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ENOCH ARDEN.
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 ‘I came to speak to you of what he wish’d,Enoch, your husband: I have ever saidYou chose the best among us—a strong man:For where he fixt his heart he set his handTo do the thing he will’d, and bore it thro’.And wherefore did he go this weary way,And leave you lonely? not to see the world—For pleasure?—nay, but for the wherewithalTo give his babes a better bringing-upThan his had been, or yours: that was his wish.And if he come again, vext will he beTo find the precious morning hours were lost.And it would vex him even in his grave,If he could know his babes were running wildLike colts about the waste. So, Annie, now—Have we not known each other all our lives?I do beseech you by the love you bearHim and his children not to say me nay—For, if you will, when Enoch comes againWhy then he shall repay me—if you will,
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