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... that he might die . He looked around , but looked in vain- No one was there to ease his pain ; So he made up his mind his time had come , And laid his head on a cold stun- 15 20 On a cold stun , a cold stun , a 13 Springfield Mountain.
... that he might die . He looked around , but looked in vain- No one was there to ease his pain ; So he made up his mind his time had come , And laid his head on a cold stun- 15 20 On a cold stun , a cold stun , a 13 Springfield Mountain.
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Josephine Miles. On a cold stun , a cold stun , a cold stun— And laid his head on a cold stun . So this young man gave up the ghost , And forth to Abraham's bosom did post Out of the meadow he came to mow , With nobody by to see him go ...
Josephine Miles. On a cold stun , a cold stun , a cold stun— And laid his head on a cold stun . So this young man gave up the ghost , And forth to Abraham's bosom did post Out of the meadow he came to mow , With nobody by to see him go ...
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... cold as snow " as false , because the first was a literal analogy or simile , since the breast could be seen to be white as snow is white , while the second was fictive , a made - up metaphor which could not be proved by ob- servation ...
... cold as snow " as false , because the first was a literal analogy or simile , since the breast could be seen to be white as snow is white , while the second was fictive , a made - up metaphor which could not be proved by ob- servation ...
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ANONYMOUS The House that Jack Built 79 | 7 |
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