}
And in thy better ways resemble thee.
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The fairies round shall at her birth attend;
The friend of all in all shall find a friend;
And, save that one sad star that hour must gleam
On our fair child, how glorious were my dream!"
This heard the husband, and, in surly smile,
Aim'd at contempt, but yet he hoped the while:
For as, when sinking, wretched men are found