Excerpt from Man and Nature: Poems Written Long Ago The evening light is lowering on the lawn, The kine are feeding, and the nibbling sheep Cast shadows on the green, - the trees have drawn Their outlines bolder, and gay colours steep The straggling clouds, - a stream of light glides down The banquet table, tinting flowers whose bells The bees might ravish g - he, we gladly crown Our guide and sage, smiles blandly, while he tells Some recent chronicle of flagrant guile, Some Clear experience, or a deed of blame ...
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Excerpt from Man and Nature: Poems Written Long Ago The evening light is lowering on the lawn, The kine are feeding, and the nibbling sheep Cast shadows on the green, - the trees have drawn Their outlines bolder, and gay colours steep The straggling clouds, - a stream of light glides down The banquet table, tinting flowers whose bells The bees might ravish g - he, we gladly crown Our guide and sage, smiles blandly, while he tells Some recent chronicle of flagrant guile, Some Clear experience, or a deed of blame, Or jests 5 and cheers us with a Common smile. Oh nights and suppers of the gods, ' - all gone, And we, their sad survivors, feel how one, When lost, can jar life's most melodious tone. The stalest theme that can inspire the pen, The theme we all peruse in every flower, In every bridal smile, and every hour Of sunshine, and in worldly pride and gain. It is the text of seasons, and doth speak One language both to wise and worthless men Thou must resign -thy youth, thy health, and All life's requirements and sober means In duller moments and in colder scenes. The easy chair, the crutch, the helping hand Must be thy barter for the elastic limb, And for the sparkling eye, the beam too dim For noon to brighten - yet, this great command 3 Thou must resign cuts sharpest when it rends By sudden stroke, the intercourse of friends. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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