Chapter III
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IS THE COUNTRY GIRL HAPPY ON THE FARM?
Let the mighty and great Roll in splendor and state! I envy them not, I declare it. I eat my own lamb, My own chicken and ham, I shear my own sheep and I wear it. I have lawns, I have bowers, I have fruits, I have flowers. My lark is my morning's charmer; So you jolly dogs now Here's God bless the plow— Long life and content to the farmer. Inscription on an old English pitcher.