 There had been a murmuring sound, With which the babe would claim its mother's ear, Charming her even to tears. The spoiler set His seal of silence. But there beamed a smile So fixed and holy from that marble brow, — Death gazed, and left it there ;...  The Ladies' Pearl: A Monthly Magazine - Page 291841Full view - About this book
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