Nature
A Three-Part Song
From Songs from Books
I'm just in love with all these three,
The Weald and the Marsh and the Down countrie;
Nor I don't know which I love the most,
The Weald or the Marsh or the white chalk coast!
I've buried my heart in a ferny hill,
Twix' a liddle low shaw an' a great high gill.
Oh hop-bine yaller an' wood-smoke blue,
I reckon you'll keep her middling true!
I've loosed my mind for to out and run
On a Marsh that was old when Kings begun.
Oh Romney Level and Brenzett reeds,
I reckon you know what my mind needs!
I've given my soul to the Southdown grass,
And sheep-bells tinkled where you pass.
Oh Firle an' Ditchling an' sails at sea,
I reckon you keep my soul for me!
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MLA
Kipling, Rudyard. “A Three-Part Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kipling/263/.
Chicago
Kipling, Rudyard. “A Three-Part Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kipling/263/.
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