A Selection from the Works of William Wordsworth, Poet LaureateEdward Moxon & Company, 1865 - 279 pages |
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... waters chained ! For thou dost haunt the air with sounds That cannot be sustained ; If still beneath that pine - tree's ragged bough Headlong yon waterfall must come , Oh let it then be dumb ! Be anything , sweet Rill , but that which ...
... waters chained ! For thou dost haunt the air with sounds That cannot be sustained ; If still beneath that pine - tree's ragged bough Headlong yon waterfall must come , Oh let it then be dumb ! Be anything , sweet Rill , but that which ...
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... water - break , Loitering in glassy pool : By thee , thee only , could be sent Such gentle mists as glide , Curling with unconfirmed intent , On that green mountain's side . How delicate the leafy veil Through which yon house of God ...
... water - break , Loitering in glassy pool : By thee , thee only , could be sent Such gentle mists as glide , Curling with unconfirmed intent , On that green mountain's side . How delicate the leafy veil Through which yon house of God ...
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... waters , or as evening blends With shady night . Soft airs , from shrub and flower , Waft fragrant greetings to each silent grave ; And while those lofty poplars gently wave Their tops , between them comes and goes a sky Bright as the ...
... waters , or as evening blends With shady night . Soft airs , from shrub and flower , Waft fragrant greetings to each silent grave ; And while those lofty poplars gently wave Their tops , between them comes and goes a sky Bright as the ...
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... water in the breeze , A holy sadness shared . Lo ! while I speak , the labouring Sun His glad deliverance has begun : The cypress waves her sombre plume More cheerily ; and town and tower , The vineyard and the olive - bower , Their ...
... water in the breeze , A holy sadness shared . Lo ! while I speak , the labouring Sun His glad deliverance has begun : The cypress waves her sombre plume More cheerily ; and town and tower , The vineyard and the olive - bower , Their ...
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... waters , steeled By breezeless air to smoothest polish , yield A vivid repetition of the stars ; Jove , Venus , and the ruddy crest of Mars Amid his fellows beauteously revealed At happy distance from earth's groaning field , Where ...
... waters , steeled By breezeless air to smoothest polish , yield A vivid repetition of the stars ; Jove , Venus , and the ruddy crest of Mars Amid his fellows beauteously revealed At happy distance from earth's groaning field , Where ...
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