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SONNET: 6. TO A BROOK NEAR THE VILLAGE OF CORSTON, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poet's Biography First Line: As thus I bend me o'er thy babbling stream Last Line: As thy soft sounds half heard, borne on the inconstant breeze. Subject(s): Aging; Brooks; Memory; Nature - Religious Aspects; Sonnet (As Literary Form); Time; Streams; Creeks | ||||||||
As thus I bend me o'er thy babbling stream And watch thy current, memory's hand portrays The faint-formed scenes of the departed days, Like the far forest by the moon's pale beam Dimly descried, yet lovely. I have worn, Upon thy banks, the livelong hour away, When sportive childhood wantoned through the day, Joyed at the opening splendour of the morn, Or, as the twilight darkened, heaved the sigh, Thinking of distant home; as down my cheek, At the fond thought, slow stealing on, would speak The silent eloquence of the full eye. Dim are the long past days, yet still they please As thy soft sounds half heard, borne on the inconstant breeze. | Other Poems of Interest...THE RESOLVE by DENISE LEVERTOV DOWN THE BROOK by ROBERT FROST A CLEARING BY A STREAM by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER STREAM by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE ASPEN AND THE STREAM by RICHARD WILBUR WEST RUNNING BROOK by ROBERT FROST BIRCH STREAM by ANNA BOYNTON AVERILL THE VALLEY BROOK by JOHN HOWARD BRYANT |
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