hath been dawning Another blue day ...
... let it Slip useless away . " Out of eternity This new day is born ; Into eternity At night will return . " Behold it aforetime , No eye ever did ; So soon it for ever From all eyes is hid . " Here hath been dawning Another blue day ...
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