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... stood , Unfhaded , eying far below the flood , Crowded behind the fwain , in mute distress , With forward neck the closing gate to press -- - Then , as I wandered where the huddling rill Brightens with water - breaks the hollow ghyll ...
... stood , Unfhaded , eying far below the flood , Crowded behind the fwain , in mute distress , With forward neck the closing gate to press -- - Then , as I wandered where the huddling rill Brightens with water - breaks the hollow ghyll ...
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... along that bank , when I have paff'd At evening , I believe that oftentimes A long half - hour together I have stood Mute - looking at the grave in which he lies ! Esthwaite . LINES Left upon a Seat in a Yew THERE WAS A BOY . 23.
... along that bank , when I have paff'd At evening , I believe that oftentimes A long half - hour together I have stood Mute - looking at the grave in which he lies ! Esthwaite . LINES Left upon a Seat in a Yew THERE WAS A BOY . 23.
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... stood 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 ...
... stood 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 ...
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... stood Shut out from prospect of the open vale , And faw the water that compofed this rill , Defcending , difembodied , and diffufed O'er the smooth furface of an ample crag , Lofty , and steep , and naked as a tower . All further ...
... stood Shut out from prospect of the open vale , And faw the water that compofed this rill , Defcending , difembodied , and diffufed O'er the smooth furface of an ample crag , Lofty , and steep , and naked as a tower . All further ...
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... Stood near , of fmaller fize , and not unlike To monumental pillars : and , from these Some little space difjoined , a pair were seen , That with united fhoulders bore aloft A fragment like an altar , flat and smooth : Barren the tablet ...
... Stood near , of fmaller fize , and not unlike To monumental pillars : and , from these Some little space difjoined , a pair were seen , That with united fhoulders bore aloft A fragment like an altar , flat and smooth : Barren the tablet ...
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Our English Lakes, Mountains, and Waterfalls (Classic Reprint) William Wordsworth No preview available - 2018 |
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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