SOME years ago, ere Time and Taste Had turned our parish topsy-turvy, When Darnel Park was Darnel Waste, And roads as little known as scurvy, The man who lost his way between St. Mary's Hill and Sandy Thicket, Was always shown across the Green, And guided... The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed - Page 137by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865Full view - About this book
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