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 And she saw the cottage near the wild wood,
 * With its lichened roof and latticed panes,

Strayed once more through golden fields of childhood,
 * Hyacinth dells and hawthorn-scented lanes.

Heard once more the song of nesting thrushes
 * And the blackbird's long mellifluous note,

Felt once more the glow of maiden blushes
 * Burn through rosy cheek and milkwhite throat

In that orchard where the apple blossom
 * Lightly shaken fluttered on her hair,

As the heart was fluttering in her bosom
 * When her sweetheart came and kissed her there.

Often came he in the lilac-laden
 * Moonlit twilight, often pledged his word;

But she was a simple country-maiden.
 * He the offspring of a noble lord.