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The IDLE SHEPHERD-BOYS,

OR

DUNGEON-GILL FORCE,^[1]

A PASTORAL.

I.

The valley rings with mirth and joy,
Among the hills the Echoes play
A never, never ending song
To welcome in the May.

The Magpie chatters with delight;

↑ Gill in the dialect of Cumberland and Westmoreland is a short and for the most part a steep narrow valley, with a stream running through it. Force is the word universally employed in these dialects for Waterfall.