“Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze,
A visitant that while it fans my cheek
Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings
From the green fields, and from yon azure sky.
Whate'er its mission, the soft breeze can come
To none more grateful than to me; escaped
From the vast city, where I long had pined
A discontented sojourner: now free,
Free as a bird to settle where I will.”

Bk. I, l. 1
The Prelude (1799-1805)

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English Romantic poet 1770–1850

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Bk. I, l. 1.
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Context: Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze,
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Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings
From the green fields, and from yon azure sky.
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