Our English lakes, mountains, and waterfalls [selected verse]. |
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Page 13
... once the bright Wins on the fhade , the fhade upon the light . No favoured eye was e'er allowed to gaze On lovelier spectacle in fairy days ; When gentle Spirits urged a sportive chase , Brushing with lucid wands the water's face ...
... once the bright Wins on the fhade , the fhade upon the light . No favoured eye was e'er allowed to gaze On lovelier spectacle in fairy days ; When gentle Spirits urged a sportive chase , Brushing with lucid wands the water's face ...
Page 25
... once With indignation turned himself away , And with the food of pride fuftained his foul In folitude . Stranger ! these gloomy boughs Had charms for him ; and here he loved to fit , His only vifitants a ftraggling sheep , The ftone ...
... once With indignation turned himself away , And with the food of pride fuftained his foul In folitude . Stranger ! these gloomy boughs Had charms for him ; and here he loved to fit , His only vifitants a ftraggling sheep , The ftone ...
Page 29
... , Converfing not , knew little in what mould Each other's minds were fashioned ; and at length , When once again we met in Grasmere Vale , Between us there was little other bond Than common feelings TO HIS BROTHER . 29.
... , Converfing not , knew little in what mould Each other's minds were fashioned ; and at length , When once again we met in Grasmere Vale , Between us there was little other bond Than common feelings TO HIS BROTHER . 29.
Page 32
... fummit reached a heathy plain , With a tumultuous waste of huge hill - tops Before us ; favage region ! and I walked In weariness when , all at once , behold ! Beneath our feet , a little lowly vale , A Langdale Blea Tarn.
... fummit reached a heathy plain , With a tumultuous waste of huge hill - tops Before us ; favage region ! and I walked In weariness when , all at once , behold ! Beneath our feet , a little lowly vale , A Langdale Blea Tarn.
Page 36
... Once more beneath the concave of a blue And cloudless sky . — Anon exclaimed our host , Triumphantly difperfing with the taunt The fhade of discontent which on his brow Had gathered , " Ye have left my cell , —but fee How Nature hems ...
... Once more beneath the concave of a blue And cloudless sky . — Anon exclaimed our host , Triumphantly difperfing with the taunt The fhade of discontent which on his brow Had gathered , " Ye have left my cell , —but fee How Nature hems ...
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bafin befide beneath BLACK COMB bleffed bofom bright brook calm cheerful child cliffs Cloſe clouds cottage courſe crags delight diftant doft fafe faid feen fhade fhall fhepherd fide fight filent fing fingle firſt fleep flowers foft folemn folitude fome fong foon foul ftill ftone ftream fuch fummit Glaramara green happy hath heard heart HELM CRAG Helvellyn hills himſelf houſe Ifabel laft lake lamb laſt LEONARD liften look Luke Mary Howitt moffy mountain muſt myſelf NAB SCAR nook o'er paffed Photographs pleaſant pleaſure praiſe PRIEST purſue reft reſt rill rocks round RYDALE RYDALE WATER ſcene ſea ſee ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſheep ſhore ſhould ſhow Skiddaw ſky ſmall ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpot ſpread ſtars ſteep ſteps ſtill ſtone ſtood ſtrong ſuch ſweet thee theſe thoſe thou art thoughts trees vale whoſe wild wind wiſh woods