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LORD DERWENTWATER—C
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The king has written a broad letter,And seald it up with gold,
And sent it to the lord of Derwentwater,
To read it if he would.
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He sent it with no boy, no boy,Nor yet with eer a slave,
But he sent it with as good a knight
As eer a king could have.
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When he read the three first lines,He then began to smile;
And when he read the three next lines
The tears began to sile.
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