"Ragged Wood"

In "Ragged Wood," "long" in "you have been gone too long" is sung with a melisma (G# B G#), musically giving a sense of duration.  Similarly, "all" in "settled before us all" is sung with a melisma (B C# F#), musically giving a sense of number.  "Fly" in the line "When the sparrow and seagull fly" is also sung with a melisma (B G#), which - although descending - musically gives a sense of movement.