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III.Loveliest of trees,the cherry now .  ·3III.Leave your home behind,lad .  ·  ·4IV.Wake:the silver dusk returning ·  .6V.Oh see how thick the goldcup fowers  .8VI.When the lad for longing sighs.  ·  .I0VII.When smoke stood up from Ludlow.IIVIII.Farewell to barn and stack and tree .·I3IX.On moonlit heath and lonesome bank·I4X.The Sun at noon to higher air.  ·  ·17XI.On your midnight pallet lying·  ·  .18XIL When I watch the living meet .  .  .19XIII.When I was one-and-twenty ·  · 20XIV.There pass the careless people.  .  .21XV.Look not in my eyes,for fear ·  ·  ·23XVI.It nods and curtseys and recovers.  .24XVII.Twice a week the winter thorough .  ·24XVIII.Oh,when I was in love with you  ·  ·25XIX.The time you won your town the race 26  \nCONTENTS","cbCaib6jfWopFjqx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib6jfWopFjqx","pdf",2202262,112,"English","# I. From Clee to heaven the beacon burns\n# II. Loveliest of trees, the cherry now\n# III. Leave your home behind, lad\n# IV. 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