[7] A Sketch

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These three stanzas take on the same topic and are similar, to “Grasmere—A Fragment.” There are significant difference to categorize it as a unique poem, thought it should be read with the four versions of “Grasmere—A Fragment” in mind.

A Sketch

There is one cottage in our Dale,

In naught distinguish’d from the rest

Save by a tuft of flourishing trees, ⟨2 Grove⟩

The shelter of that little nest5

 

The publick road through Grasmere Vale

Winds close beside that Cottage small;

And there ‘tis hidden by the trees

That overhang the orchard wall.

 

You lose it there — its serpent line10

Is lost in that close houshold grove —

— A moment lost — and then it mounts

The craggy hills above.

Notes

1. These three stanzas take on the same topic and are similar, to “Grasmere—A Fragment.” There are significant difference to categorize it as a unique poem, thought it should be read with the four versions of “Grasmere—A Fragment” in mind. [back]

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