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Rh THE COSSAK.

at midnight hour,

Darkness thro' and fog,

Quiet by the river

Rode a Cossak brave.

Black his cap upon his ear,

Dust-covered is his coat,

By his knee the pistols hang

And nigh the ground his sword.

The faithful steed, rein not feeling

Is walking slowly on,

(Long its mane is, and is waving)

Ever further it keeps on.

Now before him two—three huts:

Broken is the fence;

To the village here the road,

To the forest there.

"Not in forest maid is found,"

Dennis thinks, the brave.

"To their chambers went the maids;

Are gone for the night."