A Shropshire Lad/Oh fair enough are sky and plain
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Oh fair enough are sky and plain,But I know fairer far:Those are as beautiful againThat in the water are;
The pools and rivers wash so cleanThe trees and clouds and air,The like on earth was never seen,And oh that I were there.
These are the thoughts I often think As I stand gazing downIn act upon the cressy brink To strip and dive and drown;
But in the golden-sanded brooks And azure meres I spyA silly lad that longs and looks And wishes he were I.
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