Excerpt from Sonnets at the English Lakes With artlessness that only art commands, Thy notes are hushed, the lute has slipped thy hands, And lies still echoing with thy heart's last beat, Full tuned, and fit for service, at thy feet. But whoso dares enlist its tender strands Must know the touch a humble soul demands, And eyes of love that lowliest things will greet. In thee the dumb creation found a voice 5 Though much confined thy music's dainty sphere, NO wings that flashed but did thy song rejoice, NO hedge-row ...
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Excerpt from Sonnets at the English Lakes With artlessness that only art commands, Thy notes are hushed, the lute has slipped thy hands, And lies still echoing with thy heart's last beat, Full tuned, and fit for service, at thy feet. But whoso dares enlist its tender strands Must know the touch a humble soul demands, And eyes of love that lowliest things will greet. In thee the dumb creation found a voice 5 Though much confined thy music's dainty sphere, NO wings that flashed but did thy song rejoice, NO hedge-row cry but found a listening ear. Child-hearted thou, by nature as by choice, True Christian Poet! Blameless Sonneteer! 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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