She led him home, and wept amain, Tears flowed in torrents from her eyes; She could not blame him, or chastise: She was too happy far. Thus, after he had fondly braved And in the lonely Highland Dell • See note at the end of this Volume. EXTRACT FROM THE CONCLUSION OF A POEM, Composed upon leaving School. DEAR native Regions, I foretell My soul will cast the backward view, Thus, when the Sun, prepared for rest, Hath gained the precincts of the West, Though his departing radiance fail To illuminate the hollow Vale, A lingering light he fondly throws II. EXTRACTS FROM A POEM ENTITLED AN EVENING WALK; Published in 1793. BRIGHT'NING the cliffs between, where sombrous pine And yew-trees o'er the silver rocks recline; I love to mark the quarry's moving trains, Dwarf panniered steeds, and men, and numerous wains : How busy the enormous hive within, While Echo dallies with the various din! Some (hardly heard their chisel's clinking sound) Toil, small as pigmies, in the gulf profound; Some, dim between th' aëreal cliffs descry'd, O'erwalk the slender plank from side to side; |