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The Silent Village by Emma Lehman

There lieth a village on the hill

Beneath the cedar trees

Calm, and peaceful, white and still,

The home of the summer breeze.

No noise, no sound of hurrying feet,

Ever waken the echoes there;

The ivy creeps or the quiet street,

Thru reaches of maiden hair.

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