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...breath Of -the cowslip and primrose sweet — With the sky above my head, And the grass beneath my feet, For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal ! J Cowper feelingly notes how those who never pass their brick-wall bounds to range the... | |
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