Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green… - James Beattie

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Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down,
Where a green grassy turf is all I crave,
With here and there a violet bestrewn,
Fast by a brook or fountain’s murmuring wave;
And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave!

James Beattie

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Professor James Beattie (October 25, 1735 – August 18, 1803) was a Scottish scholar and writer.

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