A Shropshire Lad
'Is my friend hearty,
Now I am thin and pine,
And has he found to sleep in
A better bed than mine?
Now I am thin and pine,
And has he found to sleep in
A better bed than mine?
Yes, lad, I lie easy,
I lie as lads would choose;
I cheer a dead man's sweetheart,
Never ask me whose.
I lie as lads would choose;
I cheer a dead man's sweetheart,
Never ask me whose.
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XXVIII
THE WELSH MARCHES
High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam
Islanded in Severn stream;
The bridges from the steepled crest
Cross the water east and west.
Islanded in Severn stream;
The bridges from the steepled crest
Cross the water east and west.
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