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BY THE MEADOW STILE. |
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BY THE MEADOW STILE.
THE LAD.
A hundred years agoThe birds made music merry,
The warm wind thaw'd the snow,
And ripen'd peach and cherry;
Green grew the vernal grass,
Sweet hope consoled the sad,
And a lad would love a lass,
And a lass accept a lad.
Heigho! heigho!
This chanced, I know,
A hundred happy years ago!
THE LASS.
A hundred years agoThe ship would choose its haven,
And doves as white as snow
Object to kiss the raven;
And scythes would mow the grass,
And hope forsake the sad;
And a lad mistake a lass,
And a lass refuse the lad.
Heigho! heigho!
This chanced, I know,
A minute and a half ago.
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