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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 nest
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 line
Is lost in that close houshold grove —
— A moment lost — and then it mounts
The craggy hills above.
