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Läsebok N:o 20—22.
She had a rustic, woodland air,
And she was wildly clad:
Her eyes were fair, and very fair; —
Her beauty made me glad.
»Sisters and brothers, little Maid,
How many may you be ?»
»How many? Seven in all», she said
And, wondering, looked at me.
»And where are they? I pray you tell».
She answered, »Seven are we»;
And two of us at Conway dwell,
And two are gone to sea.
»Two of us in the church-yard lie,
My sister and my brother;
And, in the church-yard cottage, I
Dwell near them with my mother».
»You säv that two at Conwav dwell,
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And two are gone to sea;
Yet ye are seven! — I pray you tell,
Sweet Maid, how this may be».
Then did the little Maid reply,
»Seven boys and £firls are we:
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Two of us in the church-yard lie.
Beneath the church-yard tree».
You run about, my little Maid!
Your limbs they are alive!
If two are in the church-yard laid,
Then ye are only five!»
»Their graves are green, they may be seen»,
The little Maid replied,
»Twelve steps or more from mother’s door,
And they are side by side».
»My stockings there I often knit,
My kerchief there 1 hem;
And there upon the ground I sit,
And sins; a somj to them.
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»And often after sun-set, sir,
When it is light and fair,
I take my little porringer.
And eat my supper there».
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