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HAUNTED by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY

First Line: MY LITTLE CHILD, HOW CAN YOU STAND
Last Line: AND HELD THESE FINGERS ALL NIGHT LONG.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; GHOSTS; HAUNTED HOUSES; SUPERNATURAL; CHILDHOOD;
MY little child, how can you stand
And fondle me and show no fears,
Nor cease your undertone of song?
You do not guess a ghostly hand
Was stretched across the gulf of years
And held these fingers all night long.



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