On A Portrait Of Wordsworth By B. R. Haydon

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    ords the cloud

    Ebb audibly along tain-wind,

    t the rock, and show behind

    ting up to crowd

    ty. h forehead bowed

    And humble-lidded eyes, as one inclined

    Before t of his own mind,

    And very meek ions proud,

    takes ful place as poet-priest

    By tar, singing prayer and prayer

    to the higher heavens. A noble vision free

    Our  from t:

    No portrait th Academic air !

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