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Craven Blossoms

or, Poems chiefly connected with the district of Craven. By Robert Storey

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XIII.

She spoke of Malham Cove sublime:
She saw it in auspicious time;
For heavy and incessant rain
Had swelled the neighbouring Lake amain;
And its superfluous waves—perforce
Turned from their subterranean course—
With dash and foam that morning broke
(A sight unwonted) o'er the rock.
In sunbeams sparkling—bright and sheen
As shivered crystal—part was seen;
Part, whirled in air, like spring showers fell
On the soft verdure of the dell;

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Or hung on shrubs beneath that grew,
Like early drops of vernal dew.