The Batsford Book of Country VerseSamuel Carr |
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Page 155
... close and brown , That lifts no more its height against their own . And in a little while those roses bright , Leaf after leaf , shall flutter from their height , And on the reaped field lie pink and white . And yet again the bird that ...
... close and brown , That lifts no more its height against their own . And in a little while those roses bright , Leaf after leaf , shall flutter from their height , And on the reaped field lie pink and white . And yet again the bird that ...
Page 160
... close , however keen The winter comes , I find a patch of green , Where robins , by the miser winter made Domestic , flirt and perch upon the spade ; And in a little garden - close at home I watch for spring — and there's the crocus ...
... close , however keen The winter comes , I find a patch of green , Where robins , by the miser winter made Domestic , flirt and perch upon the spade ; And in a little garden - close at home I watch for spring — and there's the crocus ...
Page 176
... Hill derives , While the kind river wealth and beauty gives ; And in the mixture of all these appears Variety , which all the rest indears . SIR JOHN DENHAM ( 1615-1669 ) At day - close in November The ten hours '. 176.
... Hill derives , While the kind river wealth and beauty gives ; And in the mixture of all these appears Variety , which all the rest indears . SIR JOHN DENHAM ( 1615-1669 ) At day - close in November The ten hours '. 176.
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Albert Museum Autumn barley beauty beech birds bloom blossoms blue boughs breath breeze bright brown chill clouds corn cowslips Crown Copyright dark doth dream drops earth Faber Ltd fair field flood Flow gently flowers FRANCES CORNFORD frost gleam grass green grey grove harvest hath hill IVOR GURNEY JOHN BETJEMAN JOHN CLARE John Crome John Linnell land landscape lark leaf leaves light meadow morn mountain nest night o'er painting pale permission of Faber poems rain Reprinted by permission RICHARD WATSON DIXON river ROBERT rooks rose round Samuel Palmer scene season shade shadow shining silent sing sleep snow song Spring stream Summer Sussex swallow Tate Gallery thee THOMAS thou tree Upper Lambourn vale Victoria and Albert village W. H. DAVIES W. R. Rodgers warm watercolour waves wild William Weston William Weston Gallery WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings winter wood yellow yonder