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... That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high , His listless length at noontide would he stretch , And pore upon the brook that babbles by , ” — for " without it , " as Mason observes , " we have only his morning walk , and his noontide ...
... That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high , His listless length at noontide would he stretch , And pore upon the brook that babbles by , ” — for " without it , " as Mason observes , " we have only his morning walk , and his noontide ...
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aisle and fretted Beneath those rugged beneath yon aged beside the rill bones from insult breezy call brook that babbles build and warble busy housewife ply call of incense-breathing calm that breathes dirges due distant folds drive their team drowsy tinklings lull e'en these bones elegy supply fades the glimmering fame and elegy fields withstood foot of yonder footsteps lightly print glebe has broke glimmering landscape Hard by yon hearth shall burn incense-breathing Morn insult to protect listless length little footsteps lightly lonely Contemplation led lull the distant Moon complain noontide o'er old fantastic roots place of fame ploughman homeward plods print the ground redbreast loves REJECTED VERSE rhymes and shapeless roots so high rugged elms sacred calm sad array shapeless sculpture showers of violets sickle yield stone beneath yon stubborn glebe team a-field uncouth rhymes unlettered Muse upland lawn violets found wreathes its old yon aged thorn yonder nodding beech