The Cataract Of Lodore Poem by Robert Southey

For full text of poem, see below. .. Another bonus video All pictures taken by duckpondwithoutducks. I love poetry and I love waterfalls and this is those two things combined I actually collect waterfalls. What is that, you may ask Every year I go on a short trip to explore waterfalls I have never seen before. I collect them by means of pictures. Take only pictures, leave only footprints My favourite waterfalls are those that are small and intimate, that you can go right up close to. Alas, none of these pictures are actually of the Cataract of Lodore, as I have not been there yet Interesting fact if you look closely at the text of the poem, it itself resembles a waterfall, gradually spreading out as it goes down Robert Southey (17741843) The Cataract Of Lodore How does the Water Come down at Lodore My little boy ask d me Thus, once on a time; And moreover he task d me To tell him in rhyme. Anon at the word, There first came one daughter And then came another,