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SUMMER TIME ON BREDON, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis summer time on bredon
Last Line: The cattle then are sick.
Alternate Author Name(s): Kingsmill, Hugh
Variant Title(s): Poem (after A.e. Housman)
Subject(s): Bredon Hill; Farm Life; Agriculture; Farmers


'Tis Summer Time on Bredon,
And now the farmers swear;
The cattle rise and listen
In valleys far and near,
And blush at what they hear.

But when the mists in autumn
On Bredon tops are thick,
The happy hymns of farmers
Go up from fold and rick,
The cattle then are sick.





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