T'was breakfast time, and outside in
the street
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In Somerset they guide the plough
From early dawn till twilight now.
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Silent was I, and so still,
As day followed day.
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Quick through the gates of Fairyland
The South Wind forced his way.
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The Master of the Garden said;
"Who, now the Earth seems cold
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"The Fairies must have come," I
said,
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Some day of days! Some dawning
yet to be
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First, there's the entrance, narrow,
and so small,
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See, I am cumbered, Lord,
With serving, and with small vexa-
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Sometimes, when everything goes
wrong:
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Such a sensation Sunday's preacher
made.
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One yestereve, in the waning light,
When the wind was still and the
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Across the town the evening bell is
ringing;
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I know it all . . . I know.
For I am God. I am Jehovah, He
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Not long ago, I prayed for dying
grace,
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I shut my eyes to rest 'em, just a bit
ago it seems,
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"I'm going to gran'ma's for a bit
My mother's got the copper lit;
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When Baby strayed, it seemed to
me,
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If only dinner cooked itself,
And groceries grew upon the shelf;
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His step? Ah, no; 'tis but the rain
That hurtles on the windowpane.
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Back in the dear old country 'tis Christ-
mas, and to-night
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Nay, do not get the venison pasty
out;
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But if Paul heard her tattlings, I am
sure
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"In my father's house!" The words
Bring sweet cadence to my ears.
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Now from the dust of half-forgotten
things,
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You call authority "a grievous thing."
With careless hands you snap the
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Up to the Hall, my lady there'll wear
her satin gown,
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When little Fanny came to town, I
felt as I could sing!
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I've had a naughty day to-day.
I scrunched a biscuit in my hair,
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Into the world you came, and I was
dumb,
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