Question

what does the poet want to convey by using words "steal" and "slide" ?In the poem "The brook "
by A.L. Tennyson 

Answer 1

In the poem "The brook” by A.L.

Tennyson, poet want to convey by using words "steal" and "slide" that would still have the Slide here that is referred with the movement of the river across the hilly areas and rocky areas.

Steal referred here are the river when flowing through the places takes or stealing the flowers or foams.