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ROUND the house were lilacs and strawberries / And foal-foots spangling the paths, / And far away on the sand-hills, dewberries / Caught dust from the sea's long swaths.
Up the wolds the woods were walking, / And nuts fell out of their hair. / At the gate the nets hung, balking / The star-lit rush of a hare.
In the autumn fields, the stubble / Tinkled the music of gleaning. / At a mother's knees, the trouble / Lost all its meaning.
Yea, what good beginnings / To this sad end! / Have we had our innings? / God forfend!