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Fair Margaret, in her tidy kirtle, Led the lorn traveller up the path, Through clean-clipt rows of box and myrtle; And Don and Sancho, Tramp and Tray, Upon the parlour steps collected, Wagged all their tails, and seemed to say,— “Our master knows you—you’re expected.”
Fair Margaret, in her tidy kirtle, Led the lorn traveller up the path, Through clean-clipt rows of box and myrtle; And Don and Sancho, Tramp and Tray, Upon the parlour steps collected, Wagged all their tails, and seemed to say,— “Our master knows you—you’re expected.”
Approximate author period: c. 1820 AD · industrial
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- W. M. Praed
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- Approximate author period: c. 1820 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 356 · printed citation: W. M. Praed (The Vicar). · compiler notes excluded
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