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Two hands upon the breast, And labour 's done; Two pale feet crossed in rest, The race is won.
Two hands upon the breast, And labour 's done; Two pale feet crossed in rest, The race is won.
Approximate author period: c. 1826 AD · industrial
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- Dinah M. Mulock
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- Approximate author period: c. 1826 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Now and Afterwards.
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