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If that day

Should come, 'twould needs be a glad day for him;

He would himself, no doubt, be happy then

As any that should meet him—

.

Happy! Sir—

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You said his kindred all were in their graves,

And that he had one Brother—

.

That is but

A fellow tale of sorrow. From his youth

James, though not sickly, yet was delicate;

And Leonard being always by his side

Had done so many offices about him,

That, though he was not of a timid nature,

Yet still the spirit of a Mountain Boy

In him was somewhat checked; and, when his Brother

Was gone to sea and he was left alone,

The little colour that he had was soon

Stolen from his cheek; he drooped, and pined, and pined—

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But these are all the graves of full-grown men!