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<p class="f1" style="margin-left:8em"><SPAN name="FAREWELL_TO_THE_FARM" id="FAREWELL_TO_THE_FARM"></SPAN><b>FAREWELL TO THE FARM</b></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i10">The coach is at the door at last;<br/></span> <span class="i10">The eager children, mounting fast<br/></span> <span class="i10">And kissing hands, in chorus sing:<br/></span> <span class="i10">Good-bye, good-bye, to everything!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i10">To house and garden, field and lawn,<br/></span> <span class="i10">The meadow-gates we swung upon,<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</SPAN></span><span class="i10">To pump and stable, tree and swing,<br/></span> <span class="i10">Good-bye, good-bye, to everything!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i10">And fare you well for evermore,<br/></span> <span class="i10">O ladder at the hayloft door,<br/></span> <span class="i10">O hayloft where the cobwebs cling,<br/></span> <span class="i10">Good-bye, good-bye, to everything!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i10">Crack goes the whip, and off we go;<br/></span> <span class="i10">The trees and houses smaller grow;<br/></span> <span class="i10">Last, round the woody turn we swing:<br/></span> <span class="i10">Good-bye, good-bye, to everything!<br/></span></div> </div> <p> </p> <div class="figcenter"><ANTIMG src="images/image_014.jpg" width-obs="200" height-obs="233" alt="Illustration" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figright"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_015_01.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="263" alt="Illustration" /></div> <div class="figright"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_015_02.jpg" width-obs="128" height-obs="212" alt="Illustration" /></div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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