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WHEN to the attractions of the busy world	A
Preferring studious leisure I had chosen	B
A habitation in this peaceful Vale	C
Sharp season followed of continual storm	D
In deepest winter and from week to week	E
Pathway and lane and public road were clogged	F
With frequent showers of snow Upon a hill	G
At a short distance from my cottage stands	H
A stately Fir grove whither I was wont	I
To hasten for I found beneath the roof	J
Of that perennial shade a cloistral place	K
Of refuge with an unincumbered floor	L
Here in safe covert on the shallow snow	M
And sometimes on a speck of visible earth	N
The redbreast near me hopped nor was I loth	O
To sympathise with vulgar coppice birds	P
That for protection from the nipping blast	Q
Hither repaired A single beech tree grew	R
Within this grove of firs and on the fork	S
Of that one beech appeared a thrush's nest	T
A last year's nest conspicuously built	U
At such small elevation from the ground	V
As gave sure sign that they who in that house	W
Of nature and of love had made their home	X
Amid the fir trees all the summer long	Y
Dwelt in a tranquil spot And oftentimes	Z
A few sheep stragglers from some mountain flock	A2
Would watch my motions with suspicious stare	B2
From the remotest outskirts of the grove	C2
Some nook where they had made their final stand	D2
Huddling together from two fears the fear	E2
Of me and of the storm Full many an hour	F2
Here did I lose But in this grove the trees	G2
Had been so thickly planted and had thriven	M
In such perplexed and intricate array	H2
That vainly did I seek beneath their stems	I2
A length of open space where to and fro	M
My feet might move without concern or care	B2
And baffled thus though earth from day to day	H2
Was fettered and the air by storm disturbed	J2
I ceased the shelter to frequent and prized	K2
Less than I wished to prize that calm recess	L2
The snows dissolved and genial Spring returned	M2
To clothe the fields with verdure Other haunts	N2
Meanwhile were mine till one bright April day	H2
By chance retiring from the glare of noon	M
To this forsaken covert there I found	V
A hoary pathway traced between the trees	G2
And winding on with such an easy line	M
Along a natural opening that I stood	O2
Much wondering how I could have sought in vain	M
For what was now so obvious To abide	P2
For an allotted interval of ease	G2
Under my cottage roof had gladly come	Q2
From the wild sea a cherished Visitant	P2
And with the sight of this same path begun	M
Begun and ended in the shady grove	C2
Pleasant conviction flashed upon my mind	P2
That to this opportune recess allured	P2
He had surveyed it with a finer eye	R2
A heart more wakeful and had worn the track	S2
By pacing here unwearied and alone	M
In that habitual restlessness of foot	P2
That haunts the Sailor measuring o'er and o'er	F2
His short domain upon the vessel's deck	T2
While she pursues her course through the dreary sea	U2
When thou hadst quitted Esthwaite's pleasant shore	L
And taken thy first leave of those green hills	V2
And rocks that were the play ground of thy youth	W2
Year followed year my Brother and we two	R
Conversing not knew little in what mould	P2
Each other's mind was fashioned and at length	X2
When once again we met in Grasmere Vale	C
Between us there was little other bond	P2
Than common feelings of fraternal love	Y2
But thou a Schoolboy to the sea hadst carried	P2
Undying recollections Nature there	B2
Was with thee she who loved us both she still	G
Was with thee and even so didst thou become	Q2
A 'silent' Poet from the solitude	P2
Of the vast sea didst bring a watchful heart	P2
Still couchant an inevitable ear	Z2
And an eye practised like a blind man's touch	A3
Back to the joyless Ocean thou art gone	M
Nor from this vestige of thy musing hours	B3
Could I withhold thy honoured name and now	M
I love the fir grove with a perfect love	Y2
Thither do I withdraw when cloudless suns	C3
Shine hot or wind blows troublesome and strong	Y
And there I sit at evening when the steep	D3
Of Silver how and Grasmere's peaceful lake	E3
And one green island gleam between the stems	I2
Of the dark firs a visionary scene	M
And while I gaze upon the spectacle	F3
Of clouded splendour on this dream like sight	P2
Of solemn loveliness I think on thee	U2
My Brother and on all which thou hast lost	P2
Nor seldom if I rightly guess while Thou	M
Muttering the verses which I muttered first	P2
Among the mountains through the midnight watch	G3
Art pacing thoughtfully the vessel's deck	T2
In some far region here while o'er my head	P2
At every impulse of the moving breeze	G2
The fir grove murmurs with a sea like sound	P2
Alone I tread this path for aught I know	M
Timing my steps to thine and with a store	L
Of undistinguishable sympathies	G2
Mingling most earnest wishes for the day	P2
When we and others whom we love shall meet	P2
A second time in Grasmere's happy Vale	C

William Wordsworth

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