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SONG: 25 by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD

First Line: BELOW THE ROCKS WHERE THE SAMPHIRE BLOWS
Last Line: BY THE TOWN OR SEA.

BELOW the rocks where the samphire blows,
The pebbled beach in an inlet shows
A quiet cave, where a green fern grows
By the summer sea.

'Twould cheer and brighten my home alway,
But fades if far from the fresh sea spray,
It could not live for a single day
In the town with me.

Below the hill where the heather lies,
A maiden sings, and her smiling eyes
Say love's a blossom that never dies
By the town or sea.





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