ers_.

Until a man might travel twelve stout miles,
Or reap an acre of his neighbor's corn.

_Stanzas written in Thomson_.

A noticeable man, with large gray eyes.

* * * * *

_Lucy_.

She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A maid whom there were none to praise,
And very few to love:
A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and oh!
The difference to me!

* * * * *

_The Solitary Reaper_.

Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,
That has been, and may be again.

* * * * *

The music in my heart I bore,
Long after it was heard no more.

_Rob Hoy's Grave_.

St. 9.

Because the good old rule
Sufficeth them, the simple plan,
That they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can.

_Yarrow Unvisited_.

The swan on still St. Mary's Lake
Float double, swan and shadow!

* * * * *

_Sonnets to National Independence and Liberty_.

Part i. vi

Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade
Of that which once was great is passed away.

Part i. xiv.

Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart.

Part i. xvi.

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held.

* * * * *

_Nutting_.

One of those heavenly days that cannot die.

_She was a Phantom of Delight_.

A Creature not too bright or good
For human nature's daily food,
For transient sorrows, simple wiles;
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.

* * * * *

A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, and command.

* * * * *

_I Wandered Lonely_.

That inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude.

* * * * *

_Ruth_.

A Youth to whom was given
So much of earth, so much of heaven.

* * * * *

_Resolution and Independence_.

Part i. St. 7

I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy,
The sleepless soul that perished in his pride;
Of him who walked in glory and in joy,
Following his plough, along the mountainside.

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