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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RURAL SCENERY, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poet's Biography
First Line: Receded hills afar of softened blue
Last Line: And pastoral beauty, and arcadian ease.
Alternate Author Name(s): Delta
Subject(s): Landscape; Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland
First Line: Receded hills afar of softened blue
Last Line: And pastoral beauty, and arcadian ease.
Alternate Author Name(s): Delta
Subject(s): Landscape; Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland
RECEDED hills afar of softened blue,
Tall bowering trees, thro' which the sunbeams shoot
Down to the waveless lake, birds never mute,
And wild-flowers all around of every hue—
Sure 'tis a lovely scene. There, knee-deep stand,
Safe from the fierce sun, the o'ershadowed kine,
And, to the left, where cultured fields expand,
'Mid tufts of scented thorn the sheep recline.
Lone quiet farmsteads, haunts that ever please,
O how inviting to the traveller's eye
Ye rise on yonder uplands, 'mid your trees
Of shade and shelter! Every sound from these
Is eloquent of peace, in earth and sky,
And pastoral beauty, and Arcadian ease.
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