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MUSIC OF LAUGHTER by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON

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First Line: SHE HAD THAT CHARMING LAUGH WHICH, LIKE A SONG
Last Line: THE DEPTH AND TRUTH OF EARNEST TENDERNESS.
Subject(s): LAUGHTER;
SHE had that charming laugh which, like a song,
The song of a spring-bird, wakes suddenly
When we least look for it. It lingered long
Upon the ear, one of the sweet things we
Treasure unconsciously. As steals along
A stream in sunshine, stole its melody,
As musical as it was light and wild,
The buoyant spirit of some fairy child;
Yet mingled with soft sighs, that might express
The depth and truth of earnest tenderness.



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