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Jack and Jill By Edgar Allan Poe

Jack and Jill By Edgar Allan Poe. Jack and Jill. Jack and Jill. w ent up the hill. t o fetch a pail of water. Death met them there. a nd stroked Jill’s hair. Jack met the scene with Laughter. Once pail was filled, blue song birds trilled, The happy pair descended.

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Jack and Jill By Edgar Allan Poe

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  1. Jack and Jill By Edgar Allan Poe

  2. Jack and Jill Jack and Jill went up the hill

  3. to fetch a pail of water.

  4. Death met them there

  5. and stroked Jill’s hair

  6. Jack met the scene with Laughter.

  7. Once pail was filled, blue song birds trilled,The happy pair descended.

  8. A sudden gloom, like in a tomb, the sunlit air transcended.

  9. Jill coughed and fell, Jack cursed demons’ hell!Why hadn’t Death but waited?

  10. His own true love, so like a doveWas now in Heaven, gated.

  11. Jack swung the pail into his frailCrown—it broke asunder!

  12. He now knew that Death came true,Jack’s laughter was Hell’s plunder.

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