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A GREAT TIME by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: SWEET CHANCE, THAT LED MY STEPS ABROAD
Last Line: THIS SIDE THE TOMB.

Sweet Chance, that led my steps abroad,
Beyond the town, where wild flowers grow --
A rainbow and a cuckoo, Lord,
How rich and great the times are now!
Know, all ye sheep
And cows, that keep

On staring that I stand so long
In grass that's wet from heavy rain --
A rainbow and a cuckoo's song
May never come together again;
May never come
This side the tomb.



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