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HALLOWED PLEÄCES.

At Woodcombe farm, wi' ground an' tree

Hallow'd by times o' youthvul glee,

At Chris'mas time I spent a night

Wi' feäces dearest to my zight;

An' took my wife to tread, woonce mwore,

Her maïden hwome's vorseäken vloor,

An' under stars that slowly wheel'd