Poems, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the Miscellaneous Pieces of the Author; With Additional Poems, a New Preface, and a Supplementary Essay (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Poems, Vol. 2 of 2: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the Miscellaneous Pieces of the Author; With Additional Poems, a New Preface, and a Supplementary Essay

To a Highland Girl.

(At Inversneyde, upon Loch Lomond.)

Sweet Highland Girl, a very shower
Of beauty is thy earthly dower!
Twice seven consenting years have shed
Their utmost bounty on thy head:
And these gray Rocks; this household Lawn;
These Trees, a veil just half withdrawn;
This fall of water, that doth make
A murmur near the silent Lake;
This little Bay, a quiet Road
That holds in shelter thy Abode;
In truth together ye do seem
Like something fashioned in a dream;
Such Forms as from their covert peep
When earthly cares are laid asleep!

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