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  Will no one tell me what she sings?
  Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow
  For old, unhappy, far-off things,
  And battles long ago:
  Or is it some more humble lay,
  Familiar matter of to-day?
  Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
  That has been, and may be again!

  W. WORDSWORTH.




  ESSAYS IN THE
  STUDY OF FOLK-SONGS.


  BY THE
  COUNTESS EVELYN MARTINENGO-CESARESCO.

  LONDON:
  GEORGE REDWAY,
  YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
  MDCCCLXXXVI.




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