The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 1Edward Moxon, 1836 - English poetry |
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... thee Bird , Or but a wandering Voice 2 ' The stock - dove is said to coo , a sound well imitating the note of the bird ; but , by the inter- vention of the metaphor broods , the affections are called in by the imagination to assist in ...
... thee Bird , Or but a wandering Voice 2 ' The stock - dove is said to coo , a sound well imitating the note of the bird ; but , by the inter- vention of the metaphor broods , the affections are called in by the imagination to assist in ...
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... thee Bird , Or but a wandering Voice ? ' This concise interrogation characterises the seeming ubiquity of the voice of the cuckoo , and dispossesses the creature almost of a corporeal existence ; the Imagination being tempted to this ...
... thee Bird , Or but a wandering Voice ? ' This concise interrogation characterises the seeming ubiquity of the voice of the cuckoo , and dispossesses the creature almost of a corporeal existence ; the Imagination being tempted to this ...
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... thee , Historian of my infancy ! Float near me ; do not yet depart ! Dead times revive in thee : Thou bring'st , gay creature as thou art ! A solemn image to my heart , My father's family ! Oh ! pleasant , pleasant were the days , The ...
... thee , Historian of my infancy ! Float near me ; do not yet depart ! Dead times revive in thee : Thou bring'st , gay creature as thou art ! A solemn image to my heart , My father's family ! Oh ! pleasant , pleasant were the days , The ...
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... O dearest , dearest boy ! my heart For better lore would seldom yearn , Could I but teach the hundredth part Of what from thee I learn . 1798 . XI . RURAL ARCHITECTURE . THERE'S George Fisher , CharlesFleming 24 ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS .
... O dearest , dearest boy ! my heart For better lore would seldom yearn , Could I but teach the hundredth part Of what from thee I learn . 1798 . XI . RURAL ARCHITECTURE . THERE'S George Fisher , CharlesFleming 24 ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS .
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... thee , young One ? what ? Why pull so at thy cord ? Is it not well with thee ? well both for bed and board ? Thy plot of grass is soft , and green as grass can be ; Rest , little young One , rest ; what is ' t that aileth thee ? What is ...
... thee , young One ? what ? Why pull so at thy cord ? Is it not well with thee ? well both for bed and board ? Thy plot of grass is soft , and green as grass can be ; Rest , little young One , rest ; what is ' t that aileth thee ? What is ...
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