CircumstanceFirst published in 1830.Two children in two neighbour villagesPlaying mad pranks along the healthy leas;Two strangers meeting at a festival;Two lovers whispering by an orchard wall;Two lives bound fast in one with golden ease;Two graves grass-green beside a gray church-tower,Wash’d with still rains and daisy-blossomed;Two children in one hamlet born and bred;So runs[1]the round of life from hour to hour.[1]1830. Fill up.
First published in 1830.
Two children in two neighbour villagesPlaying mad pranks along the healthy leas;Two strangers meeting at a festival;Two lovers whispering by an orchard wall;Two lives bound fast in one with golden ease;Two graves grass-green beside a gray church-tower,Wash’d with still rains and daisy-blossomed;Two children in one hamlet born and bred;So runs[1]the round of life from hour to hour.
[1]1830. Fill up.