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THE HOUSE'S SETTING by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL

First Line: HERE IS NO HEDGE OF YEWE TO HOLD IN GRIEFE
Last Line: AND THREE TALL PINES FOR SORROWE.
Subject(s): HOUSES;

HERE is no hedge of yewe to hold in griefe,
No cypresse nor long willow for despaire.
But the young birch displayes his cheerfulle leaf
In tracerie most faire.

Where the sunne falls at morn stand poplars seven
Where freely I of all sweete joyes may borrowe,
An elm that lifts his prayerfulle arms to Heaven,
And three tall pines for sorrowe.





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