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THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: LEAFLESS HOURS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE PALE SUN, THROUGH THE SPECTRAL WOOD
Last Line: IS STOLEN THE VERY SNOW.
Subject(s): NETHERLANDS; TRAVEL; HOLLAND; DUTCH PEOPLE; JOURNEYS; TRIPS;

THE pale sun, through the spectral wood,
Gleams sparely, where I pass:
My footstep, silent as my mood,
Falls in the silent grass.
Only my shadow points before me,
Where I am moving now:
Only sad memories murmur o'er me
From every leafless bough:
And out of the nest of last year's Redbreast
Is stolen the very snow.



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