The Batsford Book of Country VerseSamuel Carr |
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Page 42
... earth , And makes it tender ; gives a sacred birth To the dead swallow ; wakes in hollow tree The drowsy cuckoo and the humble - bee . Now do a choir of chirping minstrels bring In triumph to the world the youthful Spring : The valleys ...
... earth , And makes it tender ; gives a sacred birth To the dead swallow ; wakes in hollow tree The drowsy cuckoo and the humble - bee . Now do a choir of chirping minstrels bring In triumph to the world the youthful Spring : The valleys ...
Page 56
... Earth her vigour repossessing As the blasts are held in ward , Blessing heap'd and press'd on blessing , Yield the measure of the Lord . Beeches , without order seemly , Shade the flow'rs of annual birth , And the lily smiles supremely ...
... Earth her vigour repossessing As the blasts are held in ward , Blessing heap'd and press'd on blessing , Yield the measure of the Lord . Beeches , without order seemly , Shade the flow'rs of annual birth , And the lily smiles supremely ...
Page 96
... earth again ; You are not proud , you know your birth For your embroidered garments are from earth : You do obey your months , and times , but I Would have it ever spring , My fate would know no winter , never die Nor think of such a ...
... earth again ; You are not proud , you know your birth For your embroidered garments are from earth : You do obey your months , and times , but I Would have it ever spring , My fate would know no winter , never die Nor think of such a ...
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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