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The hum of bees, the scent of pines, the flight of the ousel down the water, the whistle of the curlew, all were to her pleasures as vivid as they were new.
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He sat gazing moodily on the rippling face of the water, or watched the ousel curtsying on its stone; and he almost despaired.
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But, anyhow, Mr. Black was sufficiently good-looking to be called handsome in a countryside where young unmarried men were rare as water ousels.
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"And anyway it cannot be helped," said the ousel.
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The size of my shieling tiny, not too tiny, Many are its familiar paths: From its gable a sweet strain sings A she-bird in her cloak of the ousel's hue.
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