English poem
The River Duddon - A Series Of Sonnets, 1820. - IV - Take, Cradled Nursling Of The Mountain
Take, cradled Nursling of the mountain, take This parting glance, no negligent adieu! A Protean change seems wrought while I pursue The curves, a loosely-scattered chain doth make; Or rather thou appear'st a glistering snake, Silent, and to the gazer's eye untrue, Thridding with sinuous lapse the rushes, through Dwarf willows gliding, and by ferny brake. Starts from a dizzy steep the undaunted Rill Robed instantly in garb of snow-white foam; And laughing dares the Adventurer, who hath clomb So high, a rival purpose to fulfill; Else let the dastard backward wend, and roam, Seeking less bold achievement, where he will!
More by William Wordsworth
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- The Resting-Place
- The River Duddon - A Series Of Sonnets, 1820. - I
- The River Duddon - A Series Of Sonnets, 1820. - II - Child Of The Clouds!
- The River Duddon - A Series Of Sonnets, 1820. - To The Rev. Dr. Wordsworth
- The River Duddon - A Series Of Sonnets, 1820. - XVI - American Tradition
- The River Duddon - A Series Of Sonnets, 1820. - XVIII - Seathwaite Chapel
- The River Duddon - A Series Of Sonnets, 1820. - XXI - Whence That Low Voice?