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...spring was putting forth its flowers, And every thing was fair. She had lost many children — now Tl.c last of them was gone; And day and night she sat and...have made my shroud so wet ; Oh, mother, do not weep I" Oh, love is strong! — the mother's heart Was filled with tender fears; Oh, love is strong 1 —...

...night she sat and wept Beside the funeral stone. One midnight, while her constant tears Were tailing with the dew, She heard a voice, and lo! her child...made my shroud so wet; Oh, mother, do not weep!" Oh. k»ve is strong!—the mother's heart Was filled with tender fears; Ok k>T« is strong!—and for her...

...night she sat and wept Jir- ide the ilnicral stone. One midnight, while her constant tears Were fulling with the dew, She heard a voice, and lo ! her child...!" Oh, love is strong ! — the mother's heart Was fill'd with tender fears ; Oh, love is strong ! and for her child Her grief restrain'd its tears. One...

...heard a voice, and lo ! her child Stood by her weeping too ! His shroud was damp, his face was wlutc : He said, — " I cannot sleep, Your tears have made my shroud so wet ; O, mother, do not weep !" O, love is strong ! — the mother's heart Was fill'd with tender fears...

...him in his little grave — 'Twas hard to lay him there, When spring was putting forth its flower*, And every thing was fair. She had lost many children...cannot sleep, Your tears have made my shroud so wet O, mother, do not weep !" O, love is strong ! — the mother's heart Was fill'd with tender fears ;...

...midnight, while her constant tears Were falling with the dew, She heard a voice, and lo ! her child His shroud was damp, his face was white : He said,—"...cannot sleep, Your tears have made my shroud so wet; O mother, do not weep !" Oh, love is strong!—the mother's heart Was filled with tender fears ; Oh,...

...stars are bright, When the dew-drops glisten, Then their vows should lovers plight, THE LITTLE SHROUD. SHE put him on a snow-white shroud, A chaplet on his...cannot sleep, Your tears have made my shroud so wet, O, mother, do not weep !" O, love is strong ! — the mother's heart Was filled with tender fears;...

...And gathered early primroses To scatter o'er the dead. She laid him in his little grave — 'T was hard to lay him there, When spring was putting forth...cannot sleep, Your tears have made my shroud so wet, O, mother, do not weep !" O, love is strong ! — the mother's heart Was filled with tender fears;...

...constant tears Were falling with the dew, She heard a voice, and lo ! her child Stood by her weeping too 1 His shroud was damp, his face was white ; He said...cannot sleep ; Your tears have made my shroud so wet, O, mother, do not weep ! " O, love is strong ! — the mother's heart Was fill'd with tender fears...