Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . ^^y*** L> JAMES PAYN. ^ r^ THE BACKS, (Cambridge.) -9^^ rOiS. Dropping down the river,Down the glancing river,Through the fleet of shallops,Through the fairy fleet,Underneath the bridges,Carved stone and oaken,Crowned with sphere and pillar,Linking lawn with lawn,Sloping swards of garden,Flowering bank to bank ;Midst the golden noon-tide,Neath the stately out their ladenArms to overshade us ;Midst the summer the winds were heavy

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Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . ^^y*** L> JAMES PAYN. ^ r^ THE BACKS, (Cambridge.) -9^^ rOiS. Dropping down the river,Down the glancing river,Through the fleet of shallops,Through the fairy fleet,Underneath the bridges,Carved stone and oaken,Crowned with sphere and pillar,Linking lawn with lawn,Sloping swards of garden,Flowering bank to bank ;Midst the golden noon-tide,Neath the stately out their ladenArms to overshade us ;Midst the summer the winds were heavyWith the the birds were sin^nna;From their sleepless nests :Dropping down the river,Down the branched river,Through the hidden outletOf some happy stream,Lifting up the leafyCurtain that oerhunij on fold of foliageNot proof against the stars-268 ^ W

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