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IVY LANE (A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY LOVE SONG), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ivy lane in devon
Last Line: That's the place for me!
Subject(s): Cities; Devonshire, England; London; Love; Urban Life


IVY LANE in Devon, --
That's the place for me!
The sweet air mellow
With the burden of the bee;
High up in heaven
The blue, blue glow;
But Ivy Lane in London, --
O no, no!

Bare walls sullen
In the grim gray air;
Close-shut windows
With a cold blank stare;
Never lark or linnet
A-warbling low;
Ivy Lane in London, --
O no, no!

But Ivy Lane in Devon, --
Sunlight and song,
And beauty of blossoms
The glad day long;
Then love in the twilight
With starry eyes aglow . . .
Ivy Lane in London, --
O no, no!

Ivy Lane in London, --
Stress and strain and strife,
All of the sweetness
Hurried out of life!
But far from the clamor
By the wide west sea,
Ivy Lane in Devon, --
That's the place for me!





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