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THE COW SLIPS AWAY by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING

First Line: THE TALL PINES PINE
Last Line: WHILE GENTLY THE COW SLIPS AWAY.

THE tall pines pine,
The pawpaws pause,
And the bumble-bee bumbles all day;
The eavesdropper drops,
And the grasshopper hops,
While gently the cow slips away.



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