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Olton Pools.
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thun fro 11 1he dimb•ng lu!>C~ whrrh attach th_un·
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eh n. to tht: gardt ·, tr(;t!:, Ol the lt'n·-.t
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NO\\ j unc walks on tht wat
p:m·hi'd -.bore... of the (, u If of Btng ~I .t r LO\t't cd
\ nd t lw cu~: koo 's la'>t f'll 1 l"rs,
durin(T the -.pr n· \\ .th a beauttlui \\hlte ll)-.e, found
P.t '~"' ft o m Olton Poob.
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Bon.md tell.., us, a pi., ~o ~tt'tlle m vt!gctnl ion that
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111 -.omc parts the nall\ ·-.. .1rc ,ompdled to fu:d th( it
hor es :lnd cattle ,m dr cd lhh, we find th\/ Ro ... a
b i t not ~tra nge for C\'er
rubig-ino .... l. with it.. p.tl<·, "olitaQ, rup-,' tl d
l hat, bowcrcd in this wonl und• r the :-nOW!> of . l that
--~vt re dirn.tl«', the n:Ht\'1'::. :.'-ck~ng m1. s::.v• .md he 1cns
I hat J un<' ancl the Junr wat 1 •rs
fo1 th~~'ir rtind<>~er, tind Rv-..t m.tj.tlh ,111d, I th1nk,
.\ nd b ir cl'> a nd dawn-lit
Ro-..t embdba. Tlw Ro-..t maj.tJi, b a n r~ bt1 1 1lllll
. roc::e., J '
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f"l)lnur :tnd of ...,,, t, t p -rfumc, and ,hi' a l-o t•nlivcns
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JJi...,t
• ovPr Olton Pool~ !
kind of dimls . '' .Std " Wit/ • 11111 J
h no '''~,;"!.,.-. for not h:n mg- .t ro'«' n .lll) g.tnkn,
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''· .\nd t'\l'r) rus j, l t l nt, c·. dt indh idu.ll h.t ...
h r O\\n IJ\O'L cxqui-.t 1 .,c 1 t.
Ro ... otrC ofttn p:cl~ll( on tht brO\\ ..... !Ill in An Old Sussex Sheep-Shearing
th( h.ltld-. Of ':l llh Whtl ,uff r \ mnrl\ HIOill fl r tht
Church, nn1l it i ... ret ordE'd t 1 ~t. Yi~~.·c nt t at t 1•
RF tl l f' ro~t·bud::. in J une and th~ \'iolt>ts are
bed on '' hidt h~.: dt d ''. ... t._ r 1'<-d of tht m. \ t
blowing,
1 ou!ou ... c the IO\'(' of till' rrench for ro~t ... \\a ... th\ .1) s
I ht -..m.tl l bird.. . thE-y warble from ('\'t'r"
sho\\ n in t lw •' '' ard of onC' of th se llo\\ < ... ,, tlw
hough ;
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gn en
~· -.1 JIOfJlt Otlt IHI .H. :1 public read ng-. .\u 1 g thl"
1 l e n ·..., the- pink and thf' lrlv
Roru.tn-. \' ,.,. ') b.tntl.., \\ h,. ,J. pt on Lx,(.' p1 t.d ... , .uHI \\t ht ar uf t ne atllkt('(l \outh
I o adorn a nd pt>rf um<' tlw swf'et meado"'s 1• 1 ]
\\ ho t ould not ~1 p b (.tu..,., a pct. 1 J h::~d • I.H.' . . t. llld ... ou r br own jug, and 'ti-. fillnl with good
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The Daisies.
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. l " :n\ thf' whitl' daisiP.., go down to tlw sr:t,
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I hr- onoJ, . . ., whi<.tlf'd them out of th<' wood' ..
thr- J .. no\\11 h -.ton of th
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•·n •• not told hnlf then•
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