The Rhyme and Reason of Country Life, Or, Selections from Fields Old and New |
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... golden light over the face of the earth ; when , resting on the thick grass beside the murmuring spring , or beneath the somber shade of a thick and leafy tree , the eye rests on the far - re ceding and hazy distance . " Similar ...
... golden light over the face of the earth ; when , resting on the thick grass beside the murmuring spring , or beneath the somber shade of a thick and leafy tree , the eye rests on the far - re ceding and hazy distance . " Similar ...
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... golden meads , Where proud Ebalia's tow'rs o'erlook the plain , Once I beheld an old Corcyrian swain ; Lord of a little spot , by all disdain'd , Where never lab'ring yoke subsistence gain'd , Where never shepherd gave his flock to feed ...
... golden meads , Where proud Ebalia's tow'rs o'erlook the plain , Once I beheld an old Corcyrian swain ; Lord of a little spot , by all disdain'd , Where never lab'ring yoke subsistence gain'd , Where never shepherd gave his flock to feed ...
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... golden - drift , or sky , or sun : The snowdrop , bearing on her radiant breast The frozen trophy torn from winter's crest ; The violet , gazing on the arch of blue Till her own iris wears its deepened hue ; The spendthrift crocus ...
... golden - drift , or sky , or sun : The snowdrop , bearing on her radiant breast The frozen trophy torn from winter's crest ; The violet , gazing on the arch of blue Till her own iris wears its deepened hue ; The spendthrift crocus ...
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... golden eyes ; With every thing that pretty bin- My lady sweet , arise ! W. SHAKSPEARE . FROM THE " COMPLETE ANGLER , " At first the lark , when she means to rejoice , to cheer herself and those that hear her , she then quits the earth ...
... golden eyes ; With every thing that pretty bin- My lady sweet , arise ! W. SHAKSPEARE . FROM THE " COMPLETE ANGLER , " At first the lark , when she means to rejoice , to cheer herself and those that hear her , she then quits the earth ...
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... golden lightning Of the setting sun , O'er which clouds are brightening , Thou dost float and run ; Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun . The pale , purple even Melts around thy flight ; Like a star of heaven , In the broad ...
... golden lightning Of the setting sun , O'er which clouds are brightening , Thou dost float and run ; Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun . The pale , purple even Melts around thy flight ; Like a star of heaven , In the broad ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON amid autumn beauty BEN JONSON beneath birds bloom blossoms boughs bowers breast breath bright buds charms cheerful cloud cuckoo dance dark delight dost doth earth fair field flocks flowers forest fresh gale garden gentle GILES FLETCHER golden grass green Grongar Hill grove happy hast hath heart heaven hill hour hues JOHN CLARE lady lark leaf leaves light living look Lord meadows mede merry MINNESINGERS morning mountain murmuring nature never night nightingale nymph o'er plain pleasant pleasure poet purple rich rill ROBERT HERRICK rose round SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE shade showers sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul storm stream summer sweet thee thine things thou art thought thrushes Translation trees unto vale valleys vernal violet voice wandering wave wild WILLIAM GILPIN WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings winter wood youth