Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 2 by William Wordsworth
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And that he had one Brother--
PRIEST. That is but A fellow tale of sorrow. From his youth James, though not sickly, yet was delicate, And Leonard being always by his side Had done so many offices about him, That, though he was not of a timid nature, Yet still the spirit of a mountain boy In him was somewhat check'd, and when his Brother Was gone to sea and he was left alone The little colour that he had was soon Stolen from his cheek, he droop'd, and pin'd and pin'd; LEONARD. But these are all the graves of full grown men! PRIEST. Aye, Sir, that pass'd away: we took him to us. He was the child of all the dale--he liv'd Three months with one, and six months with another: And wanted neither food, nor clothes, nor love, And many, many happy days were his. But, whether blithe or sad, 'tis my belief His absent Brother still was at his heart. And, when he liv'd beneath our roof, we found (A practice till this time unknown to him) |
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