THE RIVER CHERWELL. William Lisle Bowles Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street... 1855 p. 15.

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THE RIVER CHERWELL . Cherwell ! how pleased along thy willowed edge Erewhile I strayed , or when the morn began To tinge the distant turret's golden fan , Or evening glimmered o'er the sighing sedge ! And now reposing on thy banks once more , I bid the lute farewell , and that sad lay Whose music on my melancholy way I wooed : beneath thy willows waving hoar , Seeking a while to rest — till the bright sun Of joy return ; as when Heaven's radiant Bow Beams on the night-storm's passing wings below : Whate'er betide , yet something have I won Of solace , that may bear me on serene , Till eve's last hush shall close the silent scene .