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The Landrail

How sweet and pleasant grows the way Through summer time

While Landrails call from day to

Amid the grass and

We hear it in the weeding

When knee deep waves the

We hear it in the summers prime Through meadows night and

And now I hear it in the

That grows as sweet

And let a minutes notice

And now tis in the

Tis like a fancy everywhereA sort of living

We know tis something but it

Will blab the secret

If heard in close or meadow

It flies if we

But follows if we notice

The close and meadow

Boys know the note of many a

In their birdnesting

But when the landrails noise is heard They wonder at the

They look in every tuft of

Thats in their rambles

They peep in every bush they

And none the wiser

And still they hear the craiking

And still they wonder

It surely cant be under

Nor is it in the

And yet tis heard in every

An undiscovered

And makes a pleasant wonder

For all the summer

The shepherd whistles through his

And starts with many a

His busy dog across the

In hopes to fright it

Tis still a minutes length or

Till dogs are off and

Then sings and louder than

But keeps the secret

Yet accident will often meet The nest within its

And weeders when they weed the

Discover where they

And mowers on the meadow

Chance on their noisy

And wonder what the bird can

That lays without a

In simple holes that birds will

When dusting on the

They drop their eggs of curious

Deep blotched and nearly roundA mystery still to men and

Who know not where they

And guess it but a summer

Among the meadow hay

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John Clare

John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English cou…

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