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Versified by Mrs. Clara Doty Bates.


A miller had three sons,
And, on his dying day,
He willed that all he owned should be
Shared by them in this way:...

Come, list to my story,
More sorry, by far,
To her who must tell it,
And you who will hear it,
Than all others are!

'Tis the darling of each, who
Has spirit so mild...