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THE WATER MIDDEN'S SONG by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: BUBBLE, BUBBLE, / SWIM TO SEE
Last Line: FOR SINGING'S SAKE.
Bubble, Bubble,
Swim to see
Oh, how beautiful
I be.

Fishes, Fishes,
Finned and fine,
What's your gold
Compared with mine?

Why, then, has
Wise Tishnar made
One so lovely
One so sad?

Lone am I,
And can but make
A little song,
For singing's sake.



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