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...Cockermouth stands, are very picturesque. The Poet bears testimony to its workings upon him, when he says, And from his fords and shallows sent a voice That flowed along my dreams.' ' And the old baronial castle, near which it flows, was not without its influence. When the Derwent...

...him, when he says, " One, the fairest of all rivers, loved To blend his murmurs with my nurse's song, And from his fords and shallows sent a voice That flowed along my dreams." ' And the old baronial castle, near which it flows, was not without its influence. When the Derwent...

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