Bendemeer’s stream

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There's a bower of roses 

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by Bendemeer's stream,

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and the nightingale sings 

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'round it all the day long.

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In the time of my childhood 

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t'was like a sweet dream,

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To  sit by the roses 

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and hear the birds' song.

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That bow'r and its music 

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I ne'er can forget,

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but oft when alone 

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in the bloom of the year,

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I think "Is the nightingale singing there yet?

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Are the roses still bright by the calm Bendemeer?