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I Wish I Had A Quiet Tomb

by Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

"I wish I had a quiet tomb,
Beside a little rill;
Where birds, and bees, and butterflies,
Would sing upon the hill."




Last updated January 14, 2019

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