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A Lake Country Guide
H. I. J., 1891.
On moor and fell, in silent mountain places,
We meet him still to ask him of the way.
By pathless crag, where streams perplexing stray,
Each shepherd's track familiarly he traces;
Or, where the Greta by the grey town races
And brims its pools, now solemn and now gay,
He mingles with the old men at their play
Or gazes on the children's happy faces.
We meet him still to ask him of the way.
By pathless crag, where streams perplexing stray,
Each shepherd's track familiarly he traces;
Or, where the Greta by the grey town races
And brims its pools, now solemn and now gay,
He mingles with the old men at their play
Or gazes on the children's happy faces.
But whether through green park or purple mountain,
Free on the sunny height, by shore or wood,
That never-resting spirit haunts us still!
His heart of hope springs upward like a fountain,
Who blessed the far-off future, and whose will
Was ever set to serve the public good.
Free on the sunny height, by shore or wood,
That never-resting spirit haunts us still!
His heart of hope springs upward like a fountain,
Who blessed the far-off future, and whose will
Was ever set to serve the public good.
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