Life and Phantasy by William Allingham: With frontispiece by Sir John E. Millais: A design by Arthur H. Hughes and a song for voice and piano forte |
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This old hereditary groundWelcomes within its peaceful bound
All peaceful comers. Push the gate:
What miles of oak and fern await
Our footsteps; unmolested space
As fair and free for you and me
As for His Grace who owns the place,
Whose ownership is not the same
As selfishness, with finer name,—
Long live such noble dukes as he!
In lieu of herald's meagre leaves,
The grateful Fancy richlier weaves,
And doth the whole wide woodland set
For garland round this coronet.
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