...the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the...

...over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles ; I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming...may come, and men may go, But I go on for ever. I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers ; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow...

...little sharps and trebles, , I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. " I chatter-chatter as I flow To join the brimming river ; For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever. " I steal by lawns and grassy plots, I slide by hazel covers ; I move the sweet forget-me-nots That grow...

...brimming river, For men may come and men may go, i But I go on for ever. I wind about, and In a out, Witt) here a blossom sailing. And here and there a lusty...here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel Witli many <i silvery watcrbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow Tojoin...

...banks I fret, By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set, With willow-weed and mallow. " I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming...there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silver waterbreak Above the golden gravel. " And draw them all along and flow, To join the brimming...

...banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. " I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom...many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel." A short effusion whkh follows, — " The Letters," — is a sad commentary on the truism, that an author...

...fields you caught His weary daylong chirping, like the dry High-elbow'd grigs that leap in summer grass. I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom...many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But...

...fields you caught His weary daylong chirping, like the dry High-elbow'd grigs that leap in summer grass. I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom...many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But...

...banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. " I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming...I go on for ever. " I wind about, and in and out, And here and there a lusty trout, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a grayling. " And...

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