L'Argentiera? La Sardegna?... No, La Cornovaglia...

Un viaggio attraverso il Cornish contest: Mousehole Penzance Lined End Lizard Point
Tintagel Bowscastle Newlyn...
THE CORNISH CHOUGH. WHERE not a sound is heard But the white waves, O bird,
And slippery rocks fling back the vanquish'd sea, Thou soarest in thy pride, Not heeding storm or tide;
In Freedom's temple nothing is more free. 'T is pleasant by this stone, Sea-wash'd and weed-o'ergrown,
With Solitude and Silence at my side, To list the solemn roar Of ocean on the shore,
And up the beetling cliff to see thee glide. Though harsh thy earnest cry. On crag, or shooting high
Above the tumult of this dusty sphere, Thou tellest of the steep Where Peace and Quiet sleep,
And noisy man but rarely visits here. For this I love thee, bird. And feel my pulses stirr'd
To see thee grandly on the high air ride, Or float along the land, Or drop upon the sand,
Or perch within the gully's frowning side. Thou bringest the sweet thought Of some straw-cover'd cot,
On the lone moor beside the bubbling well, Where cluster wife and child, And bees hum o'er the wild:
In this seclusion it were joy to dwell. Will such a quiet bower Be ever more my dower
In this rough region of perpetual strife? I like a bird from home Forward and backward roam;
But there is rest beneath the Tree of Life. In this dark world of din, Of selfishness and sin,
Help me, dear Saviour, on Thy love to rest; That, having cross'd life's sea, My shatter'd bark may be
Moor'd safely in the haven of the blest. The Muse at this sweet hour Hies with me to my bower
Among the heather of my native hill; The rude rock-hedges here And mossy turf, how dear!
What gushing song! how fresh the moors and still! No spot of earth like thee, So full of heaven to me,
O hill of rock, piled to the passing cloud! Good spirits in their flight Upon thy crags alight,
And leave a glory where they brightly bow'd. I well remember now, In boy-days on thy brow,
When first my lyre among thy larks I found, Stealing from mother's side Out on the common wide,
Strange Druid footfalls seem'd to echo round. Dark Cornish chough, for thee My shred of minstrelsy
I carol at this meditative hour, Linking thee with my reed, Grey moor and grassy mead,
Dear carn and cottage, heathy bank and bower.

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[loybillyrock]

Though harsh thy earnest cry. On crag, or shooting high

Above the tumult of this dusty sphere, Thou tellest of the steep  Where Peace and Quiet sleep,

And noisy man but rarely visits here

[loybillyrock]

'T is pleasant by this stone,  Sea-wash'd and weed-o'ergrown,

With Solitude and Silence at my side, To list the solemn roar Of ocean on the shore,

And up the beetling cliff to see thee glide.

[loybillyrock]

THE CORNISH CHOUGH. WHERE not a sound is heard  But the white waves, O bird,

And slippery rocks fling back the vanquish'd sea, Thou soarest in thy pride, Not heeding storm or tide;

In Freedom's temple nothing is more free.