The Swallow
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retty swallow, once againCome and pass me in the rain.Pretty swallow, why so shy?Pass again my window by. The horsepond where he dips his wings,The wet day prints it full of rings.The raindrops on his [ ] trackLodge like pearls upon his back. Then again he dips his wingIn the wrinkles of the spring,Then oer the rushes flies again,And pearls roll off his back like rain. Pretty little swallow, flyVillage doors and windows by,Whisking oer the garden palesWhere the blackbird finds the snails; Whewing by the ladslove treeFor something only seen by thee;Pearls that on the red rose hingFall off shaken by thy wing. On that low thatched cottage stop,In the sooty chimney pop,Where thy wife and familyEvery evening wait for thee.
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