NEWPOEMSINLAMB'SPOETICALWORKS,1836

newpoemsinlamb'spoeticalworks,1836

inthealbumofediths[outhey](1833)

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have'dinverse.ofcoarsesthouseholdstuff

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yet,bymyfaithinnumbers,iprofess,

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