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- William Blake

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Academic Focus: Metric analysis / Historical dialect interpretation. Engaging with diverse historical English builds phonetic agility, linguistic empathy, and reading stamina valued in selective entry exams.

I laid me down upon a bank,

Where Love lay sleeping;

I heard among the rushes dank

Weeping, weeping.

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verb

To howl.

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George Herbert

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George Herbert1593–163316th centuryMetaphysical Poets George Herbert (1593-1633) was a Welsh poet associated with Metaphysical Poets. ReadingWillow includes public-domain poems by this author for classroom study.

Poems

7 poems