XXXII. COMPOSED ON THE BANKS OF A ROCKY STREAM. [Composed?.-Published 1820.] DOGMATIC Teachers, of the snow-whit fur! Ye wrangling Schoolmen, of the scarle hood! Who, with a keenness not to be with stood, Press the point home, or falter an demur, Checked in your course by many a t ing burr; These natural council-seats your blood Might cool; and, as the Genius Stoops willingly to animate and s brain, Yon eddying balls of foam, these arrow gleams That o'er the pavement of the surgin streams Welter and flash, a synod might detain With subtle speculations, haply vain, But surely less so than your far-fetche themes! XXXIII. THIS AND THE TWO FOLLOWING WEB SUGGESTED BY MR. W. WESTALL'S VIEW OF THE CAVES, ETC., IN YORKSHIRE. [Composed 1818.-Published January, 1819 (Black wood's Magazine); Peter Bell vol, 1819] PURE element of waters! wheresoe'er Thou dost forsake thy subterraneat haunts, Channels for tears; no Naiad shouldst Green herbs, bright flowers, and berry With purer robes than those of flesh and And, if thy bounty fail, the forest pants: blood, And hath bestowed on thee a safer good And hart and hind and hunter with his spear Unwearied joy, and life without its cares. Languish and droop together. Nor unfe Have gained a sanction from thy falling The air of liberty, the light of truth; Much have ye suffered from Time's gnav ing tooth: Yet, O ye spires of Oxford! domes an towers! Gardens and groves! your presence ove powers The soberness of reason; till, in sooth, Transformed, and rushing on a bol exchange I slight my own beloved Cam, to range Where silver Isis leads my stripling fee Pace the long avenue, or glide adown The stream-like windings of that gloriot street An eager Novice robed in fluttering gown III. OXFORD, MAY 30, 1820. [Composed 1820.-Published 1820.) SHAME on this faithless heart! that coul allow Such transport, though but for a m ment's space; Not while-to aid the spirit of the places The crescent moon clove with its glitter ing prow The clouds, or night-bird sang from shad bough; T But in plain daylight:- She, too, at my side, Who, with her heart's experience satisfied Maintains inviolate its slightest vow!! Sweet Fancy! other gifts must I receive Proofs of a higher sovereignty I claim; Take from her brow the withering flower of eve, And to that brow life's morning wreath restore; Let her be comprehended in the frame Of these illusions, or they please no mora IV. RECOLLECTION OF THE PORTRAIT OF KING HENRY THE EIGHTH, TRINITY LODGE, CAMBRIDGE. [Composed ?.-Published 1827.] THE imperial Stature, the colossal stride, Are yet before me; yet do I behold The broad full visage, chest of amplest mould, |