William Wordsworth

A Character I marvel how Nature could ever find space A Character I marvel how Nature could ever find space A Complaint There is a change--and I am poor; A Complaint There is a change--and I am poor; Address To Kilchurn Castle, Upon Loch Awe CHILD of loud-throated War! the mountain Stream Address To My Infant Daughter, Dora On Being Reminded That She Was A Month Old That Day, September 1 --HAST thou then survived- Address To The Scholars Of The Village School Of ---- I come, ye little noisy Crew, Admonition WELL may'st thou halt-and gaze with brightening eye! Advance – Come Forth From Thy Tyrolean Ground - ADVANCE-come forth from thy Tyrolean ground, A Fact, And An Imagination, Or, Canute And Alfred, On The Seashore THE Danish Conqueror, on his royal chair, A Farewell FAREWELL, thou little Nook of mountain-ground, A Flower Garden At Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire. TELL me, ye Zephyrs! that unfold, After-Thought . I thought of Thee, my partner and my guide, After-Thought . I thought of Thee, my partner and my guide, A Gravestone Upon The Floor In The Cloisters Of Worcester Cathedral 'MISERRIMUS,' and neither name nor date, Ah! Where Is Palafox? Nor Tongue Nor Pen AH! where is Palafox? Nor tongue no pen A Jewish Family In A Small Valley Opposite St. Goar, Upon The Rhine GENIUS of Raphael! if thy wings Alas! What Boots The Long Laborious Quest ALAS! what boots the long laborious quest Alice Fell, Or Poverty THE post-boy drove with fierce career, Among All Lovely Things My Love Had Been AMONG all lovely things my Love had been; A Morning Exercise FANCY, who leads the pastimes of the glad, A Narrow Girdle of Rough Stones and Crags A narrow girdle of rough stones and crags, A Narrow Girdle Of Rough Stones And Crags A narrow girdle of rough stones and crags, And Is It Among Rude Untutored Dales AND is it among rude untutored Dales, Andrew Jones I hate that Andrew Jones; he'll breed Anecdote For Fathers I HAVE a boy of five years old; Anecdote For Fathers I HAVE a boy of five years old; An Evening Walk, Addressed To A Young Lady The young Lady to whom this was addressed was my Sister. It was A Night-Piece ------The sky is overcast A Night-Piece ------The sky is overcast A Night Thought Lo! where the Moon along the sky A Night Thought Lo! where the Moon along the sky Animal Tranquility and Decay The little hedgerow birds, Animal Tranquillity And Decay The little hedgerow birds, Anticipation, October 1803 SHOUT, for a mighty Victory is won! A Parsonage In Oxfordshire Where holy ground begins, unhallowed ends, A Poet! He Hath Put his Heart to School . A poet!--He hath put his heart to school, A Poet! He Hath Put His Heart To School . A poet!--He hath put his heart to school, A Poet's Epitaph Art thou a Statist in the van A Poet's Epitaph Art thou a Statist in the van A Prophecy. February 1807 HIGH deeds, O Germans, are to come from you! Argument For Suicide Send this man to the mine, this to the battle, Artegal And Elidure WHERE be the temples which, in Britain's Isle, A Sketch The little hedgerow birds, A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal A slumber did my spirit seal At Applewaite, Near Keswick 1804 BEAUMONT! it was thy wish that I should rear Avaunt All Specious Pliancy Of Mind AVAUNT all specious pliancy of mind A Whirl-Blast from Behind the Hill A Whirl-Blast from behind the hill A Whirl-Blast From Behind The Hill A Whirl-Blast from behind the hill A Wren's Nest AMONG the dwellings framed by birds A Wren's Nest AMONG the dwellings framed by birds Beggars She had a tall man's height or more; Book Eighth: Retrospect--Love Of Nature Leading To Love Of Man WHAT sounds are those, Helvellyn, that are heard Book Eleventh: France [concluded] FROM that time forth, Authority in France Book Fifth-Books WHEN Contemplation, like the night-calm felt Book First [introduction-Childhood And School Time] OH there is blessing in this gentle breeze, Book Fourteenth [conclusion] In one of those excursions (may they ne'er Book Fourth [summer Vacation] BRIGHT was the summer's noon when quickening steps Book Ninth [residence In France] EVEN as a river,--partly (it might seem) Book Second [school-Time Continued] THUS far, O Friend! have we, though leaving much Book Seventh [residence In London] SIX changeful years have vanished since I first Book Sixth [cambridge And The Alps] THE leaves were fading when to Esthwaite's banks Book Tenth {residence In France Continued] IT was a beautiful and silent day Book Thirteenth [imagination And Taste, How Impaired And Restored Concluded] FROM Nature doth emotion come, and moods Book Twelfth [imagination And Taste, How Impaired And Restored ] LONG time have human ignorance and guilt Bothwell Castle Immured in Bothwell's Towers, at times the Brave Brave Schill! By Death Delivered BRAVE Schill! by death delivered, take thy flight British Freedom It is not to be thought of that the Flood By Moscow Self-Devoted To A Blaze By Moscow self-devoted to a blaze By the Seaside The sun is couched, the sea-fowl gone to rest, By The Seaside The sun is couched, the sea-fowl gone to rest, By The Side Of The Grave Some Years After LONG time his pulse hath ceased to beat Calais, August 15, 1802 FESTIVALS have I seen that were not names: Calais, August 1802 IS it a reed that's shaken by the wind, Call Not The Royal Swede Unfortunate CALL not the royal Swede unfortunate, Calm is all Nature as a Resting Wheel Calm is all nature as a resting wheel. Calm Is All Nature As A Resting Wheel Calm is all nature as a resting wheel. Characteristics Of A Child Three Years Old LOVING she is, and tractable, though wild; Character of the Happy Warrior . Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he Character Of The Happy Warrior . Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he Composed After A Journey Across The Hambleton Hills, Yorkshire DARK and more dark the shades of evening fell; Composed At The Same Time And On The Same Occasion I DROPPED my pen; and listened to the Wind Composed By The Sea-Side, Near Calais, August 1802 FAIR Star of evening, Splendour of the west, Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806 CLOUDS, lingering yet, extend in solid bars Composed During a Storm One who was suffering tumult in his soul, Composed During A Storm One who was suffering tumult in his soul, Composed In The Valley Near Dover, On The Day Of Landing HERE, on our native soil, we breathe once more. Composed Near Calais, On The Road Leading To Ardres, August 7, 1802 JONES! as from Calais southward you and I Composed On The Eve Of The Marriage Of A Friend In The Vale Of Grasmere WHAT need of clamorous bells, or ribands gay, Composed upon Westminster Bridge... Earth has not anything to show more fair: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 Earth has not anything to show more fair: Composed While The Author Was Engaged In Writing A Tract Occasioned By The Convention Of Cintra NOT 'mid the world's vain objects that enslave Descriptive Sketches Taken During A Pedestrian Tour Among The Alps WERE there, below, a spot of holy ground Desideria SURPRISED by joy--impatient as the Wind Dion . See Plutarch. Dion . See Plutarch. Elegiac Stanzas Lulled by the sound of pastoral bells, Elegiac Stanzas Suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle . I was thy neighbour once, thou rugged Pile! Elegiac Stanzas Suggested By A Picture Of Peele Castle . I was thy neighbour once, thou rugged Pile! Ellen Irwin Fair Ellen Irwin, when she sate Emperors And Kings, How Oft Have Temples Rung EMPERORS and Kings, how oft have temples rung England I O FRIEND! I know not which way I must look England Ii MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England Iii GREAT men have been among us; hands that penn'd England Iv IT is not to be thought of that the flood England! The Time Is Come When Thou Should’st Wean - ENGLAND! the time is come when thou should'st wean England V WHEN I have borne in memory what has tamed Epitaphs Translated From Chiabrera I Even As A Dragon’s Eye That Feels The Stress - EVEN as a dragon's eye that feels the stress Evening On Calais Beach IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free, Expostulation and Reply "Why, William, on that old gray stone, Expostulation And Reply "Why, William, on that old grey stone, Extempore Effusion upon the Death of James Hogg . When first, descending from the moorlands, Extempore Effusion Upon The Death Of James Hogg . When first, descending from the moorlands, Extract From The Conclusion Of A Poem Composed In Anticipation Of Leaving School DEAR native regions, I foretell, Feelings Of A French Royalist, On The Disinterment Of The Remains Of The Duke D’enghien - DEAR Reliques! from a pit of vilest mould Feelings Of A Noble Biscayan At One Of Those Funerals YET, yet, Biscayans! we must meet our Foes Feelings Of The Tyrolese THE Land we from our fathers had in trust, Fidelity A BARKING sound the Shepherd hears, Foresight That is work of waste and ruin-- Foresight That is work of waste and ruin-- For The Spot Where The Hermitage Stood On St. Herbert's Island, Derwentwater. If thou in the dear love of some one Friend Fountain, The: A Conversation We talked with open heart, and tongue From The Cuckoo And The Nightingale I From The Dark Chambers Of Dejection Freed FROM the dark chambers of dejection freed, From The Italian Of Michael Angelo YES! hope may with my strong desire keep pace, George And Sarah Green WHO weeps for strangers? Many wept Gipsies Yet are they here the same unbroken knot Goody Blake And Harry Gill Oh! what's the matter? what's the matter? Guilt And Sorrow I Hail, Twilight, Sovereign Of One Peaceful Hour HAIL Twilight, sovereign of one peaceful hour! Hail, Zaragoza! If With Unwet Eye HAIL, Zaragoza! If with unwet eye Hart-Leap Well The Knight had ridden down from Wensley Moor Here Pause: The Poet Claims At Least This Praise HERE pause: the poet claims at least this praise, Hint From The Mountains For Certain Political Pretenders 'WHO but hails the sight with pleasure Hoffer OF mortal parents is the Hero born How Sweet It Is, When Mother Fancy Rocks HOW sweet it is, when mother Fancy rocks I Grieved For Buonaparte I GRIEVED for Buonaparte, with a vain I Know an Old Man Constrained to Dwell I know an aged Man constrained to dwell I Know An Old Man Constrained To Dwell I know an aged Man constrained to dwell Incident Characteristic Of A Favorite Dog ON his morning rounds the Master Indignation Of A High-Minded Spaniard WE can endure that He should waste our lands, In Due Observance Of An Ancient Rite IN due observance of an ancient rite, Influence of Natural Objects In Calling Forth and Strengthening the Imagination Influence Of Natural Objects Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Inscriptions For A Seat In The Groves Of Coleorton BENEATH yon eastern ridge, the craggy bound, Inscriptions In The Ground Of Coleorton, The Seat Of Sir George Beaumont, Bart., Leicestershire THE embowering rose, the acacia, and the pine, Inscriptions Written with a Slate Pencil upon a Stone Stranger! this hillock of mis-shapen stones Inscriptions Written With A Slate Pencil Upon A Stone THE LARGEST OF A HEAP LYING NEAR A DESERTED QUARRY, UPON ONE OF THE ISLANDS AT RYDAL Inside of King's College Chapel, Cambridge . Tax not the royal Saint with vain expense, Inside Of King's College Chapel, Cambridge . Tax not the royal Saint with vain expense, In The Pass Of Killicranky SIX thousand veterans practised in war's game, Invocation To The Earth, February 1816 I Is There A Power That Can Sustain And Cheer Is there a power that can sustain and cheer It Is a Beauteous Evening It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, It Is A Beauteous Evening It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, It Is No Spirit Who From Heaven Hath Flown IT is no Spirit who from heaven hath flown, It is not to be Thought of . It is not to be thought of that the Flood It Is Not To Be Thought Of . It is not to be thought of that the Flood I Travelled Among Unknown Men I travelled among unknown men It was an April morning: fresh and clear It was an April morning: fresh and clear It Was An April Morning: Fresh And Clear It was an April morning: fresh and clear I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils) I wandered lonely as a cloud Lament Of Mary Queen Of Scots SMILE of the Moon!---for I so name Lament Of Mary Queen Of Scots SMILE of the Moon!---for I so name Laodamia . "With sacrifice before the rising morn Laodamia . "With sacrifice before the rising morn Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey Five years have past; five summers, with the length Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey Five years have past; five summers, with the length Lines Left Upon A Seat In A Yew-Tree Nay, Traveller! rest. This lonely Yew-tree stands Lines On The Expected Invasion, 1803 COME ye--who, if (which Heaven avert!) the Land Lines Written As A School Exercise At Hawkshead, Anno Aetatis 'And has the Sun his flaming chariot driven Lines Written In Early Spring I HEARD a thousand blended notes, Lines Written In Early Spring I HEARD a thousand blended notes, Lines Written On A Blank Leaf In A Copy Of The Author’s Poem - Upon Hearing Of The Death Of The Late Vicar Of Kendal London, 1802 Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: London, 1802 Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; Look Now On That Adventurer Who Hath Paid LOOK now on that Adventurer who hath paid Louisa: After Accompanying Her On A Mountain Excursion I MET Louisa in the shade, Lucy I. Lucy Gray Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray, Lucy Gray, Or Solitude Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray: Lucy I STRANGE fits of passion have I known: Lucy Ii SHE dwelt among the untrodden ways Lucy Iii I TRAVELL'D among unknown men, Lucy Iv THREE years she grew in sun and shower; Lucy poems pt 1 (Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known) Strange fits of passion have I known: Lucy poems pt2 (I Travelled among Unknown Men) I travelled among unknown men, Lucy poems pt3 (Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower,) Three years she grew in sun and shower, Lucy poems pt 4 (She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways) She dwelt among the untrodden ways Lucy poems pt 5 (A Slumber did my Spirit Seal) A slumber did my spirit seal; Lucy V A SLUMBER did my spirit seal; Mark The Concentrated Hazels That Enclose MARK the concentred hazels that enclose Maternal Grief DEPARTED Child! I could forget thee once Matthew IF Nature, for a favourite child, Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, THOUGHTS SUGGESTED THE DAY FOLLOWING, ON THE BANKS OF NITH, NEAR THE POET'S RESIDENCE Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 Now we are tired of boisterous joy, Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 I. Departure From The Vale Of Grasmere, August 1803 THE gentlest Shade that walked Elysian plains Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 Xii. Sonnet Composed At ---- Castle DEGENERATE Douglas! oh, the unworthy Lord! Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 Xii. Yarrow Unvisited FROM Stirling castle we had seen Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 Xiv. Fly, Some Kind Haringer, To Grasmere-Dale FLY, some kind Harbinger, to Grasmere-dale! Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 X. Rob Roy’s Grave . - A FAMOUS man is Robin Hood, Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland 1814 I. Suggested By A Beautiful Ruin Upon One Of The Islands Of Loch Lomond, I Memorials Of A Tour Of Scotland, 1803 Vi. Glen-Almain, Or, The Narrow Glen IN this still place, remote from men, Memory A pen--to register; a key-- Memory A pen--to register; a key-- Methought I Saw The Footsteps Of A Throne METHOUGHT I saw the footsteps of a throne Michael Angelo In Reply To The Passage Upon His Staute Of Sleeping Night 'Night Speaks' Michael: A Pastoral Poem If from the public way you turn your steps Michael: A Pastoral Poem . If from the public way you turn your steps Minstrels The minstrels played their Christmas tune Most Sweet it is . Most sweet it is with unuplifted eyes Most Sweet It Is . Most sweet it is with unuplifted eyes Mutability . From low to high doth dissolution climb, Mutability FROM low to high doth dissolution climb, My Heart Leaps Up My heart leaps up when I behold November, 1806 . Another year!--another deadly blow! November, 1806 . Another year!--another deadly blow! November 1813 Now that all hearts are glad, all faces bright, Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent's Narrow Room Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; Nuns Fret Not At Their Convent's Narrow Room Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room; Nutting . --It seems a day Nutting ---------------------It seems a day Oak And The Broom, The: A Pastoral Poem I Occasioned By The Battle Of Waterloo February 1816 INTREPID sons of Albion! not by you October, 1803 . These times strike monied worldlings with dismay: October, 1803 . These times strike monied worldlings with dismay: Ode I Ode Composed On A May Morning WHILE from the purpling east departs Ode, Composed On A May Morning While from the purpling east departs Ode: Intimations of Immortality I Ode On Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections of Early Childhood Ode On Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood The Child is father of the Man; Ode to Duty . Stern Daughter of the Voice of God! Ode To Duty STERN Daughter of the Voice of God! Ode To Lycoris. May 1817 I O’er The Wide Earth, On Mountain And On Plain - O'ER the wide earth, on mountain and on plain, O’erweening Statesmen Have Full Long Relied - O'ERWEENING Statesmen have full long relied Of a Forsaken Indian Woman Before I see another day, On A Celebrated Event In Ancient History A ROMAN Master stands on Grecian ground, O Nightingale! Thou Surely Art O Nightingale! thou surely art O Nightingale! Thou Surely Art O Nightingale! thou surely art On the Departure of Sir Walter Scott from Abbotsford . A trouble, not of clouds, or weeping rain, On The Departure Of Sir Walter Scott From Abbotsford . A trouble, not of clouds, or weeping rain, On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic . Once did She hold the gorgeous east in fee; On The Extinction Of The Venetian Republic ONCE did she hold the gorgeous East in fee; On The Final Submission Of The Tyrolese IT was a 'moral' end for which they fought; On The Same Occasion (The Final Submission Of The Tyrolese) Perfect Woman SHE was a phantom of delight Personal Talk I Peter Bell, A Tale PROLOGUE Pet-Lamb, The: A Pastoral Poem The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink; Picture Of Daniel In The Lion's Den At Hamilton Palace Amid a fertile region green with wood Power Of Music AN Orpheus! an Orpheus! yes, Faith may grow bold, Remembrance Of Collins Composed upon the Thames near Richmond Repentance A PASTORAL BALLAD Resolution and Independence . There was a roaring in the wind all night; Resolution And Independence I Rural Architecture There's George Fisher, Charles Fleming, and Reginald Shore, Ruth When Ruth was left half desolate, Say, What Is Honour?--‘tis The Finest Sense - SAY, what is Honour?--'Tis the finest sense Scorn not the Sonnet . Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned, Scorn Not The Sonnet Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned, September 1, 1802 WE had a female Passenger who came September 1815 WHILE not a leaf seems faded; while the fields, September, 1819 . Departing summer hath assumed September, 1819 . Departing summer hath assumed She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways She dwelt among the untrodden ways She Was a Phantom of Delight . She was a Phantom of delight She Was A Phantom Of Delight She was a phantom of delight Siege Of Vienna Raised By John Sobieski FEBRUARY 1816 Simon Lee: The Old Huntsman . With an incident in which he was concerned Simon Lee: The Old Huntsman . With an incident in which he was concerned Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle... , High in the breathless Hall the Minstrel sate, Song At The Feast Of Brougham Castle Upon The Restoration O , High in the breathless Hall the Minstrel sate, Song For The Wandering Jew Though the torrents from their fountains Song Of The Spinning Wheel FOUNDED UPON A BELIEF PREVALENT AMONG THE PASTORAL VALES OF WESTMORELAND Sonnet: IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Sonnet: On Seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams Weep At A Tale Of Distress She wept.--Life's purple tide began to flow Spanish Guerillas THEY seek, are sought; to daily battle led, Speak! WHY art thou silent! Is thy love a plant Stanzas WITHIN our happy castle there dwelt One Stanzas ONCE I could hail (howe'er serene the sky) Star-Gazers WHAT crowd is this? what have we here! we must not pass it by; Stepping Westward "What, you are stepping westward?"--"Yea." Stepping Westward "What, you are stepping westward?"--"Yea." Strange Fits Of Passion Have I Known Strange fits of passion have I known: Stray Pleasures BY their floating mill, Surprised By Joy Surprised By Joy Surprised By Joy Surprised by joy-impatient as the Wind Sweet Was The Walk Sweet was the walk along the narrow lane The Birth Of Love When Love was born of heavenly line, The Brothers 'These Tourists, heaven preserve us! needs must live The Childless Father 'Up, Timothy, up with your staff and away! The Complaint Of A Forsaken Indian Woman Before I see another day, The Cottager To Her Infant THE days are cold, the nights are long, The Daffodils I wandered lonely as a cloud The Danish Boy: A Fragment I The Eagle And The Dove SHADE of Caractacus, if spirits love The Emigrant Mother ONCE in a lonely hamlet I sojourned The Faëry Chasm No fiction was it of the antique age: The Fairest, Brightest, Hues Of Ether Fade The fairest, brightest, hues of ether fade; The Farmer Of Tilsbury Vale 'TIS not for the unfeeling, the falsely refined, The Female Vagrant By Derwent's side my Father's cottage stood, The Force Of Prayer, Or, The Founding Of Bolton, A Tradition 'What is good for a bootless bene?' The Forsaken The peace which other seek they find; The Forsaken The peace which other seek they find; The Fountain A Conversation The Fountain A Conversation The French And The Spanish Guerillas HUNGER, and sultry heat, and nipping blast The French Army In Russia, 1812-13 HUMANITY, delighting to behold The French Revolution as it appeared to Enthusiasts . Oh! pleasant exercise of hope and joy! The French Revolution As It Appeared To Enthusiasts . Oh! pleasant exercise of hope and joy! The Germans On The Heighs Of Hochheim ABRUPTLY paused the strife;--the field throughout The Green Linnet BENEATH these fruit-tree boughs that shed The Green Linnet BENEATH these fruit-tree boughs that shed The Highland Broach If to Tradition faith be due, The Horn Of Egremont Castle ERE the Brothers through the gateway The Idiot Boy 'Tis eight o'clock,--a clear March night, The Idle Shepherd Boys The valley rings with mirth and joy; The Idle Shepherd Boys The valley rings with mirth and joy; The King Of Sweden THE Voice of song from distant lands shall call The Kitten And Falling Leaves THAT way look, my Infant, lo! The Kitten And Falling Leaves THAT way look, my Infant, lo! The Last Of The Flock I The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci, in the Refectory of the Convent of Maria della Grazia—Milan - Tho' searching damps and many an envious flaw The Longest Day Let us quit the leafy arbor, The Longest Day Let us quit the leafy arbor, The Martial Courage Of A Day Is Vain THE martial courage of a day is vain, The Morning Of The Day Appointed For A General Thanksgiving. January 18, 1816 I The Mother's Return A MONTH, sweet Little-ones, is past The Mother's Return A MONTH, sweet Little-ones, is past The Oak And The Broom A Pastoral The Oak Of Guernica Supposed Address To The Same OAK of Guernica! Tree of holier power The Old Cumberland Beggar I saw an aged Beggar in my walk; The Old Cumberland Beggar . I saw an aged Beggar in my walk; The Passing Of The Elder Bards THE MIGHTY Minstrel breathes no longer, The Pet-Lamb A PASTORAL The Power of Armies is a Visible Thing The power of Armies is a visible thing, The Power Of Armies Is A Visible Thing The power of Armies is a visible thing, The Prelude, Book 1: Childhood and School-time --Was it for this The Prelude, Book 1: Childhood And School-Time --Was it for this The Prelude, Book 2: School-time (Continued) . Thus far, O Friend! have we, though leaving much The Prelude, Book 2: School-Time (Continued) . Thus far, O Friend! have we, though leaving much The Prelude. book 5 WHEN Contemplation, like the night-calm felt The Prelude. (Book V ) WHEN Contemplation, like the night-calm felt The Primrose of the Rock A Rock there is whose homely front The Primrose Of The Rock A Rock there is whose homely front The Prioress’s Tale [from Chaucer] - 'Call up him who left half told The Rainbow My heart leaps up when I behold The Reaper Behold her, single in the field, The Reaper Behold her, single in the field, The Recluse - Book First HOME AT GRASMERE The Redbreast Chasing the Butterfly Art thou the bird whom Man loves best, There Is A Bondage Worse, Far Worse, To Bear THERE is a bondage worse, far worse, to bear There is an Eminence,--of these our hills There is an Eminence,--of these our hills There Is An Eminence,--Of These Our Hills There is an Eminence,--of these our hills The Reverie of Poor Susan At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, The Reverie Of Poor Susan At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, There was a Boy . There was a Boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs There Was A Boy There was a Boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs The Russian Fugitive I The Russian Fugitive I The Sailor's Mother ONE morning (raw it was and wet--- The Sailor's Mother . ONE morning (raw it was and wet--- The Seven Sisters Or, The Solitude Of Binnorie The Seven Sisters Or, The Solitude Of Binnorie The Shepherd, Looking Eastward, Softly Said The Shepherd, looking eastward, softly said, The Shepherd, Looking Eastward, Softly Said The Shepherd, looking eastward, softly said, The Simplon Pass . --Brook and road The Simplon Pass ------Brook and road The Solitary Reaper Behold her, single in the field, The Solitary Reaper . Behold her, single in the field, The Sonnet I NUNS fret not at their convent's narrow room, The Sonnet Ii SCORN not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frown'd, The Sparrow's Nest BEHOLD, within the leafy shade, The Sparrow's Nest BEHOLD, within the leafy shade, The Stars Are Mansions Built By Nature's Hand The stars are mansions built by Nature's hand, The Sun Has Long Been Set The sun has long been set, The Sun Has Long Been Set The sun has long been set, The Tables Turned . Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; The Table Turned Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books; The Thorn I The Trosachs THERE 's not a nook within this solemn Pass, The Two April Mornings We walked along, while bright and red The Two April Mornings We walked along, while bright and red The Two Thieves O now that the genius of Bewick were mine, The Virgin . Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost The Virgin . Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost The Waggoner - Canto First 'TIS spent--this burning day of June! The Waggoner - Canto Fourth THUS they, with freaks of proud delight, The Waggoner - Canto Second IF Wytheburn's modest House of prayer, The Waggoner - Canto Third RIGHT gladly had the horses stirred, The Waterfall And The Eglantine 'Begone, thou fond presumptuous Elf,' The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Fifth HIGH on a point of rugged ground The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto First FROM Bolton's old monastic tower The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Fourth 'Tis night: in silence looking down, The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Second THE Harp in lowliness obeyed; The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Seventh 'Powers there are The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Sixth WHY comes not Francis?--From the doleful City The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Third NOW joy for you who from the towers The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Dedication IN trellised shed with clustering roses gay, The Wishing Gate HOPE rules a land forever green: The Wishing Gate [In the vale of Grasmere, by the side of an old highway The World Is Too Much With Us The world is too much with us; late and soon, The World Is Too Much With Us; Late And Soon The world is too much with us; late and soon, Those Words Were Uttered As In Pensive Mood THOSE words were uttered as in pensive mood Though Narrow Be That Old Man’s Cares . - THOUGH narrow be that old Man's cares, and near, Thought Of A Briton On The Subjugation Of Switzerland TWO Voices are there; one is of the sea, Three Years She Grew In Sun And Shower, Three years she grew in sun and shower, 'Tis Said, That Some Have Died For Love 'Tis said, that some have died for love: 'Tis Said, That Some Have Died For Love 'Tis said, that some have died for love: To A Butterfly STAY near me---do not take thy flight! To A Butterfly STAY near me---do not take thy flight! To A Butterfly (2) I'VE watched you now a full half-hour, To A Distant Friend Why art thou silent! Is thy love a plant To a Highland Girl (At Inversneyde, upon Loch Lomond) . Sweet Highland Girl, a very shower To A Highland Girl (At Inversneyde, Upon Loch Lomond) . Sweet Highland Girl, a very shower To A Sexton Let thy wheel-barrow alone-- To a Skylark Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! To a Sky-Lark Up with me! up with me into the clouds! To A Sky-Lark Up with me! up with me into the clouds! To A Young Lady Who Had Been Reproached For Taking Long Walks In The Country DEAR Child of Nature, let them rail! To B. R. Haydon HIGH is our calling, Friend!--Creative Art To Dora ''A little onward lend thy guiding hand To H. C. SIX YEARS OLD To Joanna Amid the smoke of cities did you pass To Lady Beaumont LADY! the songs of Spring were in the grove To Lady Eleanor Butler And The Honourable Miss Ponsonby, A stream to mingle with your favorite Dee To Mary Let other bards of angels sing, To May THOUGH many suns have risen and set To May THOUGH many suns have risen and set To M.H. Our walk was far among the ancient trees: To My Sister It is the first mild day of March: To---- On Her First Ascent To The Summit Of Helvellyn INMATE of a mountain-dwelling, To Sir George Howland Beaumont, Bart From The South-West Coast Or Cumberland 1811 FAR from our home by Grasmere's quiet Lake, To Sleep FOND words have oft been spoken to thee, Sleep! To The Cuckoo O BLITHE New-comer! I have heard, To The Cuckoo O BLITHE New-comer! I have heard, To The Daisy IN youth from rock to rock I went To The Daisy IN youth from rock to rock I went To The Daisy (2) BRIGHT Flower! whose home is everywhere, To The Daisy (First Poem) "Her divine skill taught me this, To The Daisy (Fourth Poem) Sweet Flower! belike one day to have To The Daisy (Third Poem) Bright Flower! whose home is everywhere, To The Memory Of Raisley Calvert CALVERT! it must not be unheard by them To The Men Of Kent OCTOBER 1803 To The Poet, John Dyer BARD of the Fleece, whose skilful genius made To The Same Flower (Second Poem) With little here to do or see To The Same (John Dyer) ENOUGH of climbing toil!--Ambition treads To The Small Celandine PANSIES, lilies, kingcups, daisies, To The Spade Of A Friend (An Agriculturist) COMPOSED WHILE WE WERE LABOURING TOGETHER IN HIS PLEASURE-GROUND To The Supreme Being From The Italian Of Michael Angelo THE prayers I make will then be sweet indeed To Thomas Clarkson ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE Translation Of Part Of The First Book Of The Aeneid THE EDITORS OF THE PHILOLOGICAL MUSEUM Tribute To The Memory Of The Same Dog LIE here, without a record of thy worth, Troilus And Cresida FROM CUAUCER Upon Perusing The Forgoing Epistle Thirty Years After Its Composition SOON did he Almighty Giver of all rest Upon The Punishment Of Death YE brood of conscience--Spectres! that frequent Upon The Same Event WHEN, far and wide, swift as the beams of morn Upon The Sight Of A Beautiful Picture Painted By Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart PRAISED be the Art whose subtle power could stay Upon Westminster Bridge EARTH has not anything to show more fair: Valedictory Sonnet To The River Duddon I THOUGHT of Thee, my partner and my guide, Vaudracour And Julia O HAPPY time of youthful lovers (thus Vernal Ode I View From The Top Of Black Comb THIS Height a ministering Angel might select: Water-Fowl Observed Frequently Over The Lakes Of Rydal And Grasmere MARK how the feathered tenants of the flood, Weak Is The Will Of Man, His Judgement Blind 'WEAK is the will of Man, his judgment blind; We Are Seven --A simple child, We Are Seven --------A Simple Child, When I Have Borne In Memory WHEN I have borne in memory what has tamed When To The Attractions Of The Busy World WHEN, to the attractions of the busy world, Where Lies The Land To Which Yon Ship Must Go? WHERE lies the Land to which yon Ship must go? Who Fancied What A Pretty Sight WHO fancied what a pretty sight With How Sad Steps, O Moon, Thou Climb'st the Sky With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the sky, With How Sad Steps, O Moon, Thou Climb'st The Sky With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the sky, With Ships The Sea Was Sprinkled WITH ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, With Ships the Sea was Sprinkled Far and Nigh With ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, With Ships The Sea Was Sprinkled Far And Nigh With ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Written In A Blank Leaf Of Macpherson's Ossian OFT have I caught, upon a fitful breeze, Written in Early Spring I heard a thousand blended notes Written In Early Spring I heard a thousand blended notes Written In Germany, On One Of The Coldest Days Of The Century A plague on your languages, German and Norse! Written in London. September, 1802 . O Friend! I know not which way I must look Written in March The cock is crowing, Written In March The cock is crowing, Written In Very Early Youth CALM is all nature as a resting wheel. Written Upon A Blank Leaf In WHILE flowing rivers yield a blameless sport, Written With A Pencil Upon A Stone In The Wall Of The House, On The Island At Grasmere Rude is this Edifice, and Thou hast seen Yarrow Revisited . The gallant Youth, who may have gained, Yarrow Revisited . The gallant Youth, who may have gained, Yarrow Unvisited . From Stirling castle we had seen Yarrow Unvisited . From Stirling castle we had seen Yarrow Visited September, 1814 Yarrow Visited And is this -Yarrow? -This the stream Yes, It Was The Mountain Echo YES, it was the mountain Echo, Yes! Thou Art Fair, Yet Be Not Moved YES! thou art fair, yet be not moved Yew-Trees There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Yew-Trees There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Young England--What Is Then Become Of Old YOUNG ENGLAND--what is then become of Old