The Poetical Works of Anna Seward With Extracts from her Literary Correspondence. Edited by Walter Scott ... In Three Volumes |
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[On a mount a cottage stands]
On a mount a cottage stands
Half way down the sunny side,
And a little vale commands
Where the glassy waters glide.
There ascends a curtain'd hill,
From the stormy north it shields;
At its foot a church and mill,
Clustering hedgerows, narrow fields.
Half way down the sunny side,
And a little vale commands
Where the glassy waters glide.
There ascends a curtain'd hill,
From the stormy north it shields;
At its foot a church and mill,
Clustering hedgerows, narrow fields.
Pleasant, pleasant is the scene
When the spring and summer shine,
Yet within that cot, I ween,
Dwells a fairer love of mine.
Her sweet smile a spirit pours
Which, when blooming seasons fail,
Lovelier makes than summer bowers
Winter's grey and naked vale.
When the spring and summer shine,
Yet within that cot, I ween,
Dwells a fairer love of mine.
Her sweet smile a spirit pours
Which, when blooming seasons fail,
Lovelier makes than summer bowers
Winter's grey and naked vale.
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