A Selection from the Works of William Wordsworth, Poet LaureateEdward Moxon & Company, 1865 - 279 pages |
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... leaves among the groves : - Nor to his deeply , though liberally , religious mind was it possible for him to realize with less distinctness and fervour , that doctrine or instinct which seems a cold and abstract thing , when expressed ...
... leaves among the groves : - Nor to his deeply , though liberally , religious mind was it possible for him to realize with less distinctness and fervour , that doctrine or instinct which seems a cold and abstract thing , when expressed ...
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... leaves , That murmur once so dear , when will it cease ? Your sound my heart of rest bereaves , It robs my heart of peace . Thou Thrush , that singest loud — and loud and free , Into yon row of willows flit , Upon that alder sit ; Or ...
... leaves , That murmur once so dear , when will it cease ? Your sound my heart of rest bereaves , It robs my heart of peace . Thou Thrush , that singest loud — and loud and free , Into yon row of willows flit , Upon that alder sit ; Or ...
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... leaves — to strive In dance , amid a press Of sunshine , an apt emblem yields Of Worldlings revelling in the fields Of strenuous idleness ; Less quick the stir when tide and breeze Encounter , and to narrow seas Forbid a moment's rest ...
... leaves — to strive In dance , amid a press Of sunshine , an apt emblem yields Of Worldlings revelling in the fields Of strenuous idleness ; Less quick the stir when tide and breeze Encounter , and to narrow seas Forbid a moment's rest ...
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... leaves ; Then flits , and from the cottage - eaves Pours forth his song in gushes ; As if by that exulting strain He mocked and treated with disdain The voiceless Form he chose to feign , While fluttering in the bushes . 1803 XX O ...
... leaves ; Then flits , and from the cottage - eaves Pours forth his song in gushes ; As if by that exulting strain He mocked and treated with disdain The voiceless Form he chose to feign , While fluttering in the bushes . 1803 XX O ...
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... leaf , with harsh impiety . Think what the home must be if it were thine , Even thine , though few thy wants ! -Roof , window , door , The very flowers are sacred to the Poor , The roses to the porch which they entwine : Yea , all ...
... leaf , with harsh impiety . Think what the home must be if it were thine , Even thine , though few thy wants ! -Roof , window , door , The very flowers are sacred to the Poor , The roses to the porch which they entwine : Yea , all ...
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