From, Country Diary

Backstone Bank

woodland gone

woodland and wood sorrel

and gone were the primroses, wood sorrel

were the songs, sanicle, primroses

songs of woodruff, sanicle

of wood, of woodruff

wood warblers

flowers of warblers

and of spring flowers and blackcaps

the carpet of spring

blackcaps gone too

gone too the carpet

gone too

From, A Country Diary

Drakewalls

now bright

now trees are birch trees

are bright with the lady’s mantle

birch with the summery purples and lady’s mantle

summery purples of fleabane and of selfheal

vetch, fleabane, selfheal, thistle

with yellow vetch, thistle, buddleia

interspersed with yellow

buddleia, rosebay and knapweed interspersed

rosebay and knapweed

rosebay and knapweed

rosebay

MORESTEAD

HERE COMMONS MET

 THE FARM ACRES 

 OF THE SOUTH 

EACH WORLD

THE MANY

BOUGHT

FIRS

OF

ROAD

SERVED

OLD LAND

DOWN LEIGH

OF THE GRASS

 AND THEIR RENT 

 NEAR PARISH LANE