XX.

"But what's the thorn? and what's the pond?

And what's the hill of moss to her?

And what's the creeping breeze that comes

The little pond to stir?"

I cannot tell; but some will say

She hanged her baby on the tree,

Some say she drowned it in the pond,

Which is a little step beyond,

But all and each agree,

The little babe was buried there,

Beneath that hill of moss so fair.

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