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"Harken now, ain" And lo! frouardianis not plaintive and sorrow-laden, as I have been told the

swan's song is, Julie"

"No; the singing of the swan soothes and consoles Hark again to it"

"Oh, it is divine, Julie, and creeps intome with

comfort and exquisite peace"

"I doubt not, mademoiselle, that the maiden came to this lake to

cheer your sorrowful spirit, and to give you surety that neither you

nor your lover stand in danger"

"Ah, Julie; it is so sweet to think this And this it is which the

song tells htful quiet of otten theis always a guarantee

that no harm can co her spirit upon this new joy, the song of the shich

for a minute or two had been hushed, suddenly was resu, the two race of

rings of water before it Then a sudden darkness fell and hid the

bird; but the song cairls from the

midst of the lake, and whenever a shadow passed over Annette's