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  • The Sun Rises Bright In France
    The sun rises bright in France,
    And fair sets he;
    But he has tint the blythe blink he had
    In my ain countree....
  • The Spring Of The Year
    Gone were but the winter cold,
    And gone were but the snow,
    I could sleep in the wild woods
    Where primroses blow....
  • Hame, Hame, Hame
    Hame, hame, hame, O hame fain wad I be-
    O hame, hame, hame, to my ain countree!

    When the flower is i' the bud and the leaf is on the tree,...
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Heaven 3 Dear 2 Sun 2 Fight 1 High 1 Death 1 Save 1 Shine 1 Open 1 Grave 1


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Pokerforgirls: marvelous to watch allan cunningham fold. wonderful instincts.
Jedpumblechook: "o hadst thou writ of brother men, with milder mood and soberer pen; nor poured thy scorching spirit proud, o'er them, like lightning from a cloud; i could, beneath thy favourite tree, have blessed - done all but worshiped thee." allan cunningham, 1829 'newstead abbey'
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Thecanberrapage: botanist allan cunningham's name is honoured by everything from skinks to she-oaks. but how much did you know about the curious scotsman?
The_riotact: allan cunningham's quiet passion for the natural world is commemorated in several australian plants and animals. have you seen some of them at tidbinbilla?
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Ballade Of The Midnight Forest
 by Andrew Lang

Still sing the mocking fairies, as of old,
Beneath the shade of thorn and holly-tree;
The west wind breathes upon them, pure and cold,
And wolves still dread Diana roaming free
In secret woodland with her company.
'Tis thought the peasants' hovels know her rite
When now the wolds are bathed in silver light,
And first the moonrise breaks the dusky grey,
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