<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416976" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Village Green</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the cheerful village green, <br>Skirted round with houses small,<br>All the boys and girls are seen,<br>Playing there with hoop and ball. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now they frolic hand in hand,<br>Making many a merry chain; <br>Then they form a warlike band,<br>Marching o'er the level plain. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now ascends the worsted ball, <br>High it rises in the air, <br>Or against the cottage wall, <br>Up and down it bounces there. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the hoop, with even pace, <br>Runs before the merry throngs; <br>Joy is seen in every face, <br>Joy is heard in cheerful songs. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rich array, and mansions proud, <br>Gilded toys, and costly fare, <br>Would not make the little crowd<br>Half so happy as they are. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then, contented with my state, <br>Where true pleasure may be seen, <br>Let me envy not the great, <br>On a cheerful village green.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jane+Taylor">Jane Taylor</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416976" data-title="The Village Green de Jane Taylor" data-description="On the cheerful village green, Skirted round with houses small, All the boys and girls are seen, Playing there with hoop and ball. Now they frolic hand in hand, Making many a merry chain; Then they form a warlike band, Marching o'er the level ..."></div> </div> </div>

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