Wordsworth for the young; selections with an introduction for parents and teachers (1891)
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850, St. John, Cynthia Morgan, 1852-1919, comp · Boston, D. Lothrop company · leaf 68
And then the bagpipes he could blow —Aud thus from house to house would go ;And all were pleased to hear and see,For none made sweeter melody Than did the poor blind Boy. Yet he had many a restless dream;Both when he heard the eagles scream,And when he heard the torrents roar,And heard the water… … Beside a lake their cottage stood,Not small like ours, a peaceful flood ;But one of mighty size, and strange ;That, rough or smooth, is full of change,And stirrinsT in its bed. For to this lake, by night and dayThe great Sea-water finds its wayThrough long, long windings of the hillsAud drinks up…
Children's poetry, English
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