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Here too dwells simple truth; plain innocence; Unsullied beauty; sound unbroken youth, Patient of labour, with a little pleas'd; Health ever blooming; unambitious toil, Calm contemplation; and poetic ease. - James Thomson (1) I'm weary of my lonely but And of its blasted tree, The very lake is like my lot, So silent constantly-- I've liv'd amid the forest gloom Until I almost fear-- When will the thrilling voices come My spirit thirsts to hear? - Nathaniel Parker Willis There health, so wild and gay, with bosom bare And rosy cheek, keen eye, and flowing hair, Trips with a smile the breezy scene along And pours the spirit of content in song. - Dr. John Wolcot (Wolcott) (used pseudonym Peter Pindar) As a light, And pliant harebell swinging in the breeze On some grey rock--its birth-place--so had I Wanton'd, fast-rooted in the ancient tower Of my beloved country, wishing not A happier fortune, than to wither there. - William Wordsworth Displaying page 2 of 2 for this topic: << Prev 1 [2]
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