Historical & Legendary Ballads & Songs By Walter Thornbury. Illustrated by J. Whistler, F. Walker, John Tenniel, J. D. Watson, W. Small, F. Sandys, G. J. Pinwell, T. Morten, M. J. Lawless, and many others |
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The Miller's Meadow.
The swan loves the brook in the Ten-acre Meadow,
Sailing so lordly, so wanton and lordly,
Where the green dragon-fly, jewelled so gaily,
Flits round the mill in the Ten-acre Meadow.
Sailing so lordly, so wanton and lordly,
Where the green dragon-fly, jewelled so gaily,
Flits round the mill in the Ten-acre Meadow.
The swallows race by in the Ten-acre Meadow,
Their shadows pursuing, in circles renewing,
Flying as swift as though hawks were pursuing,
Round the broad reach of the Ten-acre Meadow.
Their shadows pursuing, in circles renewing,
Flying as swift as though hawks were pursuing,
Round the broad reach of the Ten-acre Meadow.
The pike loves the dam in the Ten-acre Meadow,
Chasing with keen eye, like Herod of Jewry,
The innocent dace who are flying his fury,
Troubling the dam in the Ten-acre Meadow.
Chasing with keen eye, like Herod of Jewry,
The innocent dace who are flying his fury,
Troubling the dam in the Ten-acre Meadow.
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I love the walk in the Ten-acre Meadow,
So golden with Spring-flowers, with Spring-flowers so golden,
For there I meet Katy, the miller's own darling,
And there in her fond arms I often am folden.
So golden with Spring-flowers, with Spring-flowers so golden,
For there I meet Katy, the miller's own darling,
And there in her fond arms I often am folden.
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