English Literature Made Easy for Students

1.     The Brook: by Alfred Lord Tennyson Lines 1-12 : I come from haunts of coot and herns……..to join the brimming river/For men may come and men may go,/But I go on for ever.” I come from haunts of coot and hern,   I make a sudden sally   And sparkle out among the fern,   To bicker down a valley.   By thirty hills I hurry down,   Or slip between the ridges,   By twenty thorpes, a little town,   And half a hundred bridges.   Till last by Philip's farm I flow   To join the brimming river,   For men may come and men may go,   But I go on for ever.   Word-meanings : 1. Brook: A brook may be called a narrow stream of water that runs through the narrow passages between mountains and valleys 2. Haunts : The places which are frequently (again & again) visited by animals/birds/human beings 3. Coot : it is a black-coloured bird with white beak and it lives near water 4. Hern (heron ): a large b...