And part were drown’d within the whirling brook :
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miracle of noble womanhood !” So sang the gallant glorious chronicle ;And, IJ all rapt in this, “ Come out,” he said, 50“To the Abbey : there is Aunt ElizabethAnd sister Lilia with the rest.” We went(I kept the book and had my finger in it)Down thro’ the park : strange was the sight to me ;For all the sloping pasture murmur’d sown 55With happy faces and with holiday.There moved the multitude, a thousand heads : 36. strait, hard and close; cf. “in sore straits.” 55. murmured, resounded with voices. 56. with happy faces and with holiday, a classical figure of speechcalled Hendiadys, meaning one thought in two expressions. Theee is ' with the happy faces of those who were enjoying theholiday.” }
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