Poems and Lancashire Songs By Edwin Waugh. Fourth Edition, With Additions |
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ALL ON A ROSY MORN OF JUNE.
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All on a rosy morn of June,When farmers make their hay,
Down by yon bonny woodland green
A milking maid did stray;
And oh, but she was sweet and fair,—
The flower of all the vale;
In her hand a wild white rose she bare,
And on her head a pail.
II
Across the fields, as she did rove,The pretty maiden sang
A plaintive lay of tender love,
That through the valley rang:
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Among the wildwood green,
She lilted on her flowery way,—
And vanished from the scene.
III
When next I saw that pleasant vale—Twelve moons had wandered by—
A matron told her hapless tale
With tear-drops in her eye;
For there had been, with winsome wile,
A careless-hearted lad,
And plucked the flower whose lovely smile
Made all the valley glad.
IV
The woods were gay and green again;The sun was smiling on;
But the charmer of the rural glen
For evermore was gone:
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All stricken in her pride,
The white rose of the valley lay,
With an infant by her side.
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