Pleasing things to see

I love to drop in summer on the grass 
& with unwearied eye mark pleasing things 
To see the gadding swallow gaily pass 
Crumping the quiet lake with dipping wings 
& list the restless cuckoo while it sings 
In distant trees—& nigh hand in the wood 
That skirts its shadow oer my mossy seat 
I love that pleasant russling noise to meet 
That tells of happiness with more then me 
Of fluttering linnets this years summer brood 
That 'scaped the schoolboys eye & fly to greet 
Their happy parent hasting home with food 
As I do love such pleasing things to see 
& in ones thoughts such pleasures to repeat

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Image by my friend John Abbott