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XLIV. ON AN AVENUE AT GRASBY VICARAGE,
Planted by the Rev. Charles Tennyson-Turner.
Where larch and poplar intercept the dewAbove a Poet's grassy walk, I strayed,
Tracing the path his frequent steps had made.
Himself had planned the pillared avenue
With glimpse of field and spire and distant blue,
And music soft by unseen fingers played
Above me, as light airs the branches swayed,
Which at my feet the dancing shadows threw.
Ah, this is but a symbol, I exclaim:
Our Poet owns a fairer grove of Song,
Where the leaves flutter to the breath of Fame
And loving feet shall always move along:
While, on each side, sweet pictures charm the eye,
Green nooks of earth or gleams of azure sky.
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