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Olton Pools

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Now June walks on the waters,     And the cuckoo's last enchantment     Passes from Olton pools.     Now dawn comes to my window     Breathing midsummer roses,     And scythes are wet with dew.     Is it not strange for ever     That, bowered in this wonder,     Man keeps a jealous heart?...     That June and the June waters,     And birds and dawn-lit roses,     Are gospels in the wind,     Fading upon the deserts,     Poor pilgrim revelations?...     Hist ... over Olton pools!

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