For calm and gentle is his mien;

Like a dead boy he is serene. 55

William Wordsworth.

CCXVIII
ON REVISITING THE BANKS OF THE WYE.

Five years have passed; five summers, with the length

Of five long winters! and again I hear

These waters, rolling from their mountain springs

With a soft inland murmur.—Once again

Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, 5

Which on a wild secluded scene impress