Thanks to freefoto.com for this view of Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire

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The sun has long been set,
The stars are out by twos and threes,
The little birds are piping yet
Among the bushes and the trees;
There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,
And a far-off wind that rushes,
And a sound of water that gushes,
And the cuckoo’s sovereign cry
Fills all the hollow of the sky.

Who would go “parading”
In London, and “masquerading,”
On such a night of June
With that beautiful soft half-moon,
And all these innocent blisses?
0n such a night as this is! (William Wordsworth 1770-1850)

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Just a-wearyin’ for you
All the time a-feelin’ blue,
Wishin’ for you, wond’rin’ when
You’ll be comin’ home again,
Restless, don’t know what to do,
Just a-wearyin’ for you.

Evenin’ comes, I miss you more
When the dark glooms round the door,
Seems just like you ought to be
Here to open it for me,
Latch goes tinklin’, thrills me through,
Just a-wearyin’ for you. (Frank Stanton 1857-1927)

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