Julian Mann Poems

With an infant's joy I view the brook,
Its many wonders pass my eye:
A restless leaf the land forsook;
Ripples that beg the wind's reply.
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If you've ever heard leaves rustle
In a cool May night,
Or seen trees dance
In village streetlamp light,
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I followed my love to a glade,
And there upon a web I played
A tune from the stream I'd learned,
And then she danced among the ferns.
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All my sorrows slept
In your hair last night
For once they were
As tired as I
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Dreaming westward where fields roll
I may catch up with Edward's soul
By a half gap in a hedge where a stile
Did once lend a hand to poets while
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As when I from out
the church porch did look
upon a sky a pale moon had lit
and walking to an ancient tree
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I do not know why
I keep my favourites in my mind.
When asked who I like,
I rarely say he who is most like me.
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There is no perfect time to do anything,
So I decided to get off the train
At the last moment to wander
A footpath to an inn;
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Running, walking, standing,
We were always together,
Down the farm lane
In the sweet hedged weather.
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