Linden Lea

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Within the woodlands, flowery 
gladed,
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By the oak tree's mossy moot,

The shining grass-blades, 
timber-shaded,
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Now do quiver under foot;
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And birds do whistle overhead,
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And water's bubbling in its bed,
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And there for me the apple tree
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Do lean down low in Linden Lea.


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When leaves that lately were 
a-springing
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Now do fade within the copse,

And painted birds do hush their 
singing
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Up upon the timber tops;
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And brown-leaved fruit's a-turning 
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red,
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In cloudless sunshine, overhead,
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With fruit for me, the apple tree
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Do lean down low in Linden Lea.


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Let other folk make money faster
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In the air of dark-roomed towns,

I don't dread a peevish master;
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Though no man do heed my frowns,
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I be free to go abroad,
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Or take again my homeward road
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To where, for me, the apple tree
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Do lean down low in Linden Lea.