Page:Lyrical ballads, Volume 1, Wordsworth, 1800.djvu/112

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My thoughts on former pleasures ran;
I thought of Kilve's delightful shore,
My pleasant home, when Spring began,
A long, long year before.


A day it was when I could bear
To think, and think, and think again;
With so much happiness to spare,
I could not feel a pain.


My boy was by my side, so slim
And graceful in his rustic dress!
And oftentimes I talked to him
In very idleness.


The young lambs ran a pretty race;
The morning sun shone bright and warm;
"Kilve," said I, "was a pleasant place,
"And so is Liswyn farm.