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<\/a><\/div>\nIt was an April morning: fresh and clear
\nThe Rivulet, delighting in its strength,
\nRan with a young man\u2019s speed; and yet the voice
\nOf waters which the winter had supplied
\nWas softened down into a vernal tone.
\nThe spirit of enjoyment and desire,
\nAnd hopes and wishes, from all living things
\nWent circling, like a multitude of sounds.
\nThe budding groves seemed eager to urge on
\nThe steps of June; as if their various hues
\nWere only hindrances that stood between
\nThem and their object: but, meanwhile, prevailed
\nSuch an entire contentment in the air
\nThat every naked ash, and tardy tree
\nYet leafless, showed as if the countenance
\nWith which it looked on this delightful day
\nWere native to the summer…<\/p>\n
\u2014William Wordsworth<\/em> You can read the poem in entirety <\/i>here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n For a mini-bio of Wordsworth, please see My Heart Leaps Up<\/i><\/a>. For another painting and favorite poem, please see Dancing with the Daffodils<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n For the birthday of William Wordsworth (1770-1850); I post an excerpt from \u201cPoems on the Naming of Places,\u201d accompanied by a sketch made on a family bike ride. Not while pedaling though. It was an April morning: fresh and clear The Rivulet, delighting in its strength, Ran with a young man\u2019s speed; and yet theRead more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[55,47,17,19,72,77,3],"class_list":["post-6669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketchbook","tag-birthday","tag-dc","tag-penink","tag-poem","tag-spring","tag-trees","tag-watercolor"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6669"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6673,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6669\/revisions\/6673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Frank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"