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THE ELDER WOMAN'S SONG: 2, FR. KING LEAR'S WIFE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY

First Line: MOTHER, IT IS MY WEDDING-MORN
Last Line: FOR I WATCHED THE NIGHT AWAY.
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

MOTHER, it is my wedding-morn;
Come, bring the linen fine,
And wash my face with milk so warm
Drawn from the young white kine.
The blackbird in the apple-tree
Was waking ere the day;
But I was ready sooner than he,
For I watched the night away.



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