. Vanishing England . 1 i I! /. ;.v ? - *j Weather-boarded Houses, Crown Street, Portsmouth -> ... I ?— • •• -. / 96 VANISHING ENGLAND gem of the Cotswolds. No wonder that my friendSylvanus Urban, otherwise Canon Beeching, sings ofits charm:— Oh fair is Moreton in the marsh And Stow on the wide wold,Yet fairer far is Burford town With its stone roofs grey and old ;And whether the sky be hot and high, Or rain fall thin and chill,The grey old town on the lonely down Is where I would be still. O broad and smooth the Avon flows By Stratfords many piers ;And Shakespeare lies by Avons side These
. Vanishing England . 1 i I! /. ;.v ? - *j Weather-boarded Houses, Crown Street, Portsmouth -> ... I ?— • •• -. / 96 VANISHING ENGLAND gem of the Cotswolds. No wonder that my friendSylvanus Urban, otherwise Canon Beeching, sings ofits charm:— Oh fair is Moreton in the marsh And Stow on the wide wold,Yet fairer far is Burford town With its stone roofs grey and old ;And whether the sky be hot and high, Or rain fall thin and chill,The grey old town on the lonely down Is where I would be still. O broad and smooth the Avon flows By Stratfords many piers ;And Shakespeare lies by Avons side These thrice a hundred years ;But I would be where Windrush sweet Laves Burfords lovely hill—The grey old town on the lonely down Is where I would be still. It is unlike any other place, this quaint old Burford, aright pleasing place when the sun is pouring its beamsupon the fantastic creations of the builders of long ago,and when the moon is full there is no place in Englandwhich surpasses it in picturesqueness. It i
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