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Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers, would drift away.
Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers, would drift away.
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- Jean Ingelow (identity unresolved)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 251 · quotation 5 · Jean Ingelow · Margaret in the Xebec St. 57.
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