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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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To the sheep on the lea o' the down;
Where the golden furze,
With its green, thin spurs,
Doth catch at the maiden's gown.

IV.

There's Newton Marsh,
With its spear-grass harsh,—
A pleasant summer level;
Where the maidens sweet
Of the Market street,
Do meet in the dark to revel.

V.

There's Barton rich,
With dyke and ditch,
Add hedge for the thrush to live in;
And the hollow tree,
For the buzzing bee,
And a bank for the wasp to hive in.

VI.

And O and O,
The daisies blow.
And the primroses are wakened;
And the violets white
Sit in silver light,
And the green buds are long iti the spike end.

VII.

Then who would go
Into dark Soho,