English Poetry III: From Tennyson to Whitman.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Charles Kingsley
653. Airly Beacon
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O the pleasant sight to see
Shires and towns from Airly Beacon,
While my love climb’d up to me!
O the happy hours we lay
Deep in fern on Airly Beacon,
Courting through the summer’s day!
O the weary haunt for me,
All alone on Airly Beacon,
With his baby on my knee!