And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast... Watlington Hill: A Poemby Mary Russell Mitford - 1812 - 37 pagesFull view - About this book
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