Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JUNE, 1820, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH



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First Line: Fame tells of groves - from england far away
Last Line: Ye heavenly birds! To your progenitors.


FAME tells of groves -- from England far away --
Groves that inspire the Nightingale to trill
And modulate, with subtle reach of skill
Elsewhere unmatched, her ever-varying lay;
Such bold report I venture to gainsay:
For I have heard the quire of Richmond hill
Chanting, with indefatigable bill,
Strains that recalled to mind a distant day;
When, haply under shade of that same wood,
And scarcely conscious of the dashing oars
Plied steadily between those willowy shores,
The sweet-souled Poet of the Seasons stood --
Listening, and listening long, in rapturous mood,
Ye heavenly Birds! to your Progenitors.






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