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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION: ON A TABLET AGAINST A ROOT-HOUSE, by WILLIAM SHENSTONE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here, in cool grot and mossy cell Last Line: Who dares our hallowed haunts profane! | |||
Here, in cool grot and mossy cell, We rural fays and fairies dwell; Though rarely seen by mortal eye, When the pale moon, ascending high, Darts through yon limes her quivering beams, We frisk it near these crystal streams. Her beams, reflected from the wave, Afford the light our revels crave; The turf, with daisies broidered o'er, Exceeds, we wot, the Parian floor; Nor yet for artful strains we call, But listen to the water's fall. Would you then taste our tranquil scene, Be sure your bosoms be serene; Devoid of hate, devoid of strife, Devoid of all that poisons life: And much it 'vails you in their place, To graft the love of human race. And tread with awe these favored bowers, Nor would the shrubs, nor bruise the flowers; So may your path with sweets abound; So may your couch with rest be crowned! But harm betide the wayward swain, Who dares our hallowed haunts profane! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SOLEMN MEDITATION by WILLIAM SHENSTONE ELEGY: 11. HE COMPLAINS HOW SOON THE NOVELTY OF LIVE IS OVER by WILLIAM SHENSTONE HINT FROM VOITURE by WILLIAM SHENSTONE INSCRIPTION: ON THE BACK OF A GOTHIC SEAT by WILLIAM SHENSTONE JEMMY DAWSON by WILLIAM SHENSTONE SLENDER'S GHOST by WILLIAM SHENSTONE SONG: 2. THE LANDSCAPE by WILLIAM SHENSTONE SONG: 4. THE SKYLARK by WILLIAM SHENSTONE THE SCHOOLMISTRESS; IN IMITATION OF SPENSER by WILLIAM SHENSTONE |
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