The Effulgence Within: Behold her, single in the field/Yon Solitary Highland Lass

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Behold her, single in the field/Yon Solitary Highland Lass

"The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more." ( The Solitary Reaper ) In the course of one of his walking tours, Wordsworth once saw a Scottish Highland girl reaping and singing all alone in a field. Her song, which had a melancholy ring, filled the entire valley, and the poet was... Sign in to see full entry.

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