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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OXFORD (MAY 30, 1820), by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Ye sacred nurseries of blooming youth!
Last Line: An eager novice robed in fluttering gown!
Subject(s): Oxford University
First Line: Ye sacred nurseries of blooming youth!
Last Line: An eager novice robed in fluttering gown!
Subject(s): Oxford University
YE sacred Nurseries of blooming Youth!
In whose collegiate shelter England's Flowers
Expand, enjoying through their vernal hours
The air of liberty, the light of truth;
Much have ye suffered from Time's gnawing tooth:
Yet, O ye spires of Oxford! domes and towers!
Gardens and groves! your presence overpowers
The soberness of reason; till, in sooth,
Transformed, and rushing on a bold exchange,
I slight my own beloved Cam, to range
Where silver Isis leads my stripling feet;
Pace the long avenue, or glide adown
The stream-like windings of that glorious street --
An eager Novice robed in fluttering gown!
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