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... Alfoxden , in the spring of 1798. ] 66 WHY , William , on that old grey stone , Thus for the length of half a day , Why , William , sit you thus alone , And dream your time away ? Where are your books ? —that light bequeathed To Beings ...
... Alfoxden , in the spring of 1798. ] 66 WHY , William , on that old grey stone , Thus for the length of half a day , Why , William , sit you thus alone , And dream your time away ? Where are your books ? —that light bequeathed To Beings ...
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... Alfoxden . It was a chosen resort of mine . The brook fell down a sloping rock so as to make a waterfall considerable for that country , and across the pool below , had fallen a tree , an ash if I rightly remember , from which rose ...
... Alfoxden . It was a chosen resort of mine . The brook fell down a sloping rock so as to make a waterfall considerable for that country , and across the pool below , had fallen a tree , an ash if I rightly remember , from which rose ...
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... to depart , Yet the Man would at once run away with your heart , And I for five centuries right gladly would be Such an odd such a kind happy creature as he . TO MY SISTER . [ COMPOSED in front of Alfoxden 1800 . A Character.
... to depart , Yet the Man would at once run away with your heart , And I for five centuries right gladly would be Such an odd such a kind happy creature as he . TO MY SISTER . [ COMPOSED in front of Alfoxden 1800 . A Character.
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... Alfoxden , one of the most remarkable beech - trees ever seen . The ground sloped both towards and from it . It was of immense size , and threw out arms that struck into the soil , like those of the banyan - tree , and rose again from ...
... Alfoxden , one of the most remarkable beech - trees ever seen . The ground sloped both towards and from it . It was of immense size , and threw out arms that struck into the soil , like those of the banyan - tree , and rose again from ...
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... Alfoxden , which , at the time we occupied it , belonged to a minor . The old man's cottage stood upon the common , a little way from the entrance to Alfoxden Park . But it had disappeared . Many other changes had taken place in the ...
... Alfoxden , which , at the time we occupied it , belonged to a minor . The old man's cottage stood upon the common , a little way from the entrance to Alfoxden Park . But it had disappeared . Many other changes had taken place in the ...
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