At first you'll joy to see the playful snow, Like white moths trembling on the tropic air,
Or waters of the hills that softly flow Gracefully falling down a shining stair
And when the fields and streets are covered white And the wind-wor...
The North Star whispers: "You are one Of those whose course no chance can change
You blunder, but are not undone,
Your spirit-task is fixed and strange
"When here you walk, a bloodless shade,
All her youth is gone, her beautiful youth outworn,
Daughter of tarn and tor, the moors that were once her
No longer know her step on the upland tracks forlorn Where she was wont to roam
All her hounds are dead, her beautiful hounds...
Greeting to the
Thalatta
Thalatta
I hail thee,
Harp of the North, farewell
The hills grow dark, On purple peaks a deeper shade descending; In twilight copse the glow-worm lights her spark, The deer, half-seen, are to the covert wending
Resume thy wizard elm
the fountain lending,...
Drake is going west,
So Tom is going
But tiny
Just lies in bed,
l
Ho, songs
My own good songs and trusty
Up, up
O sweet are tropic lands for waking dreams
There time and life move lazily along
There by the banks of blue-and-silver streams Grass-sheltered crickets chirp incessant song,
Gay-colored lizards loll all through the day, Their tongue...
The glowing skies,
Immense pillars of light,
A long story
Of pain, suffering and delight,