The pride of the green

Near a grove of tall trees stretching far oer the pool

Whose broad shadows darken the stream as it flows

Where in summer the breeze from the waters so cool

Refreshes the flocks with a welcome repose

There nurs'd in a humble thatch'd cot that stands nigh

A sweet lovely blossom blooms lowly unseen

& call'd by the shepherds that wander hard by

The lovley Jeannette the pride of the green

(Unpublished)

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