The Solitary Reaper

Poetry | William Wordsworth

No Nightingale did ever chaunt 

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No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands These lines are from William Wordsworth s poem The Solitary Reaper In these lines the poet compares the Highland girl s song to the song of the nightingale Nightingale is one of nature s sweetest and most famous birds The poet says that the nightingale sings to comfort tired travellers resting in the hot Arabian desert But the bird has never sung such a sweet and welcome tune The nightingale s song is known for giving peace It gives joy to people who are tired of traveling It sings in some shady haunt a cool and quiet place among the Arabian sands It offers rest from the burning heat But the poet feels that the Highland girl s song is even softer and beautiful Her simple human voice brings the

same comfort and calmness not to a group of travellers but to the poet himself Her song refreshes his spirit just as the nightingale s melody refreshes the desert travellers The phrase More welcome notes shows how the poet s heart gladly receives her music The song enters his soul like a breath of peace Through this comparison Wordsworth shows that the beauty of human emotion can be stronger than the beauty of nature nbsp

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