
I wish I were on Hutton Roof again
The limestone and the little open flowers
The sea at Arnside like a distant gem
The spaciousness, like days with far more hours
I wish I were as agile now as then
I’d climb the mountains, hills,the little lanes
Windermere below still winding on
The handsome Lake the old man, Coniston
I wish I were in Dent, the curious shapes
The hills and their deep mystery engross
The height, the little river, the mistakes
The lost loved man alive, to hold me closeI
I yearn to be on Hutton Roof today
The holy smell of grass, the feel of air