WHEN Autumn shakes the rambo-tree -- It's a long, sweet way across the orchard! -- The bird sings low as the bumblebee -- It's a long, sweet way across the orchard! -- The poor shote-pig he says, says he: "When Autumn shakes the rambo-tree There's enough for you and enough for me." -- It's a long, sweet way across the orchard. @3For just two truant lads like we, When Autumn shakes the rambo-tree There's enough for you and enough for me -- It's a long, sweet way across the orchard.@1 When Autumn shakes the rambo-tree -- It's a long, sweet way across the orchard! -- The mole digs out to peep and see -- It's a long, sweet way across the orchard! -- The dusk sags down, and the moon swings free, There's a far, lorn call, "Pig-@3gee!@1 Pig-@3gee!@1" And two boys -- glad enough for three. -- It's a long, sweet way across the orchard. @3For just two truant lads like we, When Autumn shakes the rambo-tree There's enough for you and enough for me -- It's a long, sweet way across the orchard.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN EMISSARY TO HEAVEN by WILLIAM ROSE BENET EPILOGUE TO A PLAY BEFORE THE KING AND QUEEN ... AT WHITEHALL by THOMAS CAREW THE HEART FLED AGAIN by ABRAHAM COWLEY OLNEY HYMNS: 44. PRAYER FOR PATIENCE by WILLIAM COWPER INDIAN SUMMER by MIRIAM DEL BANCO ELEGY: 12. HIS PARTING FROM HER by JOHN DONNE UPON THE TRANSLATION OF THE PSALMS BY SIR PHILIP SYDNEY & HIS SISTER by JOHN DONNE |