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Page 139
... maid would yet be his . So bold Tim Told Showed all his gold To the maid in the town of Tac ; And sweet Wing Wee Eloped to sea , And nevermore came back ; For in far Chinee the maids are fair , And the maids are false , -as everywhere ...
... maid would yet be his . So bold Tim Told Showed all his gold To the maid in the town of Tac ; And sweet Wing Wee Eloped to sea , And nevermore came back ; For in far Chinee the maids are fair , And the maids are false , -as everywhere ...
Page 170
... maids they cannot find A lover each to suit her mind ; The plain - spoke lad is far too rough , The rich young lord ... maids of Lee . There were three young maids of Lee ; They were fair as fair can be , And they had lovers three times ...
... maids they cannot find A lover each to suit her mind ; The plain - spoke lad is far too rough , The rich young lord ... maids of Lee . There were three young maids of Lee ; They were fair as fair can be , And they had lovers three times ...
Page 199
... maid , — An Armenian maid who wore no veil , Nor behind a lattice grew thin and pale ; At his sire's dark threats laughed the youth , " IIa , ha ! " Noureddin , the son of the Shah . " I will shut him close in an iron cage , " The ...
... maid , — An Armenian maid who wore no veil , Nor behind a lattice grew thin and pale ; At his sire's dark threats laughed the youth , " IIa , ha ! " Noureddin , the son of the Shah . " I will shut him close in an iron cage , " The ...
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