Through undulating borderlands Beneath the shadow of the dyke, Borrowed water slowly slips Cradled soft in clodding clay; Past Tenbury Wells Ludlow, Leominster;  Deep in benign backwaters, Recirculating sedimentary flow of Quiet, unhurried Teme. A seeping vein, sunk Low in storied earth, Snaking slow and sinuous, A rising sap to bless the Fruitful burdened boughs,  Silent stands …