| 4 | And everything else is still. | 4 | And everything else is still. |
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| 5 | 'Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down | 5 | |
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| 6 | And the dews of night arise; | 6 | ‘Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down, |
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| 7 | Come, come, leave off play, and let us away | 7 | And the dews of night arise; |
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| 8 | Till the morning appears in the skies.' | 8 | Come, come, leave off play, and let us away, |
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| 9 | 'No, no, let us play, for it is yet day, | 9 | Till the morning appears in the skies.’ |
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| 10 | And we cannot go to sleep; | 10 | |
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| | 11 | ‘No, no, let us play, for it is yet day, |
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| | 12 | And we cannot go to sleep; |
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| 12 | And the hills are all covered with sheep.' | 14 | And the hills are all covered with sheep.’ |
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| 13 | 'Well, well, go and play till the light fades away, | 15 | |
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| 14 | And then go home to bed.' | 16 | ‘Well, well, go and play till the light fades away, |
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| 15 | The little ones leaped and shouted and laughed, | 17 | And then go home to bed.’ |
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| 16 | And all the hills echoed. | 18 | The little ones leaped, and shouted, and laughed, |
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| | 19 | And all the hills echoèd. |
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