Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79.
Written in March
By William Wordsworth (1770–1850)While Resting on the Bridge at the Foot of Brothers’ Water
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The stream is flowing,
The small birds twitter,
The lake doth glitter,
The green field sleeps in the sun;
The oldest and youngest
Are at work with the strongest;
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising;
There are forty feeding like one!
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The ploughboy is whooping—anon—anon
There ’s joy in the mountains;
There ’s life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone!