Detdiar sidj as efterluket wurden.
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Through the leafy aisles she floated, checking her own carol
sweet,
While the morning hymn of nature rose so holy and com-
plete ;
And with such a smile she listened to each silvery-warbling
bird.
Well it seemed she knew the meaning of the joyous notes
she heard.
Now the outer wall she reaches, where so close the ivy clings,
But a garland scarcely snatches, ere a wicket open swings.
And a wretched troop, whose ankles bear the badge of
heaviest woe,
Through the gateway roughly driven, to their daily task-
work go.
All unseen the princess glided to the laurel's thickest shade,
On the turbaned captives gazing, half with wonder, half
afraid.
