The Batsford Book of Country VerseSamuel Carr |
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... leaves with the drip of Summer rains . The calmest thoughts come round us ; as of leaves Budding — fruit ripening in stillness - Autumn suns Smiling at eve upon the quiet sheaves- Sweet Sappho's cheek — a smiling infant's breath — The ...
... leaves with the drip of Summer rains . The calmest thoughts come round us ; as of leaves Budding — fruit ripening in stillness - Autumn suns Smiling at eve upon the quiet sheaves- Sweet Sappho's cheek — a smiling infant's breath — The ...
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Samuel Carr. The rain I hear leaves drinking rain ; I hear rich leaves on top Giving the poor beneath Drop after drop ; ' Tis a sweet noise to hear These green leaves drinking near . And when the Sun comes out , After this rain shall ...
Samuel Carr. The rain I hear leaves drinking rain ; I hear rich leaves on top Giving the poor beneath Drop after drop ; ' Tis a sweet noise to hear These green leaves drinking near . And when the Sun comes out , After this rain shall ...
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... leaves travel's best in doubt , And horseback travellers ask if floods are out Of every passer - by , and with their horse The meadow's ocean try in vain to cross ; The horse's footings with a sucking sound Fill up with water on the ...
... leaves travel's best in doubt , And horseback travellers ask if floods are out Of every passer - by , and with their horse The meadow's ocean try in vain to cross ; The horse's footings with a sucking sound Fill up with water on the ...
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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