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'THE REGOBD OF A -VANISHED LIFE. 259
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sensehe washe lies , deadone of the , martyr minority of the gentl His that life I e , eternal re and , v thoug erence the truths , noble , lonel a . something ; y A and , is lig effluent it , th is above ouse a something with is hum lonel li an g y ht holier ; failure , but for i it t than that is was founded success I based love .
upon on And a roc I k shall . him more—the dear old uncle ; never
never see lock agai s sh t he I sad see the sli full ght of , b kindness owed form and ; the wisdom thin , ; the te , sweet wavy eyes
Never smile , ; that again spoke shall the I , His meet loving the hear warm t , the clasp lonel pure of and and the lofty his hand sp , tt iri ver t .
friendl empty . y , ev I er shall true never . fireside again garden in winter sit seems with him listen y in the to arbour his co wise ag in
nobl sweet summer e talk sincere , or ; by never guiding the again words be coun . He selled is ; no , never soo more thed ; , is insp gone ire for d by ever his . ,
whom When , he knew in his , intimately happy moods and , loved _with entirel those onl how y around delightful him it
river was to and listen his * to imag his ination talk . adorned His thoug the ht banks flowed y , with like beauty a full , . deep
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'The Regobd Of A -Vanished Life. 259
'THE REGOBD OF A -VANISHED LIFE . 259
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1864, page 259, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061864/page/43/
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