The Batsford Book of Country VerseSamuel Carr |
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... with his Chloris sleep Under a sycamore , and all things keep Time with the season : only she doth carry June in her eyes , in her heart January . THOMAS CAREW ( 1598-1639 ) The trees The trees are coming into leaf Like something 42.
... with his Chloris sleep Under a sycamore , and all things keep Time with the season : only she doth carry June in her eyes , in her heart January . THOMAS CAREW ( 1598-1639 ) The trees The trees are coming into leaf Like something 42.
Page 56
... season , Give the numbers life and air ; When the sounds and objects reason In behalf of praise and pray'r . All the scenes of nature quicken , By the genial spirit fann'd ; And the painted beauties thicken , Colour'd by the master's ...
... season , Give the numbers life and air ; When the sounds and objects reason In behalf of praise and pray'r . All the scenes of nature quicken , By the genial spirit fann'd ; And the painted beauties thicken , Colour'd by the master's ...
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... Season's life ; And all creatures , instinct - wise , Tho ' taught not to philosophise , Now prepare , each in his way , To protect life's little day ; And thy own heart plainer still Than falling leaf or faded hill , Tells thee that ...
... Season's life ; And all creatures , instinct - wise , Tho ' taught not to philosophise , Now prepare , each in his way , To protect life's little day ; And thy own heart plainer still Than falling leaf or faded hill , Tells thee that ...
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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