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VOL. III.

THE HEDGE FEAST.

ANONYMOUS.

WHERE the bees and butterflies
Skim the meady down,
Five merry little children,
Gathered from the town,
From dark and gloomy alleys,
From sickly lanes and rooms,
Drearier and sadder

Than a place of tombs.

Ragged little Johnny,

Merry little Jim,

Crooked little Barney

How sweet the fields to him!
Matty with her white head,
Bonnet all awry;

Katie with sweet fancies
Glittering in her eye.

They have roamed the meadow,
They have roamed the wood,
Seeking nuts and blackberries,
For their pleasant food.
With their nuts and blackberries,
And lumps of bread and cheese,

On a mossy hedge-bank,

Now they sit at ease.

Drinking from the brooklet,

'Neath the hawthorn tree,
Clear it runs as innocence—
Fresh and bright and free-
The hawthorn shook fresh odours,
Like a blessing down
From the pure white blossoms
Of its leafy crown!

Plump white lambs were gathered
'Neath its cloven stem,

And the happy children
Nestled close by them;

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