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Page 21
... columns of those lofty firs , Supporting gracefully a maffy dome Of fombre foliage , seem to imitate A Grecian temple rifing from the Deep . " From " The Excurfion , " Book IX . THERE WAS A BOY . There was a boy ; ISLAND ON THE LAKE . 21 ...
... columns of those lofty firs , Supporting gracefully a maffy dome Of fombre foliage , seem to imitate A Grecian temple rifing from the Deep . " From " The Excurfion , " Book IX . THERE WAS A BOY . There was a boy ; ISLAND ON THE LAKE . 21 ...
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... seems to lie , How tenderly protected ! Far and near We have an image of the priftine earth , The planet in its nakedness : were this Man's only dwelling , fole appointed feat , First , laft , and fingle , in the breathing world , It ...
... seems to lie , How tenderly protected ! Far and near We have an image of the priftine earth , The planet in its nakedness : were this Man's only dwelling , fole appointed feat , First , laft , and fingle , in the breathing world , It ...
Page 41
... seems they have no work to do , Or that their work is done . On pipes of fycamore they play The fragments of a Christmas hymn ; Or with that plant which in our dale We call ftag - horn or fox's tail , Their rufty hats they trim : And ...
... seems they have no work to do , Or that their work is done . On pipes of fycamore they play The fragments of a Christmas hymn ; Or with that plant which in our dale We call ftag - horn or fox's tail , Their rufty hats they trim : And ...
Page 55
... seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees , and mountains bare , And grafs in the green field . My Sifter ! ( ' tis a wish of mine ) Now that our morning meal is done , Make hafte , your morning task refign ; Come forth and feel ...
... seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees , and mountains bare , And grafs in the green field . My Sifter ! ( ' tis a wish of mine ) Now that our morning meal is done , Make hafte , your morning task refign ; Come forth and feel ...
Page 79
... seems good That thou fhouldft go . ' " " At this the old man paused ; Then pointing to the ftones near which they stood , Thus , after a fhort filence , he refumed : " This was a work for us ; and now , my son , It is a work for me ...
... seems good That thou fhouldft go . ' " " At this the old man paused ; Then pointing to the ftones near which they stood , Thus , after a fhort filence , he refumed : " This was a work for us ; and now , my son , It is a work for me ...
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Our English Lakes, Mountains, and Waterfalls (Classic Reprint) William Wordsworth No preview available - 2018 |
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