POZKBOJ'Jr~And rolla throngh all lhings. '!'herefore aJil I dill
A lonr of the mea.dowa and the wood'
And mountains ; and of all that we bebold
From thia grun earth ; or all lbe migbtr W'O~Id
or eye and ear-both what they halC ereate,
And what perceive; well pleaaed to reoogniM
In nature and the luguage of the aenae,
The anchor of my pnreet thoughta, the D\12'1(\
The guide, the gu&rdian. of my heArt, and 110111
0£ all my moral beiug.
Nor percballce,
If I were not thu• taught, ahould I the more
Bu&r my pnialapiri ta to decay:
For thou art with me here upon the ~
Of thia fAir river ; thou my dearest Friend,
'My dear, deu Friend ; and in thy voice I catch
The language of my former he~ &tJd r~d
My former ple:umree in the ehoot~ng li$ht1
Of thy wild eyea. Oh I yet a little while
May I behold in thee what I waa once,
My dear, dear Sister I and this prayer I make,
Knowing that nature never did betray
The heart that loved her; 'tia bar P-rivilege,
Thrunt(h all the yea111 o£ Utili OUJ' laf11 1 to felltl
From JOY to joy : For she can so infol'm
The mind that is within us, ao impreBS
With quietoeaa and beauty, audio feed
With lofty thought&, lhat neither evil tongue••
:Raab jndgroeuta, nor the eneers oC eeUish meo,
Nor greetinr where no kiDdneu i.e, nor all
The dret.ry mterooun~e of daily life,
Shall e'er prevail agaiu.at us, or diata1·b
Our cheerful fAith. that all which we behold
Is full of bleaainga. Therefore let the ~noon
Shlne·ou thee in thy aolit.ary walk ;
.And let tlle miaty mountein.wieda be free
To blow againat thee : and iu aner yeara,
When theee wild eoetna.iea ehall be n1atured
Iuto a sober pleuu.re; when thy mind
Shall be a maneioJl for all lovely forms,
Tby memory be BB a dwelling-place
For all sweet sounds and harmonies ; oh I then,
IC eolitude, or fear, or pain, or grief,
Should be thy portion, with .,hat healmg thought.