Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RURAL WALKS, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! May I ever pass my happy hours Last Line: "and every landscape charms my youthful breast." Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Wales; Welshmen; Welshwomen | ||||||||
OH! may I ever pass my happy hours In Cambrian rallies and romantic bow'rs; For every spot in sylvan beauty drest, And every landscape charms my youthful breast. And much I love to hail the vernal morn, When flowers of spring the mossy seat adorn: And sometimes through the lonely wood I stray, To cull the tender rosebuds in my way; And seek in every wild secluded dell, The weeping cowslip, and the azure bell; With all the blossoms, fairer in the dew, To form the gay festoon of varied hue. And oft I seek the cultivated green, The fertile meadow, and the village scene; Where rosy children sport around the cot, Or gather woodbine from the garden spot. And there I wander by the cheerful rill, That murmurs near the osiers and the mill; To view the smiling peasants turn the hay, And listen to their pleasing festive lay. I love to loiter in the spreading grove, Or in the mountain scenery to rove; Where summits rise in awful grace around, With hoary moss and tufted verdure crowned; Where cliffs in solemn majesty are piled, "And frown upon the vale "with grandeur wild: And there I view the mouldering tower sublime, Arrayed in all the blending shades of time. The airy upland and the woodland green, The valley, and romantic mountain scene; The lowly hermitage, or fair domain, The dell retired, or willow-shaded lane; "And every spot in sylvan beauty drest, And every landscape charms my youthful breast." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM; AN ODE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON WALES VISITATION by ALLEN GINSBERG WELSH INCIDENT by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES THE BARD; A PINDARIC ODE by THOMAS GRAY THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT by THOMAS GRAY WELSH LANDSCAPE by RONALD STUART THOMAS A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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