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SHEADES.
Come here an' zit a while below
Theäse grey-stwoned tower, ivy-bound,
In sheäde, the while the zun do glow
So hot upon the flow'ry ground;
An' winds in flight,
Do briskly smite
The blossoms bright, upon the gleäde,
But never stir the sleepèn sheäde.
Theäse grey-stwoned tower, ivy-bound,
In sheäde, the while the zun do glow
So hot upon the flow'ry ground;
An' winds in flight,
Do briskly smite
The blossoms bright, upon the gleäde,
But never stir the sleepèn sheäde.
As when you stood upon the brink
O' yonder brook, wi' back-zunn'd head,
Your zunny-grounded sheäde did zink
Upon the water's grav'lly bed,
Where weäves could sweep
Away, or keep,
The gravel heap that they'd a-meäde,
But never wash away the sheäde.
O' yonder brook, wi' back-zunn'd head,
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Upon the water's grav'lly bed,
Where weäves could sweep
Away, or keep,
The gravel heap that they'd a-meäde,
But never wash away the sheäde.
An' zoo, when you can woonce vulvil
What's feäir, a-tried by heaven's light,
Why never fear that evil will
Can meäke a wrong o' your good right.
The right wull stand,
Vor all man's hand,
Till streams on zand, an' wind in gleädes,
Can zweep away the zuncast sheädes.
What's feäir, a-tried by heaven's light,
Why never fear that evil will
Can meäke a wrong o' your good right.
The right wull stand,
Vor all man's hand,
Till streams on zand, an' wind in gleädes,
Can zweep away the zuncast sheädes.
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