934 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803, 
And the blue sky, and, in the mind of man, 
A motion and a spirit, that impels i 
All thinking things, all objeéts of all thought, 
And rolls through things. Therefore am I still 
A lover of the meadows and the woods, 
And mountains, and of all that we behold 
From this green earth ; of all the mighty world 
Of eye and ear, both what they half-create*, 
And what perceive ; well pleas’d to recognize, 
In nature and the language of the sense, \ 
The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, ~ 
The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul 
Of all my moral being. : 
Nor, perchance, 
If I were not thus taught, should I the more 
Suffer my genial spirits to decay ; 
For thou art with me, here upon the banks 
Of this fair river ; thou, my dearest friend, 
My dear, dear, friend, and in thy voice I catch 
The language of my former heart, and read 
My former pleasures in the shooting lights 
Of thy wild eyes. Oh! yeta little while 
May [ behold thee what ! was once, 
My dear, dear sister! and this pray’r I make, 
Knowing that natare never did betray 
The heart that lov’d her ; ’tis her privilege, 
Thro’ all the years of this our life, to lead 
‘From joy to joy: for she can so inform 
The mind that is within us, so impress 
With quietness and beauty, and so feed 
With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, 
Rash judgments, or the sneers of selfish men, 
Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all 
The dreary intercourse of daily life, 
Shall e’er prevail against us, or disturb 
Our cheerful faith that all which we behold 
Ts full of blessings. Therefore let the moon 
Shine on thee in thy solitary walk ; 
And let the misty mountain winds be free 
To blow against thee: and, in after years, 
When these wild ecstasies shall be matur’d 
Into a sober pleasure, when thy mind 
Shall be a mansion for all lovely forms, 
Thy memory be as a dwelling place 
For all sweet sounds and harmonies ; oh! then, 
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* This line has a close resemblance to an admirable line of Young, the exact 
expression of which I do not recollect. 
