The Batsford Book of Country VerseSamuel Carr |
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... rings of grain . Yet still the unresting castles thresh In fullgrown thickness every May . Last year is dead , they seem to say , Begin afresh , afresh , afresh . PHILIP LARKIN ( 1922- ) At Scoutton . John Crome The first Spring day I ...
... rings of grain . Yet still the unresting castles thresh In fullgrown thickness every May . Last year is dead , they seem to say , Begin afresh , afresh , afresh . PHILIP LARKIN ( 1922- ) At Scoutton . John Crome The first Spring day I ...
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Samuel Carr. A star is o'er the tower on the hill Whence rings no clanging knell , no evening peal ; The mill stands dark beside the flouncing foam , But still is all its gear , its mossy wheel . No rooks now sweep along the darkened sky ...
Samuel Carr. A star is o'er the tower on the hill Whence rings no clanging knell , no evening peal ; The mill stands dark beside the flouncing foam , But still is all its gear , its mossy wheel . No rooks now sweep along the darkened sky ...
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... Rings through the briary shaw , While , flitting gay , the swallows play Around the castle wa ' . Beneath the golden gloamin ' sky The mavis mends her lay ; The redbreast pours his sweetest strains To charm the lingering day ; While ...
... Rings through the briary shaw , While , flitting gay , the swallows play Around the castle wa ' . Beneath the golden gloamin ' sky The mavis mends her lay ; The redbreast pours his sweetest strains To charm the lingering day ; While ...
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