Wayside pictures, hymns, and poems . THE MINE. J I. PART I. OME from liis pit among the reeds ami flags,Whore lie liad dug for months, andyi^i \i t^-, ^- --^^ dug in vain, i V J^X \ 1 ^^^ P^^® -^^^ came to dinner,r V I y&i^ ^°^* ^^ thought, \ ^^Y^^ Upon a Lench, and the low tablesend,He ate the remnant of theiir only lean dog scanned liixa by the three-legged stool,And in a cage beside his lattice smallAn old thiiish chattered with a marvellous wife, her face upon her wasted hands,Sat in the chimney by the red peat fire,Watching the smoke ascend the smutty stack,i\\. lost

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Wayside pictures, hymns, and poems . THE MINE. J I. PART I. OME from liis pit among the reeds ami flags,Whore lie liad dug for months, andyi^i \i t^-, ^- --^^ dug in vain, i V J^X \ 1 ^^^ P^^® -^^^ came to dinner,r V I y&i^ ^°^* ^^ thought, \ ^^Y^^ Upon a Lench, and the low tablesend,He ate the remnant of theiir only lean dog scanned liixa by the three-legged stool,And in a cage beside his lattice smallAn old thiiish chattered with a marvellous wife, her face upon her wasted hands,Sat in the chimney by the red peat fire,Watching the smoke ascend the smutty stack,i\\. lost meanwhile in wondrous his knife upon the wooden broke the silence with a heavy sigh :— Tis no use, Maggie, digging any more. Ive ventm-ed till weve only one goat left, Tlie weakest of the flock : the kids are gone. And all the sheep and lambs have long been sold : The cows have vanished fi-om the untilled fields, And all the horses have been driven away. Save that poor pony, lean, you see, and long : The pigs and p

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