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One Sister have I in our house (14)

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One Sister have I in our house (14) Lyrics

One Sister have I in our house -
And one a hedge away
There's only one recorded
But both belong to me

One came the way that I came -
And wore my past year's gown -
The other as a bird her nest
Builded our hearts among


She did not sing as we did -
It was a different tune -
Herself to her a Music
As Bumble-bee of June

Today is far from Childhood -
But up and down the hills
I held her hand the tighter -
Which shortened all the miles -

And still her hum
The years among
Deceives the Butterfly;
Still in her Eye
The Violets lie
Mouldered this many May
I spilt the dew -
But took the morn, -
I chose this single star
From out the wide night's numbers -
Sue - forevermore!

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