Tom was almost running . ` Yes . That 's my name , Mus ' Dan , ' he said , hurrying over the silent shining lawn , where a rabbit sat by the big white-thorn near the croquet ground . ` Here you be . ' He strode into the old kitchen yard , and slid them down as Ellen came to ask questions . ` I 'm helping in Mus ' Spray 's oast-house , ' he said to her . ` No , I 'm no foreigner . I knowed this country ` fore your mother was born ; an ' -- yes , it 's dry work oastin ' , Miss. . Thank you . ' Ellen went to get a jug , and the children went in -- magicked once more by Oak , Ash , and Thorn ! A THREE-PART SONG I 'm just in love with all these three , The Weald an ' the Marsh an ' the Down countrie ; Nor I do n't know which I love the most , The Weald or the Marsh or the white chalk coast ! I 've buried my heart in a ferny hill , Twix ' a liddle low shaw an ' a great high gill . Oh , hop-bine yaller an ' woodsmoke blue , I reckon you 'll keep her middling true ! I 've loosed my mind for to out an ' run On a Marsh that was old when Kings begun : Oh , Romney level an ' Brenzett reeds , I reckon you know what my mind needs ! I 've given my soul to the Southdown grass , An ' sheep-bells tinkled where you pass . Oh , Firle an ' Ditchling an ' sails at sea , I reckon you keep my soul for me ! THE TREASURE AND THE LAW SONG OF THE FIFTH RIVER When first by Eden Tree The Four Great Rivers ran , To each was appointed a Man Her Prince and Ruler to be . But after this was ordained , -LRB- The ancient legends tell -RRB- , There came dark Israel , For whom no River remained . Then He That is Wholly Just Said to him : ` Fling on the ground A handful of yellow dust , And a Fifth Great River shall run , Mightier than these four , In secret the Earth around ; And Her secret evermore Shall be shown to thee and thy Race . So it was said and done .
And , deep in the veins of Earth , And , fed by a thousand springs That comfort the market-place , Or sap the power of Kings , The Fifth Great XXXXX had birth , Even as it was foretold -- The Secret River of Gold !
Earth Ellen Firle Miss. River Twix croquet reeds white-thorn yaller