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HOME AT GRASMERE	A
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ONCE to the verge of yon steep barrier came	B
A roving school boy what the adventurer's age	C
Hath now escaped his memory but the hour	A
One of a golden summer holiday	D
He well remembers though the year be gone	E
Alone and devious from afar he came	B
And with a sudden influx overpowered	F
At sight of this seclusion he forgot	G
His haste for hasty had his footsteps been	H
As boyish his pursuits and sighing said	I
'What happy fortune were it here to live	J
And if a thought of dying if a thought	K
Of mortal separation could intrude	L
With paradise before him here to die '	-
No Prophet was he had not even a hope	M
Scarcely a wish but one bright pleasing thought	K
A fancy in the heart of what might be	N
The lot of others never could be his	O
The station whence he looked was soft and green	P
Not giddy yet aerial with a depth	Q
Of vale below a height of hills above	R
For rest of body perfect was the spot	G
All that luxurious nature could desire	A
But stirring to the spirit who could gaze	S
And not feel motions there He thought of clouds	T
That sail on winds of breezes that delight	U
To play on water or in endless chase	V
Pursue each other through the yielding plain	W
Of grass or corn over and through and through	A
In billow after billow evermore	A
Disporting nor unmindful was the boy	X
Of sunbeams shadows butterflies and birds	Y
Of fluttering sylphs and softly gliding Fays	Y
Genii and winged angels that are Lords	Y
Without restraint of all which they behold	Z
The illusion strengthening as he gazed he felt	A2
That such unfettered liberty was his	Y
Such power and joy but only for this end	B2
To flit from field to rock from rock to field	C2
From shore to island and from isle to shore	A
From open ground to covert from a bed	I
Of meadow flowers into a tuft of wood	D2
From high to low from low to high yet still	E2
Within the bound of this huge concave here	A
Must be his home this valley be his world	F2
Since that day forth the Place to him 'to me'	B
For I who live to register the truth	G2
Was that same young and happy Being became	B
As beautiful to thought as it had been	H
When present to the bodily sense a haunt	H2
Of pure affections shedding upon joy	X
A brighter joy and through such damp and gloom	B
Of the gay mind as ofttimes splenetic youth	G2
Mistakes for sorrow darting beams of light	U
That no self cherished sadness could withstand	I2
And now 'tis mine perchance for life dear Vale	J2
Beloved Grasmere let the wandering streams	Y
Take up the cloud capt hills repeat the Name	B
One of thy lowly Dwellings is my Home	B
And was the cost so great and could it seem	B
An act of courage and the thing itself	K2
A conquest who must bear the blame Sage man	L2
Thy prudence thy experience thy desires	Y
Thy apprehensions blush thou for them all	M2
Yes the realities of life so cold	Z
So cowardly so ready to betray	D
So stinted in the measure of their grace	Y
As we pronounce them doing them much wrong	N2
Have been to me more bountiful than hope	M
Less timid than desire but that is past	O2
On Nature's invitation do I come	B
By Reason sanctioned Can the choice mislead	P2
That made the calmest fairest spot of earth	Q2
With all its unappropriated good	D2
My own and not mine only for with me	B
Entrenched say rather peacefully embowered	D2
Under yon orchard in yon humble cot	D2
A younger Orphan of a home extinct	D2
The only Daughter of my Parents dwells	Y
Ay think on that my heart and cease to stir	A
Pause upon that and let the breathing frame	B
No longer breathe but all be satisfied	D2
Oh if such silence be not thanks to God	D2
For what hath been bestowed then where where then	R2
Shall gratitude find rest Mine eyes did ne'er	A
Fix on a lovely object nor my mind	D2
Take pleasure in the midst of happy thoughts	Y
But either She whom now I have who now	S2
Divides with me this loved abode was there	A
Or not far off Where'er my footsteps turned	D2
Her voice was like a hidden Bird that sang	T2
The thought of her was like a flash of light	D2
Or an unseen companionship a breath	U2
Of fragrance independent of the Wind	D2
In all my goings in the new and old	D2
Of all my meditations and in this	Y
Favourite of all in this the most of all	M2
What being therefore since the birth of Man	L2
Had ever more abundant cause to speak	V2
Thanks and if favours of the Heavenly Muse	Y
Make him more thankful then to call on Verse	Y
To aid him and in song resound his joy	X
The boon is absolute surpassing grace	Y
To me hath been vouchsafed among the bowers	Y
Of blissful Eden this was neither given	W2
Nor could be given possession of the good	D2
Which had been sighed for ancient thought fulfilled	D2
And dear Imaginations realised	D2
Up to their highest measure yea and more	A
Embrace me then ye Hills and close me in	H
Now in the clear and open day I feel	X2
Your guardianship I take it to my heart	D2
'Tis like the solemn shelter of the night	D2
But I would call thee beautiful for mild	D2
And soft and gay and beautiful thou art	D2
Dear Valley having in thy face a smile	Y2
Though peaceful full of gladness Thou art pleased	D2
Pleased with thy crags and woody steeps thy Lake	Z2
Its one green island and its winding shores	Y
The multitude of little rocky hills	Y
Thy Church and cottages of mountain stone	A3
Clustered like stars some few but single most	D2
And lurking dimly in their shy retreats	Y
Or glancing at each other cheerful looks	Y
Like separated stars with clouds between	P
What want we have we not perpetual streams	Y
Warm woods and sunny hills and fresh green fields	Y
And mountains not less green and flocks and herds	Y
And thickets full of songsters and the voice	Y
Of lordly birds an unexpected sound	D2
Heard now and then from morn to latest eve	B3
Admonishing the man who walks below	C3
Of solitude and silence in the sky	D3
These have we and a thousand nooks of earth	Q2
Have also these but nowhere else is found	D2
Nowhere or is it fancy can be found	D2
The one sensation that is here 'tis here	A
Here as it found its way into my heart	D2
In childhood here as it abides by day	D2
By night here only or in chosen minds	Y
That take it with them hence where'er they go	C3
'Tis but I cannot name it 'tis the sense	Y
Of majesty and beauty and repose	Y
A blended holiness of earth and sky	D3
Something that makes this individual spot	D2
This small abiding place of many men	R2
A termination and a last retreat	D2
A centre come from wheresoe'er you will	E2
A whole without dependence or defect	D2
Made for itself and happy in itself	K2
Perfect contentment Unity entire	A
Bleak season was it turbulent and bleak	V2
When hitherward we journeyed side by side	D2
Through burst of sunshine and through flying showers	Y
Paced the long vales how long they were and yet	D2
How fast that length of way was left behind	D2
Wensley's rich Vale and Sedbergh's naked heights	Y
The frosty wind as if to make amends	Y
For its keen breath was aiding to our steps	Y
And drove us onward like two ships at sea	B
Or like two birds companions in mid air	A
Parted and reunited by the blast	D2
Stern was the face of nature we rejoiced	D2
In that stern countenance for our souls thence drew	A
A feeling of their strength The naked trees	Y
The icy brooks as on we passed appeared	D2
To question us 'Whence come ye to what end '	-
They seemed to say 'What would ye ' said the shower	A
'Wild Wanderers whither through my dark domain '	-
The sunbeam said 'Be happy ' When this vale	J2
We entered bright and solemn was the sky	D3
That faced us with a passionate welcoming	E3
And led us to our threshold Daylight failed	D2
Insensibly and round us gently fell	F3
Composing darkness with a quiet load	D2
Of full contentment in a little shed	D2
Disturbed uneasy in itself as seemed	D2
And wondering at its new inhabitants	Y
It loves us now this Vale so beautiful	G3
Begins to love us by a sullen storm	B
Two months unwearied of severest storm	B
It put the temper of our minds to proof	H3
And found us faithful through the gloom and heard	D2
The poet mutter his prel	G3

William Wordsworth

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