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A CAVALCADE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THISTLE-DOWN, THISTLE-DOWN, WHITHER AWAY?
Last Line: "AND HOME WITH THE ROVERS WE RIDE."

"Thistle-down, Thistle-down, whither away?
Will you not longer abide?"
"Nay, we have wedded the winds to-day,
And home with the rovers we ride."



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