The Batsford Book of Country VerseSamuel Carr |
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Page 109
... grows so strong That listening sense is pardonably cheated Where wood or stream by thee was never greeted . Surely , from fairest spots of favoured lands , Were not some gifts withheld by jealous hands , This hour of deepening darkness ...
... grows so strong That listening sense is pardonably cheated Where wood or stream by thee was never greeted . Surely , from fairest spots of favoured lands , Were not some gifts withheld by jealous hands , This hour of deepening darkness ...
Page 114
... grows , wood wandering dreams Seem not so lovely as its quiet seems Doors are shut up as on a winters day And not a child about them lies at play The dust that winnows neath the breezes feet Is all that stirs about the silent street ...
... grows , wood wandering dreams Seem not so lovely as its quiet seems Doors are shut up as on a winters day And not a child about them lies at play The dust that winnows neath the breezes feet Is all that stirs about the silent street ...
Page 160
... grows , And every road for even weeks to come Is stopt , and none but horsemen go from home ; And one wet night ... grow ; Then wind with sudden rage , abrupt and blea , Twirls every lingering leaf from off each tree . Such is our ...
... grows , And every road for even weeks to come Is stopt , and none but horsemen go from home ; And one wet night ... grow ; Then wind with sudden rage , abrupt and blea , Twirls every lingering leaf from off each tree . Such is our ...
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