Farewell to Elloughton.

Farewell to Elloughton.

This fair and sunny afternoon,Upon the green hill’s sideReclined, beneath a shady tree,To view the prospect wide,In varied beauty spread beneathOf woodland, corn-field, dell—I would invoke the Muse to giveA poet’s warm farewell!Farewell to all the rural walksI’ve ta’en with calm delight;Farewell to landscapes richly seenIn evening’s golden light;Farewell—the deep dark woodland shade,The meadow’s flowery plain;But yet a farewell full of hope,The hope to meet again.When man forsakes the crowded town,The loud and bustling mart,Amid the calm of rural scenesTo renovate his heart,So peaceful, pure, and sweet aroundThe lovely prospect lies,He feels as if his footsteps trodAgain in paradise.In childhood how we love to playMid fields and woods and flowers,And ’neath the sunshine wile awayOur infancy’s glad hours;And when such scenes in after yearsCan purest joy impart,It haply proves we yet retainLike innocence of heart!How fair is Nature’s every scene,Viewed as a work Divine,When pious thought, and filial love,Make each green nook a shrine;The sunlight spreading o’er the land,Seems smiles from Heaven above,The gentle breeze a “still small voice”That whispers of His Love.And where, to waken pure delight,Or elevate the thought,Can fairer, brighter charms be found,Or more with beauty fraught,Than here, where high and breezy hillsO’er look Old Humber’s wave,And view the rich, green, wooded shoresThat His broad waters lave?Far o’er the ample plain beneath,Lanes, corn-fields, woodlands lie,Till lost in distant purple huesThey mingle with the sky.The lordly seat, the village church,The hamlet, cot and farm,’Mid shady trees, or open grounds,With varied beauty charm.O’er Humber’s wide-spread flowing stream,White, gliding sails are seen,Illumined by the sun’s bright rays,Or ’neath some cloudy screen;Whilst all His further shores repeatThe brighter, nearer view—More faintly touched, more dimly seen—Arrayed in softest blue.Here Welton’s richly wooded dale,Or Elloughton’s dark dell,Or Brantingham’s romantic vale,Charm as by magic spell!The song-bird’s note, the bee’s rich hum,The insect’s merry flight,The wild-flowers and the fragrant pinesMust all enhance delight!He who would choose the deep lone wood,Or forest’s tangled shade,The mingled prospect far and wideO’er distant lands displayed;The rural lane, the rustic walk,The cultivated plain,The woodbine or the wild-rose path—His every wish may gain.In years long gone, I’ve wandered o’erEach nook of this sweet spot,To fill the mind with pictures fairThat memory ne’er forgot;And now when all has been reviewed,It glows more fresh and brightAnd beauteous than in those first hoursOf innocent delight.Farewell, then, rural Elloughton,And each rich scene around!Full oft on Fancy’s pictured pageWill all be clearly found;And oft these hours of pleasure pureO’er thought will fondly reign;—Farewell, until thy much-loved walksMy footsteps trace again!

This fair and sunny afternoon,Upon the green hill’s sideReclined, beneath a shady tree,To view the prospect wide,In varied beauty spread beneathOf woodland, corn-field, dell—I would invoke the Muse to giveA poet’s warm farewell!Farewell to all the rural walksI’ve ta’en with calm delight;Farewell to landscapes richly seenIn evening’s golden light;Farewell—the deep dark woodland shade,The meadow’s flowery plain;But yet a farewell full of hope,The hope to meet again.When man forsakes the crowded town,The loud and bustling mart,Amid the calm of rural scenesTo renovate his heart,So peaceful, pure, and sweet aroundThe lovely prospect lies,He feels as if his footsteps trodAgain in paradise.In childhood how we love to playMid fields and woods and flowers,And ’neath the sunshine wile awayOur infancy’s glad hours;And when such scenes in after yearsCan purest joy impart,It haply proves we yet retainLike innocence of heart!How fair is Nature’s every scene,Viewed as a work Divine,When pious thought, and filial love,Make each green nook a shrine;The sunlight spreading o’er the land,Seems smiles from Heaven above,The gentle breeze a “still small voice”That whispers of His Love.And where, to waken pure delight,Or elevate the thought,Can fairer, brighter charms be found,Or more with beauty fraught,Than here, where high and breezy hillsO’er look Old Humber’s wave,And view the rich, green, wooded shoresThat His broad waters lave?Far o’er the ample plain beneath,Lanes, corn-fields, woodlands lie,Till lost in distant purple huesThey mingle with the sky.The lordly seat, the village church,The hamlet, cot and farm,’Mid shady trees, or open grounds,With varied beauty charm.O’er Humber’s wide-spread flowing stream,White, gliding sails are seen,Illumined by the sun’s bright rays,Or ’neath some cloudy screen;Whilst all His further shores repeatThe brighter, nearer view—More faintly touched, more dimly seen—Arrayed in softest blue.Here Welton’s richly wooded dale,Or Elloughton’s dark dell,Or Brantingham’s romantic vale,Charm as by magic spell!The song-bird’s note, the bee’s rich hum,The insect’s merry flight,The wild-flowers and the fragrant pinesMust all enhance delight!He who would choose the deep lone wood,Or forest’s tangled shade,The mingled prospect far and wideO’er distant lands displayed;The rural lane, the rustic walk,The cultivated plain,The woodbine or the wild-rose path—His every wish may gain.In years long gone, I’ve wandered o’erEach nook of this sweet spot,To fill the mind with pictures fairThat memory ne’er forgot;And now when all has been reviewed,It glows more fresh and brightAnd beauteous than in those first hoursOf innocent delight.Farewell, then, rural Elloughton,And each rich scene around!Full oft on Fancy’s pictured pageWill all be clearly found;And oft these hours of pleasure pureO’er thought will fondly reign;—Farewell, until thy much-loved walksMy footsteps trace again!

This fair and sunny afternoon,Upon the green hill’s sideReclined, beneath a shady tree,To view the prospect wide,In varied beauty spread beneathOf woodland, corn-field, dell—I would invoke the Muse to giveA poet’s warm farewell!

This fair and sunny afternoon,

Upon the green hill’s side

Reclined, beneath a shady tree,

To view the prospect wide,

In varied beauty spread beneath

Of woodland, corn-field, dell—

I would invoke the Muse to give

A poet’s warm farewell!

Farewell to all the rural walksI’ve ta’en with calm delight;Farewell to landscapes richly seenIn evening’s golden light;Farewell—the deep dark woodland shade,The meadow’s flowery plain;But yet a farewell full of hope,The hope to meet again.

Farewell to all the rural walks

I’ve ta’en with calm delight;

Farewell to landscapes richly seen

In evening’s golden light;

Farewell—the deep dark woodland shade,

The meadow’s flowery plain;

But yet a farewell full of hope,

The hope to meet again.

When man forsakes the crowded town,The loud and bustling mart,Amid the calm of rural scenesTo renovate his heart,So peaceful, pure, and sweet aroundThe lovely prospect lies,He feels as if his footsteps trodAgain in paradise.

When man forsakes the crowded town,

The loud and bustling mart,

Amid the calm of rural scenes

To renovate his heart,

So peaceful, pure, and sweet around

The lovely prospect lies,

He feels as if his footsteps trod

Again in paradise.

In childhood how we love to playMid fields and woods and flowers,And ’neath the sunshine wile awayOur infancy’s glad hours;And when such scenes in after yearsCan purest joy impart,It haply proves we yet retainLike innocence of heart!

In childhood how we love to play

Mid fields and woods and flowers,

And ’neath the sunshine wile away

Our infancy’s glad hours;

And when such scenes in after years

Can purest joy impart,

It haply proves we yet retain

Like innocence of heart!

How fair is Nature’s every scene,Viewed as a work Divine,When pious thought, and filial love,Make each green nook a shrine;The sunlight spreading o’er the land,Seems smiles from Heaven above,The gentle breeze a “still small voice”That whispers of His Love.

How fair is Nature’s every scene,

Viewed as a work Divine,

When pious thought, and filial love,

Make each green nook a shrine;

The sunlight spreading o’er the land,

Seems smiles from Heaven above,

The gentle breeze a “still small voice”

That whispers of His Love.

And where, to waken pure delight,Or elevate the thought,Can fairer, brighter charms be found,Or more with beauty fraught,Than here, where high and breezy hillsO’er look Old Humber’s wave,And view the rich, green, wooded shoresThat His broad waters lave?

And where, to waken pure delight,

Or elevate the thought,

Can fairer, brighter charms be found,

Or more with beauty fraught,

Than here, where high and breezy hills

O’er look Old Humber’s wave,

And view the rich, green, wooded shores

That His broad waters lave?

Far o’er the ample plain beneath,Lanes, corn-fields, woodlands lie,Till lost in distant purple huesThey mingle with the sky.The lordly seat, the village church,The hamlet, cot and farm,’Mid shady trees, or open grounds,With varied beauty charm.

Far o’er the ample plain beneath,

Lanes, corn-fields, woodlands lie,

Till lost in distant purple hues

They mingle with the sky.

The lordly seat, the village church,

The hamlet, cot and farm,

’Mid shady trees, or open grounds,

With varied beauty charm.

O’er Humber’s wide-spread flowing stream,White, gliding sails are seen,Illumined by the sun’s bright rays,Or ’neath some cloudy screen;Whilst all His further shores repeatThe brighter, nearer view—More faintly touched, more dimly seen—Arrayed in softest blue.

O’er Humber’s wide-spread flowing stream,

White, gliding sails are seen,

Illumined by the sun’s bright rays,

Or ’neath some cloudy screen;

Whilst all His further shores repeat

The brighter, nearer view—

More faintly touched, more dimly seen—

Arrayed in softest blue.

Here Welton’s richly wooded dale,Or Elloughton’s dark dell,Or Brantingham’s romantic vale,Charm as by magic spell!The song-bird’s note, the bee’s rich hum,The insect’s merry flight,The wild-flowers and the fragrant pinesMust all enhance delight!

Here Welton’s richly wooded dale,

Or Elloughton’s dark dell,

Or Brantingham’s romantic vale,

Charm as by magic spell!

The song-bird’s note, the bee’s rich hum,

The insect’s merry flight,

The wild-flowers and the fragrant pines

Must all enhance delight!

He who would choose the deep lone wood,Or forest’s tangled shade,The mingled prospect far and wideO’er distant lands displayed;The rural lane, the rustic walk,The cultivated plain,The woodbine or the wild-rose path—His every wish may gain.

He who would choose the deep lone wood,

Or forest’s tangled shade,

The mingled prospect far and wide

O’er distant lands displayed;

The rural lane, the rustic walk,

The cultivated plain,

The woodbine or the wild-rose path—

His every wish may gain.

In years long gone, I’ve wandered o’erEach nook of this sweet spot,To fill the mind with pictures fairThat memory ne’er forgot;And now when all has been reviewed,It glows more fresh and brightAnd beauteous than in those first hoursOf innocent delight.

In years long gone, I’ve wandered o’er

Each nook of this sweet spot,

To fill the mind with pictures fair

That memory ne’er forgot;

And now when all has been reviewed,

It glows more fresh and bright

And beauteous than in those first hours

Of innocent delight.

Farewell, then, rural Elloughton,And each rich scene around!Full oft on Fancy’s pictured pageWill all be clearly found;And oft these hours of pleasure pureO’er thought will fondly reign;—Farewell, until thy much-loved walksMy footsteps trace again!

Farewell, then, rural Elloughton,

And each rich scene around!

Full oft on Fancy’s pictured page

Will all be clearly found;

And oft these hours of pleasure pure

O’er thought will fondly reign;—

Farewell, until thy much-loved walks

My footsteps trace again!


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