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I walked to-day, in the grassy dell, / Where the cunning ground-bird hides her nest, / And just where the plum-tree's shadow fell, / I sat me down for a while to rest. / And a robin came, and sat in the tree, / And told a long-lost tale to me.
Of a maiden, pure as the morning light, / And fresh as a white rose, bathed in dew. / Of a youth with eyes like a stormy night, / And a heart that nothing of candor knew. / And all through the valley, green and fair, / The youth and the maiden wandered there.