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Nurse's Song - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Nurse's Song

By William BlakeSource: William Blake - PoetryDB (Public Domain)56 words

When voices of children are heard on the green,

And whisperings are in the dale,

The days of my youth rise fresh in my mind,

My face turns green and pale.

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