Three hours ; or, the vigil of love : and other poems

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell (1788-1879)

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There was water, cool and clear,
The gushing Spring the Lady knew;—
A sober Pond was sleeping near,
And tall, old trees their shadows threw
Around the green turf margin fair,—
Where you may see them any day;
The Turf, the Trees, the Pond are there,—
The Spring has oozed away.

University of Virginia Library

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