Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.
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Chapter 49 No.49

And Malva, must she toil? E'en so.

Full patiently she takes her part,

All, all so new. But her deep heart

Forebodes more change than shall be shown

Betwixt a settle and a throne.

And lost in musing she will go

About the winding of her silk,

About the skimming her goat's milk,

About the kneading of her bread,

And water dra

            
            

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