A. E. Housman — Oh fair enough are sky and plain

                  XX          Oh fair enough are sky and plain,          But I know fairer far: Those are as beautiful again          That in the water are;          The pools and rivers wash so clean          The trees and clouds and air, The like on earth was never seen,          And oh that I were there.          These are the thoughts I often think          As I stand gazing down In act upon the cressy brink          To strip and dive and drown;          But in the golden-sanded brooks          And azure meres I spy A silly lad that longs and looks          And wishes he were I.