Versos English George Meredith Vi

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You can’t match the colour o’ these heath mounds, Nor better that peat-fire’s agreeable smell. I’m clothed-like with natural sights and sounds; To myself I’m in tune: I hope you’re as well. You jolly old cot! though you don’t own coal: It’s a generous pot that’s boiled with peat. Let the Lord Mayor o’ London roast oxen whole: His smoke, at least, don’t smell so sweet.