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Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea. The orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea.
Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea. The orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea.
Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Sir Walter Scott
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- Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Quentin Durward. Chap. iv.
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