FROM A HIGH POINT IN THE WOODS WE GAZE OVER THE

SHRUBS AND TREES TO THE MISTY LINE OF THE DOWNS.

IF I EVER BECOME A RICH MAN,

OR IF EVER I GROW TO BE OLD,

I WILL BUILD A HOUSE WITH DEEP THATCH

TO SHELTER ME FROM THE COLD,

AND THERE SHALL THE BERKSHIRE SONGS BE SUNG,

AND THE STORIES OF BERKSHIRE TOLD.

I WILL BUILD MY HOUSE IN THE HIGH WOOD,

THERE I WOULD WISH TO BE,

AND THE MEN THAT WERE BOYS WHEN I WAS A BOY

SHALL SIT AND DRINK WITH ME.