Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 2 by William Wordsworth
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That would bring down his spirit, and, no doubt,
Before it ended in his death, the Lad Was sadly cross'd--Poor Leonard! when we parted, He took me by the hand and said to me, If ever the day came when he was rich, He would return, and on his Father's Land He would grow old among us. [Footnote 3: The great Gavel, so called I imagine, from its resemblance to the Gable end of a house, is one of the highest of the Cumberland mountains. It stands at the head of the several vales of Ennerdale, Wastdale, and Borrowdale. The Leeza is a River which follows into the Lake of Ennerdale: on issuing from the Lake, it changes its name, and is called the End, Eyne, or Enna. It falls into the sea a little below Egremont.] LEONARD. If that day Should come, 'twould needs be a glad day for him; He would himself, no doubt, be as happy then As any that should meet him-- PRIEST. Happy, Sir-- LEONARD. You said his kindred all were in their graves, |
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