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From the fierce aspect of this River, throwingHis giant body o'er the steep rock's brink,Back in astonishment and fear we shrink:But, gradually a calmer look bestowing,Flowers we espy beside the torrent growing;Flowers that peep forth from many a cleft and chink,And, from the whirlwind of his anger, drinkHues ever fresh, in rocky fortress blowing:They suck from breath that, … [Read more...] about Memorials Of A Tour On The Continent, 1820 – XII. – The Fall Of The Aar – Handec, By: William Wordsworth

Uttered by whom, or how inspired designedFor what strange service, does this concert reachOur ears, and near the dwellings of mankind!'Mid fields familiarized to human speech?No Mermaid's warble to allay the windDriving some vessel toward a dangerous beach,More thrilling melodies; Witch answering Witch,To chant a love-spell, never intertwinedNotes shrill and wild with art more … [Read more...] about Memorials Of A Tour On The Continent, 1820 – XI. – On Approaching The Staub-Bach, Lauterbrunnen, By: William Wordsworth

Not, like his great Compeers, indignantlyDoth Danube spring to life! The wandering Stream(Who loves the Cross, yet to the Crescent's gleamUnfolds a willing breast) with infant gleeSlips from his prison walls: and Fancy, freeTo follow in his track of silver light,Mounts on rapt wing, and with a moment's flightHath reached the encincture of that gloomy seaWhose waves the Orphean … [Read more...] about Memorials Of A Tour On The Continent, 1820 – X. – The Source Of The Danube, By: William Wordsworth

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Amid this dance of objects sadness stealsO'er the defrauded heart while sweeping by,As in a fit of Thespian jollity,Beneath her vine-leaf crown the green Earth reels:Backward, in rapid evanescence, wheelsThe venerable pageantry of Time,Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime,And what the Dell unwillingly revealsOf lurking cloistral arch, through trees espiedNear the … [Read more...] about Memorials Of A Tour On The Continent, 1820 – VIII. – In A Carriage, Upon The Banks Of The Rhine, By: William Wordsworth