Our English lakes, mountains, and waterfalls [selected verse]. |
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... happy child , The echoes of your rocks my carols wild : Then did no ebb of cheerfulness demand Sad tides of joy from melancholy's hand , In youth's wild eye the livelong day was bright , The fun at morning , and the ftars at night ...
... happy child , The echoes of your rocks my carols wild : Then did no ebb of cheerfulness demand Sad tides of joy from melancholy's hand , In youth's wild eye the livelong day was bright , The fun at morning , and the ftars at night ...
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... happy days fhall rise , ' Till our small share of hardly - paining fighs ( For fighs will ever trouble human breath ) Creep hufhed into the tranquil breaft of death . But now the clear bright Moon her zenith gains , AN EVENING WALK . 15.
... happy days fhall rise , ' Till our small share of hardly - paining fighs ( For fighs will ever trouble human breath ) Creep hufhed into the tranquil breaft of death . But now the clear bright Moon her zenith gains , AN EVENING WALK . 15.
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... happy chance we saw A two - fold image ; on a grafly bank A fnow - white ram , and in the crystal flood Another and the fame ! Moft beautiful , On the green turf , with his imperial front Shaggy and bold , and wreathed horns fuperb ...
... happy chance we saw A two - fold image ; on a grafly bank A fnow - white ram , and in the crystal flood Another and the fame ! Moft beautiful , On the green turf , with his imperial front Shaggy and bold , and wreathed horns fuperb ...
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... Of undistinguishable sympathies , Mingling moft earnest wishes for the day When we , and others whom we love , shall meet A fecond time in Grafmere's happy vale . Langdale . BLEA TARN . HESE ferious words Clofed the TO HIS BROTHER . 31.
... Of undistinguishable sympathies , Mingling moft earnest wishes for the day When we , and others whom we love , shall meet A fecond time in Grafmere's happy vale . Langdale . BLEA TARN . HESE ferious words Clofed the TO HIS BROTHER . 31.
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... happy as the day , Those shepherds wear the time away . Along the river's stony marge The fand - lark chants a joyous fong ; The thrush is bufy in the wood , And carols loud and strong . A thousand lambs are on the rocks , All newly ...
... happy as the day , Those shepherds wear the time away . Along the river's stony marge The fand - lark chants a joyous fong ; The thrush is bufy in the wood , And carols loud and strong . A thousand lambs are on the rocks , All newly ...
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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