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In the Army anagram—
I’m free to-day, the old sire said,
O no cell now have I to dread;
For this one happy day to me
Are glen and hill and forest free,
I, if I will, can ride, or fish,
A pit can enter, if I wish,
In search of chalk or sand.
In peace alone I now can dine,
And sing to Anna’s lute at nine,
Nor fear a reprimand.
the words in italics spell also soldier, colonel, general, captain, and lieutenant.
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My first transposed becomes a name
Which may quite mean be reckoned,
Two syllables combine the same,
With one or two for second.
My whole when fields are fresh and green,
And softly blows the wind,
Where the first signs of spring are seen
Within the woods we find.
is solved by Anemone, the wind flower (name, mean, anem, one, o, ne).
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