I come from haunts of coot and hern,
I make a sudden sally,
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.


"The Brook", st. 1 (1855).

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I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.

I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.

I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.

I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.