Excerpt from Rural and Other Poems
Hail! sacred solitude! serene retreat! -
I woo thy grateful shades with hallowed thoughts
And reverential awe. - The ruffled breast
Oft meets in thy pure haunts a soothing balm,
A transitory gleam of calm repose.
Congenial is thy covert to the muse,
And mine was nurtured in thy fostering lap:
'Twas thou first taught her humble strain to sound
To cheer the moments of a leisure hour.
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