O ROCK and torrent, lake and hill, Halls of a home austerely still. Remote and solemn view! O vaUey, where the wanderer sees Beyond that towering arch of trees Helvellyn and the blue! Great Nature! on our love was shed From thine abiding goodlihead Majestic fostering; We wondered, half-afraid to own In hardly-conscious hearts upgrown So infinite a thing. Within, without, whate'er hath been. In cosmic deeps the immortal scene Is mirrored, and shall last: ''" Live the long looks, the woodland ways, That twilight of enchanted days, ''" The imperishable Past. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ITALIAN PICTURES: THE COSTA SAN GIORGIO by MINA LOY GRAMERCY PARK by SARA TEASDALE A FORGOTTEN TUNE by PAUL VERLAINE ODE TO THE WEST WIND by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ETUDE REALISTE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |