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 VILLAGE GREEN 
 
 On the cheerful Village Green, 
 Round which are scattered nou- 
 ses neat, 
 All the boys and girls are seen, 
 Playing there with busy feet. 
 
At Battledore and Shuttlecock 
 Each little maid her skill she 
 tries, 
 
 And to and fro, with skillful 
 knock, 
 The rapid shuttle swiftly flies. 
 
 Now they frolic hand in hand, 
 Making many a merry chain ; 
 lea they form a warlike band, 
 Marching o'er the level plain. 
 
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 Now ascends the favorite ball; 
 
 High it rises in the air, 
 Or against the cottage wall, 
 
 Up and down it bounces there 
 
 Now a knock, and swift it flies, 
 O'er the plain the troop are 
 flying, 
 
 Joy is sparkling in their eyes, 
 As to catch it all are trying. 
 
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 Here with Skipping Rope fast 
 swinging; 
 Sports a merry group of girls, 
 Whose glad laugh is loudly ring- 
 ing, 
 As they skip in giddy whirls. 
 
 Near them, seated on the grass, 
 Faces shine, that show no sad- 
 ness, 
 
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But each merry romping lass 
 Shouts aloud her infant glad* 
 ness. 
 
 Here the Hoop, with even pace, 
 Runs before the merry crowd ; 
 
 Joy is seen in every face, 
 Joy is heard in clamors loud. 
 
 For among the rich and gay, 
 Fine and grand and deck'd m 
 laces, 
 
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 None appear more glad th^n 
 they, 
 With happier hearts or hap- 
 pier faces. 
 
 Then contented with my state, 
 Let me envy not the great, 
 Since true pleasure can be seen, 
 On a cheerful Village Green, 
 
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