He lived amidst th' untrodden ways

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He lived amidst th' untrodden ways To Rydal Lake that lead: --A bard whom there were none to praise, And very few to read.

Behind a cloud his mystic sense, Deep-hidden, who can spy?Bright as the night, when not a star Is shining in the sky.

Unread his works -- his 'Milk-white Doe' With dust is dark and dim;It's still in Longman's shop, and Oh! The difference to him!

© Hartley Coleridge