In all seasons the Green we lov'd most,

Because on the Green we were free;

'Twas the prospect that first met my eyes,

And Memory still blesses the scene;

For early my heart learnt to prize

The Freedom of Honington Green.

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No Peasant had pin'd at his lot,

Tho' new fences the lone Heath enclose:

For, alas! the blest days are forgot,