Thursday 19 April 2012

Excerpt from William Wordsworth's 'Resolution and Independence'


There was a roaring in the wind all night;
The rain came heavily and fell in floods;
But now the sun is rising calm and bright;
The birds are singing in the distant woods;
Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods;
The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters;
And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters.

All things that love the sun are out of doors;
The sky rejoices in the morning's birth;
The grass is bright with rain-drops;—on the moors
The hare is running races in her mirth;
And with her feet she from the plashy earth
Raises a mist, that, glittering in the sun,
Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.

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Via Sally - Thanks Sally! 
Full poem can be found here

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Saturday 3 March 2012

Yes I've had a bit of an internal debate over whether this could count, it being a pretty sad song, but have concluded that 1/ Its not the rain's fault, and 2/ If anything, the implication is that walking in the rain is a more romantic thing to do with someone than walking in non-rain. :) works for me....