The+Wild+Swans+at+Coole

1. **The Wild Swans at Coole**


 * THE TREES are in their autumn beauty, || ||
 * The woodland paths are dry, || ||
 * Under the October twilight the water || ||
 * Mirrors a still sky; || ||
 * Upon the brimming water among the stones || //5// ||
 * Are nine and fifty swans. || ||
 * The nineteenth Autumn has come upon me || ||
 * Since I first made my count; || ||
 * I saw, before I had well finished, || ||
 * All suddenly mount || //10// ||
 * And scatter wheeling in great broken rings || ||
 * Upon their clamorous wings. || ||
 * I have looked upon those brilliant creatures, || ||
 * And now my heart is sore. || ||
 * All’s changed since I, hearing at twilight, || //15// ||
 * The first time on this shore, || ||
 * The bell-beat of their wings above my head, || ||
 * Trod with a lighter tread. || ||
 * Unwearied still, lover by lover, || ||
 * They paddle in the cold, || //20// ||
 * Companionable streams or climb the air; || ||
 * Their hearts have not grown old; || ||
 * Passion or conquest, wander where they will, || ||
 * Attend upon them still. || ||
 * But now they drift on the still water || //25// ||
 * Mysterious, beautiful; || ||
 * Among what rushes will they build, || ||
 * By what lake’s edge or pool || ||
 * Delight men’s eyes, when I awake some day || ||
 * To find they have flown away? || //30// ||
 * Among what rushes will they build, || ||
 * By what lake’s edge or pool || ||
 * Delight men’s eyes, when I awake some day || ||
 * To find they have flown away? || //30// ||

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