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Lyrical Ballads 1798 by William Wordsworth;Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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[2] Several of the Lakes in the north of England are let out to
different Fishermen, in parcels marked out by imaginary lines
drawn from rock to rock.



GOODY BLAKE, AND HARRY GILL, A TRUE STORY.


Oh! what's the matter? what's the matter?
What is't that ails young Harry Gill?
That evermore his teeth they chatter,
Chatter, chatter, chatter still.
Of waistcoats Harry has no lack,
Good duffle grey, and flannel fine;
He has a blanket on his back,
And coats enough to smother nine.

In March, December, and in July,
"Tis all the same with Harry Gill;
The neighbours tell, and tell you truly,
His teeth they chatter, chatter still.
At night, at morning, and at noon,
'Tis all the same with Harry Gill;
Beneath the sun, beneath the moon,
His teeth they chatter, chatter still.

Young Harry was a lusty drover,
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