"It were a blessed sight to see That child become a willow tree, His brother trees among. He'd be four times as tall as me, And live three times as long."

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Source : Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1876). “The Literary Remains of Catherine Maria Fanshawe”, p.71

Catherine Maria Fanshawe

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