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Atlantic Evening
The wind has swept from the wide atmosphereEach vapour that obscured the sunset’s ray;And pallid Evening twines its beaming hairIn duskier braids around the languid eyes of Day:Silence and Twilight, unbeloved of men,Creep hand in hand from yon obscurest glen.…by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Bottle Poetry
In the French department of Languedoc-Roussillon, vine leaves bring summer to a spectacular end with beautiful colours. And a bountiful harvest of grapes for ‘bottled poetry’. Two excellent reasons why impressionist’s loved living and painting there…
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Abode
Within that cavity aloftTheir new home they fixed,Formed with materials neat and soft,Bents, wool, and feathers mixed.Four ivory eggs soon pave its floorBy William Cowper
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Quintessential Spanish Country Life
The wind has swept from the wide atmosphereEach vapour that obscured the sunset’s ray;And pallid evening twines its beaming hairIn duskier braids around the languid eyes of Day:…Percy Bysshe Shelley