 | Poems of Rural Life in Common English |  |
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SING AGAIN TOGETHER
Since now, once more beside this mound,
We friends are here below the limes,
Come, let us try if we can sound
A song we sang in early times.
We friends are here below the limes,
Come, let us try if we can sound
A song we sang in early times.
When out among the hay in mead,
Or o'er the fields, or down the lane,
Our Jenny's voice would gaily lead
The others, chiming strain by strain.
Or o'er the fields, or down the lane,
Our Jenny's voice would gaily lead
The others, chiming strain by strain.
When roses' buds are all outblown,
The lilies' cups will open white,
When lilies' cups, at last, are flown,
The later pinks unfold to sight.
The lilies' cups will open white,
When lilies' cups, at last, are flown,
The later pinks unfold to sight.
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We learnt good songs that came out new,
But now are old among the young,
And, after we are gone, but few
Will know the songs that we have sung.
But now are old among the young,
And, after we are gone, but few
Will know the songs that we have sung.
So let us sing another rhyme
On this old mound in summer time.
On this old mound in summer time.
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