“Behold, within the leafy shade,
Those bright blue eggs together laid!
On me the chance-discovered sight
Gleamed like a vision of delight.”

— William Wordsworth , The Sparrow's Nest

The Sparrow's Nest, st. 1 (1801).

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English Romantic poet 1770–1850

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“Behold, within the leafy shade,
Those bright blue eggs together laid!
On me the chance-discovered sight
Gleamed like a vision of delight.”