BOOK FIRST. INTRODUCTION_CHILDHOOD AND SCHOOL-TIME. O THERE is blessing in this gentle breeze, Free as a bird to settle where I will. What dwelling shall receive me? in what vale Joyous, nor scared at its own liberty, I look about; and should the chosen guide That burthen of my own unnatural self, Not mine, and such as were not made for me. Long months of ease and undisturbed delight Dear Liberty! Yet what would it avail A correspondent breeze, that gently moved Vexing its own creation. Thanks to both, And their congenial powers, that, while they join |