Thou unassuming common-place Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose types of things through all degrees, 5 10 Yet like a star, with glittering crest, Bright flower! for by that name at last, I call thee, and to that cleave fast, Sweet silent creature! 40 That breath'st with me in sun and air, 45 My heart with gladness, and a share Of thy meek nature! STEPPING WESTWARD. "What, you are stepping westward?"-" Yea." -"Twould be a wildish destiny, If we, who thus together roam In a strange land, and far from home, 5 The dewy ground was dark and cold; 10 I liked the greeting; 'twas a sound To travel through that region bright. 15 The voice was soft, and she who spake The very sound of courtesy : Its power was felt; and while my eye 20 A human sweetness with the thought Of travelling through the world that lay 25 Say, then, that he was wise as brave; He sought his moral creed. Said generous Rob, "What need of books? And worse, against ourselves. "We have a passion-make a law, Too false to guide us or control ! And for the law itself we fight In bitterness of soul. That they should take, who have the power, |