<h2 id="c16">RURAL RAMBLES.</h2>
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<p class="t0">Over the hills as the pewee flies,</p>
<p class="t0">’Neath the glorious blue of summer skies;</p>
<p class="t0">Through briery wastes where wild birds dwell,</p>
<p class="t0">Deep in the shade of some rocky dell;</p>
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<p class="t0">Where the pennyroyal and mint smell sweet,</p>
<p class="t0">And the blackberry ripens in cool and heat;</p>
<p class="t0">Down the winding path by the rippling rill,</p>
<p class="t0">By the old-time creek, by the dear old mill;</p>
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<p class="t0">By the vine-clad fence, in the alder’s shade</p>
<p class="t0">Where woodchucks and merry squirrels invade;</p>
<p class="t0">Through spreading fields of daisies bright,</p>
<p class="t0">Where butterflies roam from morn till night;</p>
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<p class="t0">Past upland and hollow whence scents are blown</p>
<p class="t0">Of clover blossoms and flowers well known;</p>
<p class="t0">Over swamp and marshland where red-wings sing,</p>
<p class="t0">While in flag and tussock their nest they swing;</p>
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<p class="t0">Through ancient orchards, o’er meadows green,</p>
<p class="t0">Where roses and buttercups girt the stream;</p>
<p class="t0">Away through the woodlands’ emerald shade</p>
<p class="t0">By sparkling springs, through fern-clad glade,</p>
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<p class="t0">By old quarry ponds where memories cling</p>
<p class="t0">And gay swallows circle on tireless wing;</p>
<p class="t0">From dawn’s early light till twilight’s gloaming,</p>
<p class="t0">With scenes ever changing, there’s pleasure in roaming.</p>
<p class="lr">—Berton Mercer.</p>
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<div class="fig"><ANTIMG src="images/i11505.jpg" alt="" width-obs="670" height-obs="500" /> <p class="caption">THE DOMESTIC HORSE. <br/>(Equus caballus.) <br/><span class="small">ADAPTED FROM A PAINTING.</span></p>
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