Samuel Palmer Enriching the Actual Present

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Read aloud in the first part of this youtube ekphrasis

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dffnJYqoA6Q

rumanative &
                  ancient
                  in gathering skies
                  of thunder&beating rain
groves&glades
          with enormous boles
          grasping at roots
           &twisting sinews
           clotted thatch corn stooks
                                        sprinkled
           &showered with a
           thousand eyes
motley clothing fine meshes &
              dappled skies&
              mountains of light
enriching the actual present
        pure&quaint
        a crinkled Goth
pitting his English visions
   with riches&fruitfulness
       of urgent realities
        in
          prodigal
           profusion

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