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Sunday, 20 January 2013
Lucy Gray or, Solitude by William Wordsworth Video Clips. Duration : 2.77 Mins.


Lucy Gray (or, Solitude) By William Wordsworth Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray: And, when I crossed the wild, I chanced to see at break of day The solitary child. No mate, no comrade Lucy knew; She dwelt on a wide moor, -- The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door! You yet may spy the fawn at play, The hare upon the green; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will never more be seen. To-night will be a stormy night -- You to the town must go; And take a lantern, Child, to light Your mother through the snow. That, Father! will I gladly do: 'T is scarcely afternoon -- The minster-clock has just struck two, And yonder is the moon! At this the Father raised his hook, And snapped a fagot-band; He plied his work; -- and Lucy took The lantern in her hand. Not blither is the mountain roe: With many a wanton stroke Her feet disperse the powdery snow, That rises up like smoke. The storm came on before its time: She wandered up and down; And many a hill did Lucy climb: But never reached the town. The wretched parents all that night Went shouting far and wide; But there was neither sound nor sight To serve them for a guide. At day-break on a hill they stood That overlooked the moor; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door. They wept -- and, turning homeward, cried, In Heaven we all shall meet; -- When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet. Then downwards from the steep hill's edge They tracked the footmarks small; And through the broken ...

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