Secluded Journey



Five years have passed; five summers, with the length
Of five long winters! and again I hear
These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs
With a sweet inland murmur.--Once again
Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs,
Which on a wild secluded scene impress
Thoughts of more deep seclusions; and connect
The landscape with the quiet of the sky.

-William Wordsworth (1770-1850),
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey







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