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Hagar

The Singing Maiden, with Other Stories and Rhymes,

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HILDA.

Only a year has circled
Over our little maid;
Bright was the summer's sunshine,
Brief was the winter's shade,
Sweet was the breath of spring-time,

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Soft was the summer's breeze,
Gay were the plants that blossomed,
Golden the autumn sheaves.
Rosy and happy and merry,
Laughing and cooing all day,
She's like a bird in the spring-time,
Singing so blithesome and gay;
Sweet child of love! may no shadow
Pass o'er thy tender young brow,
May the years find thee and keep thee,
Loving and winsome as now.