NIGHT WILLIAM BLAKE HE sun descending in the west, THE The evening star does shine; Sits and smiles on the night. Farewell, green fields and happy grove, They look in every thoughtless nest, They visit caves of every beast, THE SHEPHERD WILLIAM BLAKE OW sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot! He shall follow his sheep all the day, For he hears the lambs' innocent call, AN EPITAPH ON A ROBIN REDBREAST SAMUEL ROGERS READ lightly here, for here, 'tis said, TO THE CUCKOO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH BLITHE new-comer! I have heard, While I am lying on the grass, Though babbling only to the vale, Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me A voice, a mystery; The same whom in my school-boy days I listen'd to; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways, |