Word: died
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...happened, but I believe she quoted something to the effect that troubles were billows on life's ocean; when I proposed that we buffet them in company, and made as big a fool of myself as such circumstances require, promising eternal devotion, and expressing an ardent desire to die for her sake a number of times...
...land; and reminded me of how I had just desired even to lay down my life for her sake. I believe that I said something about hanging her if she didn't stop her fuss; and assured her that I only wished that I could die for my own sake then and there...
...bosky cows. Then in the fall I will leave her, promising, as I press her to my bosom, to return in a week and marry her. Winter will come, but not I; the sweet maid will droop and fade, no longer singing about her daily task; finally she will die and be laid away in the cold earth, while a stranger from the city (that's I) will come and drop a tear over her grave. Say, dearest maid, will you be such an one to me? That sigh betokens regard, I know; speak quick, I pray you, in order...
...die, for death indeed is sweet...
...die a martyr. So, lead...