Poems, Volume 2S.A. Oddy, 1814 - English poetry |
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Page 99
... Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . - Another walk . — Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . - Co- lonnades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . The wilderness . The grove . — The thrasher . The necessity ...
... Rural sounds as well as sights delightful . - Another walk . — Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected . - Co- lonnades commended . Alcove , and the view from it . The wilderness . The grove . — The thrasher . The necessity ...
Page 106
... rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by rivers ' brink , Ever since a truant ...
... rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropt by nibbling sheep , And skirted thick with intertexture firm Of thorny boughs ; have loved the rural walk O'er hills , through valleys , and by rivers ' brink , Ever since a truant ...
Page 108
... that swerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminished to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er , Rural Prospects . Conducts the eye along his sinuous course 10 THE TASK .
... that swerved not from the track , The sturdy swain diminished to a boy ! Here Ouse , slow winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er , Rural Prospects . Conducts the eye along his sinuous course 10 THE TASK .
Page 109
... rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Rural Scenery . Of ancient growth , make music not c 2 THE SOFA ...
... rural sights alone , but rural sounds , Exhilarate the spirit , and restore The tone of languid Nature . Mighty winds , That sweep the skirt of some far - spreading wood Rural Scenery . Of ancient growth , make music not c 2 THE SOFA ...
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William Cowper. Rural Scenery . Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore , And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast , And all their leaves fast ...
William Cowper. Rural Scenery . Of ancient growth , make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore , And lull the spirit while they fill the mind ; Unnumbered branches waving in the blast , And all their leaves fast ...
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