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To the end of the trail / Richard Hovey [electronic text]

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Title
To the end of the trail / Richard Hovey [electronic text]
Author
Hovey, Richard, 1864-1900.
Publication
New York: Duffield & Company
1908
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"To the end of the trail / Richard Hovey [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAH7960.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 9, 2024.

Pages

VI
[On est venu dire]
SOMEONE came to say (Child, I am afraid) Someone came to say He would go away.…
With my lamp alight (Child, I am afraid) With my lamp alight I went through the night.…
And at the first door (Child, I am afraid) And at the first door The flame shook with fright.…
At the second door (Child, I am afraid) At the second door The flame spoke outright.…

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And at the third door (Child, I am afraid) And at the third door The light burned no more.…
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