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TO THOS. FLOYD, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: How fares it, friend, since I by fate annoy'd
Last Line: The spirit that watcheth in me ev'n in my sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2)
Subject(s): Friendship


How fares it, friend, since I by Fate annoy'd
Left the old home in need of livelier play
For body and mind? How fare, this many a day,
The stubborn thews and ageless heart of Floyd?
If not too well with country sport employ'd,
Visit my flock, the breezy hill that they
Choose for their fold; and see, for thence you may,
From rising walls all roofless yet and void,

The lovely city, thronging tower and spire,
The mind of the wide landscape, dreaming deep,
Grey-silvery in the vale; a shrine where keep
Memorial hopes their pale celestial fire:
Like man's immortal conscience of desire,
The spirit that watcheth in me ev'n in my sleep.






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