Far oftener by himself. This Book, I guess,

Hath been forgotten in his careless way;

Left here when he was occupied in mind;

And by the Cottage Children has been found.

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... things;

Nor, with the knowledge which my mind possessed,

Could I behold it undisturbed: 'tis strange,

I grant, and stranger still had been to see

The Man, who was its Owner, dwelling here,