The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 1W. Paterson, 1882 - English poetry |
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... heaven and home ! There is no doubt that the first and third stanzas are the finest , and some may respect the judgment that cut down the poem by the removal of its second verse : but others say , if it was right that such a verse ...
... heaven and home ! There is no doubt that the first and third stanzas are the finest , and some may respect the judgment that cut down the poem by the removal of its second verse : but others say , if it was right that such a verse ...
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... heaven hath flown , " 1807 1803 . 1803 . 1803 . 1803 , Aug. 14 . · Memorials of a tour in Scotland , 1803- Departure from the Vale of Grasmere , Aug. 1803 , • • 1827 · 1845 At the grave of Burns , 1803 , seven years after his death ...
... heaven hath flown , " 1807 1803 . 1803 . 1803 . 1803 , Aug. 14 . · Memorials of a tour in Scotland , 1803- Departure from the Vale of Grasmere , Aug. 1803 , • • 1827 · 1845 At the grave of Burns , 1803 , seven years after his death ...
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... Heaven , " 1845 Sonnet , " Though the bold wings of Poesy affect , " 1845 1846 . 1846 . 1846 . " I know an aged Man constrained to dwell , " " How beautiful the Queen of Night , on high , " Evening Voluntaries . 1850 1850 1846 . Sonnet ...
... Heaven , " 1845 Sonnet , " Though the bold wings of Poesy affect , " 1845 1846 . 1846 . 1846 . " I know an aged Man constrained to dwell , " " How beautiful the Queen of Night , on high , " Evening Voluntaries . 1850 1850 1846 . Sonnet ...
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... Heaven shined bright , And made a sunshine in that shady place . 1793 . + Sugh is a Scotch word , expressive , as Mr Gilpin explains it , of the sound of the motion of a stick through the air , or of the wind passing through the trees ...
... Heaven shined bright , And made a sunshine in that shady place . 1793 . + Sugh is a Scotch word , expressive , as Mr Gilpin explains it , of the sound of the motion of a stick through the air , or of the wind passing through the trees ...
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... heaven ; Sure , nature's God that spot to man had given 2 1 1827 . By pain and her sad family unfound , 1820 . 2 1827 . When murmuring rivers join the song of even . 1820 . Where falls the purple morning far and wide In flakes ...
... heaven ; Sure , nature's God that spot to man had given 2 1 1827 . By pain and her sad family unfound , 1820 . 2 1827 . When murmuring rivers join the song of even . 1820 . Where falls the purple morning far and wide In flakes ...
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Page 232 - LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING. I HEARD a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sate reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind. To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran ; And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man.
Page 267 - These beauteous forms Through a long absence have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye : But oft. in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart ; And passing even into my purer mind With tranquil restoration...
Page 271 - And these my exhortations! Nor, perchance — If I should be where I no more can hear Thy voice, nor catch from thy wild eyes these gleams Of past existence...
Page 233 - tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Page 266 - That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the sky.
Page 202 - My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem ; And there upon the ground I sit — I sit and sing to them. And often after sun-set, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there. The first that died was sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay, Till God released her of her pain ; And then she went away.
Page 269 - For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth ; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Not harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue.
Page 201 - That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage Girl: She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair; •*—Her beauty made me glad. 22 " Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?" " How many ? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Page 232 - The tears into his eyes were brought. And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done. — I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.
Page 271 - Nor wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings, many years Of absence, these steep woods and lofty cliffs, And this green pastoral landscape, were to me More dear, both for themselves and for thy sake!