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Poems Of William Wordsworth: Simon Lee The Old Huntsman
From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Wordsworth, William
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Simon Lee The Old Huntsman
In the sweet shire of Cardigan, Not far from pleasant Ivor Hall, An old man dwells, a little man, I've heard he once was tall. Full five - and - thirty years he lived A running huntsman merry; And still the centre of his cheek Is red as a ripe cherry.
No man like him the horn could sound, And hill and valley rang with glee, When Echo bandied, round and round, The halloo of Simon Lee, In those proud days he little cared For husbandry or tillage; To blither tasks did Simon rouse The sleepers of the village.
He all the country could outrun, Could leave ...
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