A little girl I've living at this day.

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WHAT, cried Aminta, now to you I'll state;

What happened once to be your spouse's fate;

I was at home alone, to say the truth,

When thither came by chance a sprightly youth.

The lad was handsome, with engaging mien;

I felt his worth:—my nature is serene;

In short so many things were our employ,