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CONDOLENCE.
A fine farmer's daughter (who thought that all labor
Wast vastly degrading, and base)
Was courted and won by a volatile neighbour,
Who left her to grief and disgrace.
Wast vastly degrading, and base)
Was courted and won by a volatile neighbour,
Who left her to grief and disgrace.
The farmer convey'd her with rage to her lover:
—The father he vowed should atone;
Who said (when the heart-rending story was over),
“My woes are as great as your own.”
—The father he vowed should atone;
Who said (when the heart-rending story was over),
“My woes are as great as your own.”
“I pity her vastly, yet now you have brought her,
“Good neighbour,—there's nought to be done;
“I only can say you've a very bad daughter,
“And I have a very bad son.”
“Good neighbour,—there's nought to be done;
“I only can say you've a very bad daughter,
“And I have a very bad son.”
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