"If I should ever by chance grow richI'll buy Codham, Cockridden, and Childerditch,Roses, Pyrgo, and Lapwater,And let them all to my eldest daughter."

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Source : Edward Thomas, “If I Should Ever By Chance”

Edward Thomas

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