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It was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
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- Robert Southey: John James Masquerier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Oxenford: Fradelle and Young, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Radclyffe Hall: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Tom Moran: JemmaMoran, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Blake: Thomas Phillips, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ian Fleming: Erich Hartmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized