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81 TH TWO SONGS.

I aA. an Anel singing When the day was springing: 'Mercy, Piy, and Peace Are the world's release.' So he sang all day Over the new-mown hay, Till the sun went down, And haycocks looked brown. I heard a Devil curse Over the heath and the furze: 'Mercy could be no more If there were nobody poor, And Piy no more could be If all were happy as ye: And mutual fear brings Peace. Miserys increase Are Mercy, Piy, Peace.' At his curse the sun went down, And the heavens gave a frown.