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Meanwhile the widow's grief grew manifold.
If all those holy saints and all those pray'rs
Have fail'd to rid her of her sinful cares,
How great must these now be! So greatly more
Than ever she had dreamt they were before,
That even the Virgin's interceding word
Unto the bar of Heaven may rise unheard!
And to her crowding sorrows she has now
To add the speedy parting with her cow:—
If all those holy saints and all those pray'rs
Have fail'd to rid her of her sinful cares,
How great must these now be! So greatly more
Than ever she had dreamt they were before,
That even the Virgin's interceding word
Unto the bar of Heaven may rise unheard!
And to her crowding sorrows she has now
To add the speedy parting with her cow:—
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