What dost thou here between the towers?
Vain man, said she, that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize; For I myself shall like to this decay, And eek my name be wiped out likewise.
But dost thou know, my child, what this letter means which thy mother is doomed to wear?
"My little Pearl,"said Hester, after a moment's silence, "the green letter, and on thy childish bosom, has no purport. But dost thou know, my child, what this letter means which thy mother is doomed to wear?"
Wilt thou have thy child again, or shall I go with it there, where thou dost not know!
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity?
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