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Chapter 15 shepherd song

strangers are welcome you are welcome here Here is joy perched on every branch Paleness flies away from every face in a hurry We don't reap what we plant Innocence is like a delicate rose Opening up on every girl's face Glory surrounds her brow Jewels of health adorn her neck Welcome, stranger, to this place, Where joy doth sit on every bough, Paleness flies from every face; We reap not what we do not sow. Innocence doth like a rose Bloom on every maidens cheek; Honor twines around her brows, The jewel health adorns her neck.

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