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the country retreat - letitia elizabeth landon - ghizela rowe lyrics

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oh lone and lovely solitude
washed by the sounding sea;
nature was in a poet’s mood
when she created thee

how pleasant in the hour of noon
to wander through the shade;
the soft and golden shade which june
flings o’er thy inland glade:

the wild rose like a wreath above
the ash*tree’s fairy keys
the aspen trembling, as if love
were whispered by the breeze;

these, or the beech’s darker bough
for canopy o’er head
while moss and fragile flowers below
an elfin pillow spread

here one might dream the hours away
as if the world had not
or grief, or care, or disarray
to darken human lot

yet ’tis not here that i would dwell
though fair the place may be
the summer’s favourite citadel:—
a busier scene for me!
i love to see the human face
reflect the human mind
to watch in every crowded place
their opposites combined

there’s more for thought in one brief hour
in yonder busy street
than all that ever leaf or flower
taught in their green retreat

industry, intellect, and sk!ll
appear in all their pride
the glorious force of human will
triumphs on every side

yet touched with meekness, for on all
is set the sign and seal
of sorrow, suffering, and thrall
which none but own and feel;

the he*rs* that passes with its dead
the homeless beggar’s prayer
speak words of warning, and of dread
to every passer there

aye beautiful the dreaming brought
by valleys and green fields;
but deeper feeling, higher thought
is what the city yields

- ghizela rowe lyrics

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