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THE BIVER THAMES. 105
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Into a world eye tha many _^ t seems to sleep , Beneath the actual , —but a breeze
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Prom Best lov hills ed where of Rivers sweet ! yet From sad the thoug West ht , s rest ,.
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Never Throug weary h the , reeds never a fearing passage . clearing ;
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wee , por . A In li double ttle while beau the t swan down may thtide glide y ;
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And u we of care the heavier weight g : , Thy trembling vshall pant and reel
waes S B ilen enea t t w h oods the s and teamer bree ' s angr down y wheel : zy
Are Is mirror left behind 'd in th , the stream busy town and thou y
W Smok ith i t he factories crowd mus throng t ming , th le y no side w . ,
A Wider nd strea spreads ms of th d y amp po le llu tide tion , pour ; But darker rolling evermore .
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The Biver Thames. 105
THE BIVER THAMES . 105
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 105, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/33/
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