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All the morning I gather the king-grass, |
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And do not collect enough to fill my hands. |
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My hair is in a wisp; -- |
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I will go home and wash it. |
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All the morning I gather the indigo plant, |
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And do not collect enough to fill my apron. |
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Five days was the time agreed on; -- |
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It is the sixth, and I do not see him. |
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When he went a hunting, |
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I put the bow in its case for him. |
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When he went to fish, |
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I arranged his line for him. |
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What did he take in angling? |
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Bream and tench; -- |
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Bream and tench, |
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While people [looked on] to see. |