Our English lakes, mountains, and waterfalls [selected verse]. |
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... First , laft , and fingle , in the breathing world , It could not be more quiet peace is here Or nowhere ; days unruffled by the gale Of public news or private ; years that pafs Forgetfully ; uncalled upon to pay The common penalties of ...
... First , laft , and fingle , in the breathing world , It could not be more quiet peace is here Or nowhere ; days unruffled by the gale Of public news or private ; years that pafs Forgetfully ; uncalled upon to pay The common penalties of ...
Page 37
... first been fashioned by the flock Seeking a place of refuge at the root Of yon black Yew - tree , whose protruded boughs Darken the filver bofom of the crag , From which it draws its meagre fuftenance . There , in commodious fhelter ...
... first been fashioned by the flock Seeking a place of refuge at the root Of yon black Yew - tree , whose protruded boughs Darken the filver bofom of the crag , From which it draws its meagre fuftenance . There , in commodious fhelter ...
Page 38
... first that entered . But no breeze did now Find entrance ; -high or low appeared no trace Of motion , fave the water that defcended , Diffused adown that barrier of steep rock , And foftly creeping like a breath of air , Such 38 LANGDALE .
... first that entered . But no breeze did now Find entrance ; -high or low appeared no trace Of motion , fave the water that defcended , Diffused adown that barrier of steep rock , And foftly creeping like a breath of air , Such 38 LANGDALE .
Page 40
... first pale ftars , is heard , Within the circuit of this fabric huge , One voice - the folitary raven , flying Athwart the concave of the dark blue dome , Unseen , perchance above the power of fight- An iron knell ! with echoes from ...
... first pale ftars , is heard , Within the circuit of this fabric huge , One voice - the folitary raven , flying Athwart the concave of the dark blue dome , Unseen , perchance above the power of fight- An iron knell ! with echoes from ...
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... first mild day of March : Each minute sweeter than before , The red - breast fings from the tall larch That ftands befide our door . There is a bleffing in the air , Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees , and mountains ...
... first mild day of March : Each minute sweeter than before , The red - breast fings from the tall larch That ftands befide our door . There is a bleffing in the air , Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees , and mountains ...
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bafin befide beneath BLACK COMB bleffed bofom bright brook calm cheerful child cliffs Cloſe clouds cottage courſe crags delight diftant doft fafe faid feen fhade fhall fhepherd fide fight filent fing fingle firſt fleep flowers foft folemn folitude fome fong foon foul ftill ftone ftream fuch fummit Glaramara green happy hath heard heart HELM CRAG Helvellyn hills himſelf houſe Ifabel laft lake lamb laſt LEONARD liften look Luke Mary Howitt moffy mountain muſt myſelf NAB SCAR nook o'er paffed Photographs pleaſant pleaſure praiſe PRIEST purſue reft reſt rill rocks round RYDALE RYDALE WATER ſcene ſea ſee ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſheep ſhore ſhould ſhow Skiddaw ſky ſmall ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpot ſpread ſtars ſteep ſteps ſtill ſtone ſtood ſtrong ſuch ſweet thee theſe thoſe thou art thoughts trees vale whoſe wild wind wiſh woods