The Batsford Book of Country VerseSamuel Carr |
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Page 61
... pale Primrose . Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire , Woods 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 ...
... pale Primrose . Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire , Woods 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 ...
Page 132
... Pale on the panes of the old hall Gleams the lone space Between the sunset and the squall And on its face Mournfully glimmers to the last : Great oaks grow mighty minstrels in the blast . Pale the rain - rutted roadways shine In the ...
... Pale on the panes of the old hall Gleams the lone space Between the sunset and the squall And on its face Mournfully glimmers to the last : Great oaks grow mighty minstrels in the blast . Pale the rain - rutted roadways shine In the ...
Page 172
... Pale , desert woods ! within your crowd ; And gathering winds , in hoarse accord , Amid the vocal reeds pipe loud . Chill airs and wintry winds ! my ear Has grown familiar with your song ; I hear it in the opening year , I listen , and ...
... Pale , desert woods ! within your crowd ; And gathering winds , in hoarse accord , Amid the vocal reeds pipe loud . Chill airs and wintry winds ! my ear Has grown familiar with your song ; I hear it in the opening year , I listen , and ...
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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