XII

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Tomorrow

But Molly kem limpin' up wid her stick, she was lamed iv a knee,

Thin a slip of a gossoon call'd, 'Div ye know him, Molly Magee?'

An' she stood up strait as the Queen of the world—she lifted her head—

'He said he would meet me tomorra!' an' dhropt down dead an the dead.

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