Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) English clergyman, historian and novelist
Song II, st. 1. <br class="br"> Water Babies http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/wtrbs10h.htm (1863)
“Let Cupid smile and the fiend must flee;
Hey and hither, my lad.”
"Love and Black Magic"
Fairies and Fusiliers (1917)
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Hey and hither, my lad." by Robert Graves?
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