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Strange Tales of Old Sussex: The Sheepshearers

An old Sussex shepherd No reed, or pipe, or flute for him To play sweet music on the hill, Nor shepherd’s smock in idle whim, The old poetic part to fill.   Just ragged clothes of sombre brown, That were all stained with Sussex soil, Wore that old shepherd on the down, So busy there …

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