The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens

Book Excerpt: eave the farm! Rose. }Rose. If he leaves it, he dies.Edmunds. This base act, proud man, you shall rue.Young Benson. Turn him from the farm! From his home will you cast, The old man who has tilled it for years? Ev'ry tree, ev'ry flower, is linked with the past, And a friend of his childhood appears!Squire. Yes, yes, leave the farm! From his home I will cast The old man who has tilled it for years; Though each tree and flower is linked with the past, And a friend of his childhoo...