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IX.—NOTICES OF BOOKS. & »
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* SPECIMENS OF "HOMELY BALLADS." I>kiven...
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Ix.—Notices Of Books. & »
IX . —NOTICES OF BOOKS . _& _»
* Specimens Of "Homely Ballads." I>Kiven...
* SPECIMENS OF " HOMELY BALLADS . " I > _kiven the other morning' by a sudden shower to seek shelter ira
the the circulating' books library and of a watering hlets _-- thrown place , and about listlessl the tables y _takings in up pamp
papers , , search of amusement , the following' stanzas , upon mechanically opening a thin little volume , caught our eye and riveted our attention .
" Yet I know we are it great and will as well speak as , theyy Although we , ' re onl-working" folks
And And thoug women h at poor time y s we d w cannot eak ; check The tears upon oux cheek .
" I know A iri it t needs true and a noble fust heart , To want sp a hundred little _, things
Xet never go on trust ; , To And keep ne a ver hope let alive it rust "within . ,
* ' I know it needs a strength of love > To " With eke the noug little ht of victuals selfishness - out , ,,
An That d har all dl may touch have a bit a mess yourself , Though y faint with weariness * .
u I know it needs a courage stout , To A twist right and and turn read the y w clothes ill , aboutp
And darnand darn them still ; , No Another t knowing hole , where to fill t , o get a "bit
" I know That a it martyr needs the may patience require To With wash without pot a copp the fire er ,
The And chimney smuts a smoke as upon black all as driving mire ; . down _*
" Then Not , the not smallest to have a of garden the small ! , Where could stretch a line _across
one To meet your neighbour ' s wall ; But forced to dry before th d all fire ,
In smoke , and steam , an . " akin This to " is The good Poor , we Man mentall ' s Garden y exclaimed ' of Mary , it ha Howitt _, s a sp . irit Whose within is it it ? the titleand read
What is the book called ? We turned to -page : Homel Thousand y Balla . ds London for the : Smith Worhin , Elder q Man , ' & s Fireside Co ., 65 , Cornhill . By Mary , 1859 Sewell . . Eighth
equall The y g o hth od th thousand roughout ! . That Spite was of the a good eight thing thousand , if the coj book ) ies , h was ow-
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1860, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031860/page/56/
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