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MARY RUANE by JAMES STEPHENS

First Line: THE SKY-LIKE GIRL THAT WE KNEW!
Last Line: UNWEARIEDLY!
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;
The sky-like girl that we knew!
She dressed herself to go to the fair
In a dress of white and blue;

A white lace cap, and ribbons white
She wore in her hair;
-- She does not hear in the night

Her mother crying for her, where
Down, deep, in the sea,
She rolls, and lingers, to and fro,

Unweariedly!



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