A gallery of famous English and American poets . U ^^/^^^>^^:^^z^^-^>^-/^ WORDSWORTH. A EUEAL HERO. The mountain ashNo eye can overlook, when mid a groveOf yet unfaded trees she Hfts her headDecked with autumnal berries, that outshine 34 134 134 WOEDSWOETH. Springs richest blossoms; and ye may have marked By a brook side or soHtary tarn, How she her station doth adorn. The pool Glows at her feet, and all the gloomy rocks Are brightened round her. In his native vale,. Such and so glorious did this youth appear:A sight that kindled pleasure in all heartsBy his ingenuous beauty, by the glea
A gallery of famous English and American poets . U ^^/^^^>^^:^^z^^-^>^-/^ WORDSWORTH. A EUEAL HERO. The mountain ashNo eye can overlook, when mid a groveOf yet unfaded trees she Hfts her headDecked with autumnal berries, that outshine 34 134 134 WOEDSWOETH. Springs richest blossoms; and ye may have marked By a brook side or soHtary tarn, How she her station doth adorn. The pool Glows at her feet, and all the gloomy rocks Are brightened round her. In his native vale,. Such and so glorious did this youth appear:A sight that kindled pleasure in all heartsBy his ingenuous beauty, by the gleamOf his fair eyes, by his capacious brow,By all the graces with which natures handHad lavishly arrayed him. As old bardsTell in their idle songs of wandering gods, A RURAL HERO. 135 Pan or Apollo, veiled in human form ; Yet, like the sweet-breathed violet of the shade, Discovered in their own despite to sense Of mortals (if such fables without blame May find chance mention on this sacred ground). So, through a simple rustic garbs disguise. And through the impediment of rural cares, In him revealed a scholars genius shone; And so, not wholly hidden from mens sight. In him the spirit of a hero walked Our unpretending valley. How the quoit Whizzed fiom the striplings arm ! If touched by him, The inglorious football mounted to the pitch Of the larks flight, or shaped a rainbow curve Aloft in prospect of the shouting field! The indefatigable fox had learned To dread his
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