ON BALA HILL[56:3]
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ON BALA HILL[56:3]
With many a weary step at length I gain Thy summit, Bala! and the cool breeze plays Cheerily round my brow—as hence the gaze Returns to dwell upon the journey'd plain. 'Twas a long way and tedious!—to the eye 5 Tho' fair th' extended Vale, and fair to view The falling leaves of many a faded hue That eddy in the wild gust moaning by! Ev'n so it far'd with Life! in discontent Restless thro' Fortune's mingled scenes I went, 10 [57]Yet wept to think they would return no more! O cease fond heart! in such sad thoughts to roam, For surely thou ere long shalt reach thy home, And pleasant is the way that lies before.
1794.
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Bala] Lansdown Poems, 1797.
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Cheerily] Gratefully Poems, 1797.
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O] But Poems, 1797.