Our English lakes, mountains, and waterfalls [selected verse]. |
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... wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And , when it chanced That pauses of deep filence mock'd his skill , Then , fometimes , in that filence , while he hung Listening , a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice ...
... wild Of mirth and jocund din ! And , when it chanced That pauses of deep filence mock'd his skill , Then , fometimes , in that filence , while he hung Listening , a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice ...
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... remember . - He was one who owned No common foul . In youth by fcience nursed , And led by Nature into a wild scene Of lofty Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-Tree, which stands near the Lake of Efthwaite, on a defolate part.
... remember . - He was one who owned No common foul . In youth by fcience nursed , And led by Nature into a wild scene Of lofty Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-Tree, which stands near the Lake of Efthwaite, on a defolate part.
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William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]). And led by Nature into a wild scene Of lofty hopes , he to the world went forth A favoured being , knowing no defire Which genius did not hallow , - ' gainst the taint Of diffolute ...
William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]). And led by Nature into a wild scene Of lofty hopes , he to the world went forth A favoured being , knowing no defire Which genius did not hallow , - ' gainst the taint Of diffolute ...
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... wild concert - chiefly when the storm Rides high ; then all the upper air they fill With roaring found , that ceases not to flow , Like smoke , along the level of the blast , In mighty current ; theirs , too , is the song Of ftream and ...
... wild concert - chiefly when the storm Rides high ; then all the upper air they fill With roaring found , that ceases not to flow , Like smoke , along the level of the blast , In mighty current ; theirs , too , is the song Of ftream and ...
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... wild objects he were led When copious rains have magnified the stream Into a loud and white - robed waterfall , Or introduced at this more quiet time . Upon a femicirque of turf - clad ground , The hidden nook difcovered to our view A ...
... wild objects he were led When copious rains have magnified the stream Into a loud and white - robed waterfall , Or introduced at this more quiet time . Upon a femicirque of turf - clad ground , The hidden nook difcovered to our view A ...
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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