Anonymous British Poems

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31.
On The Zodiac

Behold our orbit as through twice six signs
Our central Sun apparently inclines:
The Golden Fleece his pale ray first adorns,
Then tow'rds the Bull he winds and gilds his horns;
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32.
Ring A Ring O' Roses

Ring a Ring O' Roses,
A pocketful of posies,
Atishoo! Atishoo!
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33.
The Kitchener Chap

He wore twin stripes of gold upon
And empty tunic sleeve;
His eyes were blue, his face so young
One hardly cold believe
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34.
The Three Ravens

There were three rauens sat on a tree,
Downe a downe, hay down, hay downe
There were three rauens sat on a tree,
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35.
Bonnie George Campbell

Hie upon Hielands,
and laigh upon Tay,
Bonnie George Campbell
rode out on a day.
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36.
The Corpus Christi Carol

Lulley, lully, lulley, lully,
The faucon hath born my mak away.
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37.
Wise Old Owl

A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
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38.
If You Sit Down At Set Of Sun

If you sit down at set of sun,
And count the acts that you have done,
And counting find
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39.
Epitaph In Sevenoaks Church-Yard

Grim Death took me without any warning,
I was well at night and dead at nine in the morning.
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40.
Nightingale In The East

On a dark lonely night on the Crimea's dread shore
There had been bloodshed and strife on the morning before,
The dead and the dying lay bleeding around,
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