The Batsford Book of Country VerseSamuel Carr |
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... doth lour , Nor hath the scalding noonday sun the power To melt that marble ice which still doth hold Her heart congeal'd , and makes her pity cold . The ox , which lately did for shelter fly Into the stall , doth now securely lie In ...
... doth lour , Nor hath the scalding noonday sun the power To melt that marble ice which still doth hold Her heart congeal'd , and makes her pity cold . The ox , which lately did for shelter fly Into the stall , doth now securely lie In ...
Page 61
... and Groves are of thy dressing , Hill and Dale doth boast thy blessing . Thus we salute thee with our early Song , And welcom thee , and wish thee long . JOHN MILTON ( 1608-1674 ) Cornfields Corn waves in the wind : A sigh , 61.
... and Groves are of thy dressing , Hill and Dale doth boast thy blessing . Thus we salute thee with our early Song , And welcom thee , and wish thee long . JOHN MILTON ( 1608-1674 ) Cornfields Corn waves in the wind : A sigh , 61.
Page 136
... doth tell Some little stirring in the fold . Methinks the ling'ring dying ray Of twilight time , doth seem more fair , And lights the soul up more than day When wide - spread sultry sunshines are : Yet all is right and all most fair ...
... doth tell Some little stirring in the fold . Methinks the ling'ring dying ray Of twilight time , doth seem more fair , And lights the soul up more than day When wide - spread sultry sunshines are : Yet all is right and all most fair ...
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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