And she was happy, happy still
Whene'er she thought of Stephen Hill.

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[Variant 12:]

1815
... on that woful day
A cruel, cruel fire, they say,
Into her bones was sent:
It dried her body like a cinder,
And almost turn'd her brain to tinder.




1798

... on that woful day
A cruel, cruel fire, they say,
Into her bones was sent:
It dried her body like a cinder,
And almost turn'd her brain to tinder.

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[Variant 13:]

1836
'Tis said, a child was in her womb,
As now to any eye was plain;
'Tis said, her lamentable state
Even to a careless eye was plain;
Alas! her lamentable state

1798


1820

1827

'Tis said, a child was in her womb,
As now to any eye was plain;
'Tis said, her lamentable state
Even to a careless eye was plain;
Alas! her lamentable state

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