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Peter Faultless to his brother Simon

tales of night, in rhyme, and other poems. By the author of Night [i.e. Ebenezer Elliott]
Elliott, Ebenezer (1781-1849)

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PETER FAULTLESS TO HIS BROTHER SIMON.
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TALES OF NIGHT,
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MATRIMONIAL MAGIC.
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SECOND NUPTIALS.
  
INTRODUCTION.
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VIII. THE LOVER'S SONG.
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XII. THE POET'S SONG.
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XVI.
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XVII.
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XVIII. THE BRIDEGROOM'S SONG.
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XX.
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XXI. JACOB'S SONG.
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XXIII. THE STRANGER'S SONG.
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XXVIII.
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POEMS.

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“The flood,” she answer'd, “is abroad,
And peril haunts the buried road.
The ferryman hath left his boat,
Which hath not, this day, earn'd a groat,
And now in Mexbro, with his wench,
Tipsy, he sits on the alehouse bench.”
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