Category: Poetry
The only poems belonging to the years 1821-2 were the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," originally called "Ecclesiastical Sketches." These were written at intervals, from 1821 onwards, but the great majority belong to 1821. They were first published in 1822, in three parts; 102 Sonnet...
The ever-changing Moon had traced Twelve times her monthly round, When through the unfrequented Waste Was heard a startling sound; A shout thrice sent from one who chased 5 At s...
6. PART III[When I came to this part of the series I had the dream described in this Sonnet.[241] The figure was that of my daughter, and the whole passed exactly as here represented. The...
7. book iii. l. 947 (vol. v. p. 140), and the note [dagger] in that page,[512] This stanza was included in the _Morning Exercise_, for the first time, in 1845. It had been previously the second stanza of the poem _To a Skylark_, composed in 1825, and...
5. PART IIHow soon--alas! did Man, created pure-- By Angels guarded, deviate from the line Prescribed to duty:--woeful forfeiture[116] He made by wilful breach of law divine. With like pe...
4. PART II, who accompanied with faithful pace[5] Cerulean Duddon from its[6] cloud-fed spring,[7] And loved with spirit ruled by his to sing Of mountain-quiet and boon nature's grace;[8...
3. Part III.--From the Restoration to the Present Times--The only poems belonging to the years 1821-2 were the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," originally called "Ecclesiastical Sketches." These were written at intervals, from 1821 onwards,...
8. PART IEnough of rose-bud lips, and eyes Like harebells bathed in dew, Of cheek that with carnation vies, And veins of violet hue;[651] Earth wants not beauty that may scorn 5 A likeni...
9. PART IIThe dwelling of this faithful pair In a straggling village stood, For One who breathed unquiet air A dangerous neighbourhood; But wide around lay forest ground 5 With thickets r...
10. PART IIITis sung in ancient minstrelsy That Phoebus wont to wear The leaves of any pleasant tree Around his golden hair;[660] Till Daphne, desperate with pursuit 5 Of his imperious love...
2. Part II.--To the Close of the Troubles in the Reign of Charles I--1. Part I.--From the Introduction of Christianity into