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"My love is fair, I could not he'p but choose hiood, I could not bear to lose him

My love is wise, oh, what could I refuse hiht and shade at noon,

Lulls us to rest with songs, and turns away

All shafts of shelterless, tuh his tune,

And as soft waters warble to the moon

Our answering spirits chime one roundelay"

A "blythesohtly

broken by either rich or poor Its non-observance usually implied some

sorrowful element, and Mary's national, as well as natural desire, as

therefore toward an elaborate festal ceremony As soon as this intention

was put into words their very echo see

joy

The old, still house acquired, no one could very well tell how, an air of

expectation and pleasant hurry Guest chambers, that had not been used

for many years, were prepared for occupation

The ceremony was to take place on New Year's Day; so that the lovers were

to date a fresh life from a fresh year--a year in which they had shed no