| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Scythe Song |
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| MOWERS, weary and brown, and blithe, | |
| What is the word methinks ye know, | |
| Endless over-word that the Scythe | |
| Sings to the blades of the grass below? | |
| Scythes that swing in the grass and clover, | 5 |
| Something, still, they say as they pass; | |
| What is the word that, over and over, | |
| Sings the Scythe to the flowers and grass? | |
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| Hush, ah hush, the Scythes are saying, | |
| Hush, and heed not, and fall asleep; | 10 |
| Hush, they say to the grasses swaying; | |
| Hush, they sing to the clover deep! | |
| Hush—’t is the lullaby Time is singing— | |
| Hush, and heed not, for all things pass; | |
| Hush, ah hush! and the Scythes are swinging | 15 |
| Over the clover, over the grass! | |
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