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IX. HENBURY PLAIN.
Ye kindred spirits of the earth and sea,Who love the greeny levels of the main,
For ease of foot lies stretched yon even plain,
Enamelled green as springtide grass may be.
But if to hunt for posies ye agree,
White garlands from the sunny waves to gain,
Lo, daisies flash, where sprang white drops of rain,
Waves break in bloom from tree to hawthorn-tree!
And are ye loth to leave that silver store
The giddy Wye the solemn Severn yields?
A larger treasure waits you in these fields,
Youth, calm, and beauty mingle on the shore.
There, one low tune the shells are whispering;
Here, echo ranges while the gay birds sing!
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