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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FOREST LAKE, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography
First Line: O lake of sylvan shore! When gentle spring
Last Line: Or dusking in the wake of tardy oars
Subject(s): Lakes; Pools; Ponds
First Line: O lake of sylvan shore! When gentle spring
Last Line: Or dusking in the wake of tardy oars
Subject(s): Lakes; Pools; Ponds
O Lake of sylvan shore! when gentle Spring
Slopes down upon thee from the mountain side,
When birds begin to build and brood and sing;
Or, in maturer season, when the pied
And fragrant turf is thronged with blossoms rare;
In the frore sweetness of the breathing morn,
When the loud echoes of the herdsman's horn
Do sally forth upon the silent air
Of thy thick forestry, may I be there,
While the wood waits to see its phantom born
At clearing twilight, in thy glassy breast;
Or, when cool eve is busy, on thy shores,
With trails of purple shadow from the West,
Or dusking in the wake of tardy oars
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