Blackbird and throstle and linnet,

But she walking there was by far the most fair—

Lovelier than all else within it,

Blackbird and throstle and linnet.

But blossoms to berries do come,

All hanging on stalks light and slender,

And one long summer's day charmed that lady away,

With vows sweet and merry and tender;

A lover with voice low and tender.

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Moss and lichen the green branches deck;

Weeds nod in its paths green and shady:

Yet a light footstep seems there to wander in dreams,

The ghost of that beautiful lady,

That happy and beautiful lady.

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OLD SUSAN

When Susan's work was done she'd sit,

With one fat guttering candle lit,

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