The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)

In the quarto edition of 1815 the following lines precede the extract from Lord Bacon; and in the edition of 1820 they follow it. In 1827 they were transferred to the "Miscellan...

"There had not long before been a secret negociation entered into between some of the Scottish and English nobility, to bring about a marriage between Mary Q. of Scots, at that...

What way does the Wind come? What way does he go? He rides over the water, and over the snow, Through wood, and through vale; and, o'er rocky height Which the goat cannot climb,...

The Fenwick note is inaccurate. These lines were written by Dorothy Wordsworth at Coleorton, on the eve of her brother and sister's return from London, in the spring of 1807, wh...

[This Niche is in the sandstone-rock in the winter-garden at Coleorton, which garden, as has been elsewhere said, was made under our direction out of an old unsightly quarry. Wh...

In the "Reminiscences" of Wordsworth--written by the Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge for the late Bishop of Lincoln's _Memoirs_ of his uncle--the following occurs. (See vol. ii. p. 3...

Blithe hopes and happy musings soon took flight, 120 For lo! an uncouth melancholy sight-- On a green bank a creature stood forlorn Just half protruded to the light of morn, Its...

What crowd[1] is this? what have we here! we must not[2] pass it by; A Telescope upon its frame, and pointed to the sky: Long is it as a barber's pole, or mast of little boat, S...

He sprang in glee,--for what cared he 29 That the river was strong, and the rocks were steep?-- But the greyhound in the leash hung back, And checked him in his leap.

Such union, in the lovely Girl maintained And her twin Brother, had the parent seen, Ere, pouncing like a ravenous bird of prey, 40 Death in a moment parted them, and left The M...

Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That[1] every man in arms should wish to be? --It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon t...

How sweet it is, when mother Fancy rocks The wayward brain, to saunter through a wood! An old place, full of many a lovely brood, Tall trees, green arbours, and ground-flowers i...

Compare the reference to the "Shepherd-lord" in the first canto of _The White Doe of Rylstone_, p. 116, and the topographical allusions there, with this _Song_. Compare also the...

O Freiheit! Wie der Feind erbebt in Rücken Und Front und gerne flöh' in ~einer~ Fluth, Wär' er nicht halb bedeckt von Felsenstücken, Gewälzt von dieses Kämpfers Göttermuth! Geei...

Tumultuous noises filled the hall;[38] And scarcely could the Father hear That name--pronounced with a dying fall--[39][X] The name of his only Daughter dear, 65 As on[40] the b...

This she does in obedience to her brother's injunction, as most suitable to a mind and character that, under previous trials, has been proved to accord with his. She achieves th...

O flower of all that springs from gentle blood, And all that generous nurture breeds to make Youth amiable; O friend so true of soul To fair Aglaia; by what envy moved, Lelius!...

Lines composed at Grasmere, during a walk one Evening, after a stormy day, the Author having just read in a Newspaper that the dissolution of Mr. Fox was hourly expected 47

"Thou Enemy, my bane and blight! Oh! bold to fight the Coward's fight Against all good"--but why declare, At length, the issue of a prayer Which love had prompted, yielding scop...

So forward with a steady will He went, and traversed plain and hill; And up the vale of Wharf his way 75 Pursued;--and, at the dawn of day, Attained a summit whence his eyes[163...

When, as the Vision gave command, The Prior of Durham with holy hand Saint Cuthbert's Relic did uprear Upon the point of a lofty spear, And God descended in his power, While the...

It was for Sarah Hutchinson that this _Song_ was written. She lived, for the most part, either at Brinsop Court Herefordshire, or at Rydal Mount Westmoreland, or at Greta Hall K...