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    Miss Inly Lives In A Strange Old House,

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    B 7 the Ignorant and silly ; ,. , _- ; _s j / > But tli' only spirit that haunts the place

    Is that pretty dear Miss Lily . V . _'¦; ¦ ¦ '¦ / Hiss _^ Lily _/ sings , _"widths _hird _^ like / YQ _^ ce , ; y : ; v ; JrV y r . ">

    _^ Just like angel music seeming—O ! it makes you glad to hear her song _,

    And it sets you strangely dreamirig . t . . : . , She is fond of tales of fairy-laiid'' \ '

    , And will tell _^ oti , so demurely , ' Of Piiss iii Boo _sts _anct tlie dear White Cat , '

    But she can't ,. belieye them surely \ ,, .. ; ,. \ ; . . , , Miss IiilWears _sxic'll ; i pretty ( hat i ; ; _; '

    y a , _Cohered with spring-tiide _flbWers , ' ' | ; So _dieverly made , that to me' iiKey s ' eeni ;

    As , if , fresh ; from : _^ _Tatur _^' s _, _powers . ; .. . _ . _ _, ¦; - _,,,-s : : •; _; And her silkenstreaming _\ golden . hap

    , , Down to liei * waist is _falling ; ' " " _,. ' . ' . ' And I , when her clear voice sound , somehow _'

    Hear _echoes _fromelfjland _callings _ . j . _ _, _- , _;; _Tr Miss Lily . sits in the yiliage _, _cturch , , ' , ¦" . . , _, .

    And lists to the parson preaching : But her sweet little face and form I think

    Are as good as a sermon teaching . Miss Lily has such a good fond heart ;

    And she _loves dumb creatures nearly As much as if they could understand ;

    Though I know they lov _^ her dearly . She As will wel love l as' thb you dog top , pr if | _' st you _atfling ' re But _;; _kincti ; i : ! ' ; ; - ? ' ' [ ¦ _" / '' ; ''

    And you cannot win a sweeter thing Then the love of that' innocent' darling . '

    Miss _Lilytfear _/ at tHe _^ _and ' _ol _^ Hotis _©; _" ' /; l : _- f '" " To fairy seeming

    me you re a , Some spirit' pure seiit t 6 make ' tis g 6 ' 6 'd . '' '' ' ' ; '

    With briglit _eyeb and fair Iiair _^ stfeaiiiihg' . ' ' '

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• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1864, page 304, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011864/page/16/