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The Old Castle

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The brother knew well the castle old,             Every closet, each outlook fair,         Every turret and bartizan bold,             Every chamber, garnished or bare.             The brother was out in the heavenly air;         Little ones lost the starry way,             Wandered down the dungeon stair.         The brother missed them, and on the clay             Of the dungeon-floor he found them all.             Up they jumped when they heard him call!         He led the little ones into the day--         Out and up to the sunshine gay,             Up to the father's own door-sill--             In at the father's own room door,         There to be merry and work and play,             There to come and go at their will,             Good boys and girls to be lost no more!

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