Paul and Virginia [65]
but the cry of the sparrow-hawk, as it skims in quest of prey around this rocky basin. As for myself, since I have ceased to behold you, I have felt friendless and alone, like a father bereft of his children, or a traveller who wanders by himself over the face of the earth.
Ending with these words, the good old man retired, bathed in tears; and my own, too, had flowed more than once during this melancholy recital.
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Ending with these words, the good old man retired, bathed in tears; and my own, too, had flowed more than once during this melancholy recital.
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