
Ode To Lycoris. May 1817 By William Wordsworth
Ode To Lycoris. May 1817 I AN age hath been when Earth was proud Of lustre too intense To be sustained; and …
Ode To Lycoris. May 1817 I AN age hath been when Earth was proud Of lustre too intense To be sustained; and …
Ode, Composed On A May Morning While from the purpling east departs The star that led the dawn, Blithe Flora from her …
On The Departure Of Sir Walter Scott From Abbotsford . A trouble, not of clouds, or weeping rain, Nor of the setting …
Peter Bell, A Tale PROLOGUE There’s something in a flying horse, There’s something in a huge balloon; But through the clouds I’ll …
Personal Talk I I AM not One who much or oft delight To season my fireside with personal talk.– Of friends, who …
On A Celebrated Event In Ancient History A ROMAN Master stands on Grecian ground, And to the people at the Isthmian Games …
Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 Xiv. Fly, Some Kind Haringer, To Grasmere-Dale FLY, some kind Harbinger, to Grasmere-dale! Say that …
It Is No Spirit Who From Heaven Hath Flown IT is no Spirit who from heaven hath flown, And is descending on …
Foresight That is work of waste and ruin– Do as Charles and I are doing! Strawberry-blossoms, one and all, We must spare …
Composed During A Storm One who was suffering tumult in his soul, Yet failed to seek the sure relief of prayer, Went …
Argument For Suicide Send this man to the mine, this to the battle, Famish an aged beggar at your gates, And let …
A Fact, And An Imagination, Or, Canute And Alfred, On The Seashore THE Danish Conqueror, on his royal chair, Mustering a face …
Ode To Duty STERN Daughter of the Voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love, Who art a light to …
On The Same Occasion (The Final Submission Of The Tyrolese) YE Storms, resound the praises of your King! And ye mild Seasons–in …
On The Final Submission Of The Tyrolese IT was a ‘moral’ end for which they fought; Else how, when mighty Thrones were …
Perfect Woman SHE was a phantom of delight When first she gleam’d upon my sight; A lovely apparition, sent To be a …
Pet-Lamb, The A Pastoral Poem The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink; I heard a voice; it said, “Drink, …
Picture Of Daniel In The Lion’s Den At Hamilton Palace Amid a fertile region green with wood And fresh with rivers, well …
On The Extinction Of The Venetian Republic ONCE did she hold the gorgeous East in fee; And was the safeguard of the …
Lucy Iii I TRAVELL’D among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor, England! did I know till then What love I …
In Due Observance Of An Ancient Rite IN due observance of an ancient rite, The rude Biscayans, when their children lie Dead …
Extempore Effusion Upon The Death Of James Hogg . When first, descending from the moorlands, I saw the Stream of Yarrow glide …
By The Seaside The sun is couched, the sea-fowl gone to rest, And the wild storm hath somewhere found a nest; Air …
An Evening Walk, Addressed To A Young Lady The young Lady to whom this was addressed was my Sister. It was composed …
Yes! Thou Art Fair, Yet Be Not Moved YES! thou art fair, yet be not moved To scorn the declaration, That sometimes …
Ruth When Ruth was left half desolate, Her Father took another Mate; And Ruth, not seven years old, A slighted child, at …
Resolution And Independence I There was a roaring in the wind all night; The rain came heavily and fell in floods; But …
Remembrance Of Collins Composed upon the Thames near Richmond Glide gently, thus for ever glide, O Thames! that other bards may see …
Repentance A PASTORAL BALLAD THE fields which with covetous spirit we sold, Those beautiful fields, the delight of the day, Would have …
Rural Architecture There’s George Fisher, Charles Fleming, and Reginald Shore, Three rosy-cheeked school-boys, the highest not more Than the height of a …
Power Of Music AN Orpheus! an Orpheus! yes, Faith may grow bold, And take to herself all the wonders of old;– Near …
My Heart Leaps Up My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life …
London, 1802 Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour; England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: …
Hail, Zaragoza! If With Unwet Eye HAIL, Zaragoza! If with unwet eye We can approach, thy sorrow to behold, Yet is the …
England Ii MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: …
Book Ninth [residence In France] EVEN as a river,–partly (it might seem) Yielding to old remembrances, and swayed In part by fear …
A Prophecy. February 1807 HIGH deeds, O Germans, are to come from you! Thus in your books the record shall be found, …
Scorn Not The Sonnet Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frowned, Mindless of its just honours; with this key Shakspeare unlocked …
September 1, 1802 WE had a female Passenger who came From Calais with us, spotless in array,– A white-robed Negro, like a …
September 1815 WHILE not a leaf seems faded; while the fields, With ripening harvest prodigally fair, In brightest sunshine bask; this nipping …
September, 1819 . Departing summer hath assumed An aspect tenderly illumed, The gentlest look of spring; That calls from yonder leafy shade …
She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, Maid whom there were none …
Say, What Is Honour–‘tis The Finest Sense SAY, what is Honour?–‘Tis the finest sense Of ‘justice’ which the human mind can frame, …
Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 Xii. Yarrow Unvisited FROM Stirling castle we had seen The mazy Forth unravelled; Had trod …
It Is A Beauteous Evening It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless …
Gipsies Yet are they here the same unbroken knot Of human Beings, in the self-same spot! Men, women, children, yea the frame …
Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806 CLOUDS, lingering yet, extend in solid bars Through the grey west; and lo! these …
Anticipation, October 1803 SHOUT, for a mighty Victory is won! On British ground the Invaders are laid low; The breath of Heaven …
A Poet! He Hath Put His Heart To School . A poet!–He hath put his heart to school, Nor dares to move …
Ode On Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my …
She Was A Phantom Of Delight She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, …
Siege Of Vienna Raised By John Sobieski FEBRUARY 1816 Oh, for a kindling touch from that pure flame Which ministered, erewhile, to …
Simon Lee The Old Huntsman . With an incident in which he was concerned In the sweet shire of Cardigan, Not far …
Song At The Feast Of Brougham Castle Upon The Restoration O , High in the breathless Hall the Minstrel sate, And Emont’s …
Song Of The Spinning Wheel FOUNDED UPON A BELIEF PREVALENT AMONG THE PASTORAL VALES OF WESTMORELAND SWIFTLY turn the murmuring wheel! Night …
Song For The Wandering Jew Though the torrents from their fountains Roar down many a craggy steep, Yet they find among the …
Lucy Ii SHE dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And …
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils) I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When …
England! The Time Is Come When Thou Should’st Wean ENGLAND! the time is come when thou should’st wean Thy heart from its …
By The Side Of The Grave Some Years After LONG time his pulse hath ceased to beat But benefits, his gift, we …