,,the ,,poetical ,,works ,,of ,,william ,,wordsworth ,,vol4 ,,vii ,illustration3 ,william ,wordsworth after ,b4 ,r4 ,haydon ,,the ,,poetical ,,works ,,of ,,william ,,wordsworth ,,edited ,,by ,,william ,,knight ,,vol4 ,,vii ,illustration3 ,dove ,cottage ,grasmere ,london ,,macmillan ,,and ,,co41 ,,ltd4 ,,new ,,york3 ,,macmillan ,,co4 #ahif ,all rights reserved ,,contents #ahba-b ,,page ,ecclesiastical ,sonnets4 ,in ,series-- ,part ,i4--,from the ,introduction of ,christianity into ,britain1 to the ,consummation of the ,papal ,dominion-- ,i4 ,introduction #d ,,ii4 ,conjectures #e ,,iii4 ,trepidation of the ,druids #f ,,iv4 ,druidical ,excommunication #g ,v4 ,uncertainty #g ,,vi4 ,persecution #h ,,vii4 ,recovery #i ,,viii4 ,temptations from ,roman ,refinements #aj ,,ix4 ,dissensions #aj ,x4 ,struggle of the ,britons against the ,barbarians #aa ,,xi4 ,saxon ,conquest #ab ,,xii4 ,monastery of ,old ,bangor #ac ,,xiii4 ,casual ,incitement #ad ,,xiv4 ,glad ,tidings #ae ,,xv4 ,paulinus #ae ,,xvi4 ,persuasion #af ,,xvii4 ,conversion #ag ,,xviii4 ,apology #ah ,,xix4 ,primitive ,saxon ,clergy #ai ,,xx4 ,other ,influences #ai ,,xxi4 ,seclusion #bj ,,xxii4 ,continued #ba ,,xxiii4 ,reproof #ba ,,xxiv4 ,saxon ,monasteries1 and ,lights and ,shades of the ,religion #bb ,,xxv4 ,missions and ,travels #bc ,,xxvi4 ,alfred #bd ,,xxvii4 ,his ,descendants #be ,,xxviii4 ,influence ,abused #bf ,,xxix4 ,danish ,conquests #bg ,,xxx4 ,canute #bg ,,xxxi4 ,the ,norman ,conquest #bh ,,xxxii4 ,coldly we spake4 ,the ,saxons1 overpowered #bi ,,xxxiii4 ,the ,council of ,clermont #cj ,,xxxiv4 ,crusades #ca ,,xxxv4 ,richard ,i #ca ,,xxxvi4 ,an ,interdict #cb ,,xxxvii4 ,papal ,abuses #cc ,,xxxviii4 ,scene in ,venice #cd ,,xxxix4 ,papal ,dominion #cd ,part ,,ii4--,to the ,close of the ,troubles in the ,reign of ,charles ,i-- ,i4 ,how soon--alas6 did ,man1 created pure #cc ,,ii4 ,from false assumption rose1 and fondly hail'd #cf ,,iii4 ,cistertian ,monastery #cg ,,iv4 ,deplorable his lot who tills the ground #ch ,v4 ,monks and ,schoolmen #ci ,,vi4 ,other ,benefits #dj ,,vii4 ,continued #dj ,,viii4 ,crusaders #da ,,ix4 ,as faith thus sanctified the warrior's crest #db ,x4 ,where long and deeply hath been fixed the root #dc ,,xi4 ,transubstantiation #dd ,,xii4 ,the ,vaudois #dd ,,xiii4 ,praised be the ,rivers1 from their mountain springs #de ,,xiv4 ,waldenses #df ,,xv4 ,archbishop ,chichely to ,henry ,v4 #dg ,,xvi4 ,wars of ,york and ,lancaster #dh ,,xvii4 ,wicliffe #di ,,xviii4 ,corruptions of the ,higher ,clergy #di ,,xix4 ,abuse of ,monastic ,power #ej ,,xx4 ,monastic ,voluptuousness #ea ,,xxi4 ,dissolution of the ,monasteries #eb ,,xxii4 ,the ,same ,subject #eb ,,xxiii4 ,continued #ec ,,xxiv4 ,saints #ed ,,xxv4 ,the ,virgin #ed ,,xxvi4 ,apology #ee ,,xxvii4 ,imaginative ,regrets #ef ,,xxviii4 ,reflections #eg ,,xxix4 ,translation of the ,bible #eh ,,xxx4 ,the ,point at ,issue #eh ,,xxxi4 ,edward ,,vi #ei ,,xxxii4 ,edward signing the ,warrant for the ,execution of ,joan of ,kent #fj ,,xxxiii4 ,revival of ,popery #fa ,,xxxiv4 ,latimer and ,ridley #fa ,,xxxv4 ,cranmer #fb ,,xxxvi4 ,general ,view of the ,troubles of the ,reformation #fd ,,xxxvii4 ,english ,reformers in ,exile #fd ,,xxxviii4 ,elizabeth #fe ,,xxxix4 ,eminent ,reformers #ff ,,xl4 ,the ,same #fg ,,xli4 ,distractions #fh ,,xlii4 ,gunpowder ,plot #fi ,,xliii4 ,illustration4 ,the ,jung-frau and the ,fall of the ,rhine near ,schaffhausen #gj ,,xliv4 ,troubles of ,charles the ,first #ga ,,xlv4 ,laud #ga ,,xlvi4 ,afflictions of ,england #gb ,part ,,iii4--,from the ,restoration to the ,present ,times-- ,i4 ,i saw the figure of a lovely ,maid #gd ,,ii4 ,patriotic ,sympathies #gd ,,iii4 ,charles the ,second #ge ,,iv4 ,latitudinarianism #gf ,v4 ,walton's ,book of ,lives #gg ,,vi4 ,clerical ,integrity #gh ,,vii4 ,persecution of the ,scottish ,covenanters #gi ,,viii4 ,acquittal of the ,bishops #gi ,,ix4 ,william the ,third #hj ,x4 ,obligations of ,civil to ,religious ,liberty #ha ,,xi4 ,sacheverel #hb ,,xii4 ,down a swift ,stream1 thus far1 a bold design #hc ,,xiii4 ,aspects of ,christianity in ,america4--#a4 ,the ,pilgrim ,fathers #hd ,,xiv4 #b4 ,continued #he ,,xv4 #c4 ,concluded4--,american ,episcopacy #he ,,xvi4 ,bishops and ,priests1 blessd are ye1 if deep #hf ,,xvii4 ,places of ,worship #hg ,,xviii4 ,pastoral ,character #hg ,,xix4 ,the ,liturgy #hh ,,xx4 ,baptism #hi ,,xxi4 ,sponsors #ij ,,xxii4 ,catechising #ia ,,xxiii4 ,confirmation #ib ,,xxiv4 ,confirmation ,continued #ib ,,xxv4 ,sacrament #ic ,,xxvi4 ,the ,marriage ,ceremony #id ,,xxvii4 ,thanksgiving after ,childbirth #ie ,,xxviii4 ,visitation of the ,sick #if ,,xxix4 ,the ,commination ,service #if ,,xxx4 ,forms of ,prayer at ,sea #ig ,,xxxi4 ,funeral ,service #ig ,,xxxii4 ,rural ,ceremony #ih ,,xxxiii4 ,regrets #ii ,,xxxiv4 ,mutability #ajj ,,xxxv4 ,old ,abbeys #ajj ,,xxxvi4 ,emigrant ,french ,clergy #aja ,,xxxvii4 ,congratulation #ajb ,,xxxviii4 ,new ,churches #ajb ,,xxix4 ,church to be erected #ajc ,,xl4 ,continued #ajd ,,xli4 ,new ,churchyard #ajd ,,xlii4 ,cathedrals1 etc4 #aje ,,xliii4 ,inside of ,king's ,college ,chapel1 ,cambridge #ajf ,,xliv4 ,the ,same #ajf ,,xlv4 ,continued #ajg ,,xlvi4 ,ejaculation #ajg ,,xlvii4 ,conclusion #ajh ,to the ,lady ,fleming1 on seeing the ,foundation preparing for the ,erection of ,rydal ,chapel1 ,westmoreland #aji ,on the ,same ,occasion #aad #ahbc ,memory #aag ,not ,love1 not ,war1 nor the tumultuous swell #aah ,a volant ,tribe of ,bards on earth are found #aai #ahbd ,to ---- #aba ,to ---- #abb ,how rich that forehead's calm expanse6 #abc ,to ---- #abd ,a ,flower ,garden1 at ,coleorton ,hall1 ,leicestershire #abe ,to the ,lady ,e4 ,b4 and the ,hon4 ,miss ,p4 #abh ,to the ,torrent at the ,devil's ,bridge1 ,north ,wales1 #ahbd #abi ,composed among the ,ruins of a ,castle in ,north ,wales #aca ,elegiac ,stanzas #acb ,cenotaph #ace #ahbe ,the ,pillar of ,trajan #acg ,the ,contrast3 ,the ,parrot and the ,wren #ada ,to a ,skylark #adc #ahbf ,ere with cold beads of midnight dew #ade ,ode composed on ,may ,morning #adf ,to ,may #adh ,once ,i could hail 7howe'er serene the sky7 #aeb ,the massy ,ways1 carried across these heights #aed ,farewell ,lines #aee #ahbg ,on seeing a ,needlecase in the ,form of a ,harp #aeg ,miscellaneous ,sonnets-- ,dedication #aei ,to ---- #aei ,her only pilot the soft breeze1 the boat #afj ,why1 ,minstrel1 these untuneful murmurings #afa ,to ,s4 ,h4 #afb ,decay of ,piety #afc ,scorn not the ,sonnet2 ,critic1 you have frowned #afc ,fair ,prime of life6 were it enough to gild #afd ,retirement #afe ,there is a pleasure in poetic pains #aff ,recollection of the ,portrait of ,king ,henry ,eighth1 ,trinity ,lodge1 ,cambridge #aff ,when ,philoctetes in the ,lemnian isle #afg ,while ,anna's peers and early playmates tread #afh ,to the ,cuckoo #afi ,the ,infant ,m---- ,m---- #agj ,to ,rotha ,q---- #aga ,to ----1 in her ,seventieth ,year #agb ,in my mind's eye a ,temple1 like a cloud #agc ,go back to antique ages1 if thine eyes #agd ,if thou indeed derive thy light from ,heaven #agd ,in the ,woods of ,rydal #agf ,conclusion4 ,to ---- #agg #ahbh ,a ,morning ,exercise #agh ,the ,triad #aha ,the ,wishing-,gate #ahi ,the ,wishing-,gate ,destroyed #aib ,a ,jewish ,family #aie ,incident at ,brugs #aih ,a ,grave-,stone upon the ,floor in the ,cloisters of ,worcester ,cathedral #bja ,the ,gleaner #bjb ,on the ,power of ,sound #bjc #ahbi ,gold and ,silver ,fishes in a ,vase #bad ,liberty4 7,sequel to the above7 #baf ,humanity #bbb ,this ,lawn1 a carpet all alive #bbg ,thoughts on the ,seasons #bbi ,a ,tradition of ,oker ,hill in ,darley ,dale1 ,derbyshire #bcj ,filial ,piety #bca #ahcj ,the ,armenian ,lady's ,love #bcb ,the ,russian ,fugitive #bci ,the ,egyptian ,maid2 or1 ,the ,romance of the ,water ,lily #beb ,the ,poet and the ,caged ,turtledove #bfe ,presentiments #bff ,in these fair vales hath many a ,tree #bfi ,elegiac ,musings #bfi ,chatsworth6 thy stately mansion1 and the pride #bgb #ahca ,the ,primrose of the ,rock #bgd ,to ,b4 ,r4 ,haydon1 on seeing his ,picture of ,napoleon ,bonaparte on the ,island of ,st4 ,helena #bgf ,yarrow ,revisited1 and ,other ,poems-- ,i4 ,the gallant ,youth1 who may have gained #bhj ,,ii4 ,on the ,departure of ,sir ,walter ,scott from ,abbotsford1 for ,naples #bhd ,,iii4 ,a ,place of ,burial in the ,south of ,scotland #bhe ,,iv4 ,on the ,sight of a ,manse in the ,south of ,scotland #bhf ,v4 ,composed in ,roslin ,chapel1 during a ,storm #bhg ,,vi4 ,the ,trosachs #bhh ,,vii4 ,the pibroch's note1 discountenanced or mute #bij ,,viii4 ,composed after reading a ,newspaper of the ,day #bij ,,ix4 ,composed in the ,glen of ,loch ,etive #bia ,x4 ,eagles #bib ,,xi4 ,in the ,sound of ,mull #bic ,,xii4 ,suggested at ,tyndrum in a ,storm #bid ,,xiii4 ,the ,earl of ,breadalbane's ,ruined ,mansion1 and ,family ,burial-,place1 near ,killin #bie ,,xiv4 ,rest and be ,thankful6 #bie ,,xv4 ,highland ,hut #bif ,,xvi4 ,the ,brownie #big ,,xvii4 ,to the ,planet ,venus1 an ,evening ,star #bii ,,xviii4 ,bothwell ,castle #bii ,,xix4 ,picture of ,daniel in the ,lions' ,den1 at ,hamilton ,palace #cja ,,xx4 ,the ,avon #cjc ,,xxi4 ,suggested by a ,view from an ,eminence in ,inglewood ,forest #cjd ,,xxii4 ,hart's-,horn ,tree1 near ,penrith #cje ,,xxiii4 ,fancy and ,tradition #cjf ,,xxiv4 ,countess' ,pillar #cjg ,,xxv4 ,roman ,antiquities #cjh ,,xxvi4 ,apology for the ,foregoing ,poems #cji ,,xxvii4 ,the ,highland ,broach #caj #ahcb ,devotional ,incitements #cad ,calm is the fragrant air1 and loth to lose #cag ,to the ,author's ,portrait #cah ,rural ,illusions #cai ,loving and ,liking #cbj ,upon the late ,general ,fast #cbc #ahcc ,a ,wren's ,nest #cbe ,to ----1 upon the ,birth of her ,first-born ,child1 ,march #ahcc #cbh ,the ,warning4 ,a ,sequel to the ,foregoing #ccj ,if this great world of joy and pain #ccf ,on a ,high ,part of the ,coast of ,cumberland #ccg 7,by the ,sea-,side7 #cch ,composed by the ,sea-,shore #cdj ,poems1 composed or suggested during a ,tour in the ,summer of #ahcc-- ,i4 ,adieu1 ,rydalian ,laurels6 that have grown #cdb ,,ii4 ,why should the ,enthusiast1 journeying through this ,isle #cdc ,,iii4 ,they called ,thee ,merry ,england1 in old time #cdc ,,iv4 ,to the ,river ,greta1 near ,keswick #cdd ,v4 ,to the ,river ,derwent #cde ,,vi4 ,in ,sight of the ,town of ,cockermouth #cdf ,,vii4 ,address from the ,spirit of ,cockermouth ,castle #cdg ,,viii4 ,nun's ,well1 ,brigham #cdg ,,ix4 ,to a ,friend #cdh ,x4 ,mary ,queen of ,scots #cdi ,,xi4 ,stanzas suggested in a ,steam-,boat off ,saint ,bees' ,heads1 on the ,coast of ,cumberland #cea ,,xii4 ,in the ,channel1 between the ,coast of ,cumberland and the ,isle of ,man #ceh ,,xiii4 ,at ,sea off the ,isle of ,man #cei ,,xiv4 ,desire we past illusions to recal8 #cfj ,,xv4 ,on entering ,douglas ,bay1 ,isle of ,man #cfj ,,xvi4 ,by the ,sea-,shore1 ,isle of ,man #cfa ,,xvii4 ,isle of ,man #cfb ,,xviii4 ,isle of ,man #cfc ,,xix4 ,by a ,retired ,mariner #cfd ,,xx4 ,at ,bala-,sala1 ,isle of ,man #cfe ,,xxi4 ,tynwald ,hill #cff ,,xxii4 ,despond who will--,i heard a ,voice exclaim #cfh ,,xxiii4 ,in the ,frith of ,clyde1 ,ailsa ,crag1 during an ,eclipse of the ,sun1 ,july #ag #cfi ,,xxiv4 ,on the ,frith of ,clyde #cgj ,,xxv4 ,on revisiting ,dunolly ,castle #cga ,,xxvi4 ,the ,dunolly ,eagle #cgb ,,xxvii4 ,written in a ,blank ,leaf of ,macpherson's ,ossian #cgc ,,xxviii4 ,cave of ,staffa #cgf ,,xxix4 ,cave of ,staffa4 7,after the ,crowd had departed7 #cgg ,,xxx4 ,cave of ,staffa #cgg ,,xxxi4 ,flowers on the ,top of the ,pillars at the ,entrance of the ,cave #cgh ,,xxxii4 ,iona #cgi ,,xxxiii4 ,iona4 7,upon ,landing7 #chj ,,xxxiv4 ,the ,black ,stones of ,iona #cha ,,xxxv4 ,homeward we turn4 ,isle of ,columba's ,cell #chb ,,xxxvi4 ,greenock #chc ,,xxxvii4 ',there6' said a ,stripling1 pointing with meet pride #chc ,,xxxviii4 ,the ,river ,eden1 ,cumberland #che ,,xxxix4 ,monument of ,mrs4 ,howard1 in ,wetheral ,church1 near ,corby1 on the ,banks of the ,eden #chf ,,xl4 ,suggested by the ,foregoing #chg ,,xli4 ,nunnery #chh ,,xlii4 ,steamboats1 ,viaducts1 and ,railways #chi ,,xliii4 ,the ,monument1 commonly called ,long ,meg and her ,daughters1 near the ,river ,eden #cij ,,xliv4 ,lowther #cia ,,xlv4 ,to the ,earl of ,lonsdale #cib ,,xlvi4 ,the ,somnambulist #cic ,,xlvii4 ,to ,cordelia ,m---- #djj ,,xlviii4 ,most sweet it is with unuplifted eyes #dja #ahcd ,not in the lucid intervals of life #djb ,by the ,side of ,rydal ,mere #djc ,soft as a cloud is yon blue ,ridge--the ,mere #dje ,the leaves that rustled on this oak-crowned hill #djf ,the ,labourer's ,noon-,day ,hymn #djh ,the ,redbreast #daj ,,addenda #dae ,,wordsworth',s ,,poetical ,,works #ahba-b ,the only poems belonging to the years #ahba-b were the ,ecclesiastical ,sonnets1 originally called ,ecclesiastical ,sketches4 ,these were written at intervals1 from #ahba onwards1 but the great majority belong to #ahba4 ,they were first published in #ahbb1 in three parts2 #ajb ,sonnets in all4 ,ten were added in the edition of #ahbg1 several others in the years #ahce and #ahcf1 and fourteen in #ahde1--the final edition of #ahej containing #acb4 ,after ,wordsworth's return from the ,continent in #ahbj1 he visited the ,beaumonts at ,coleorton1 and as ,sir ,george was then about to build a new ,church on his property1 conversation turned frequently to ecclesiastical topics1 and gave rise to the idea of embodying the ,history of the ,church of ,england in a series of ,ecclesiastical ,sketches in verse4 ,the ,sonnets ,nos4 ,,xxxix41 ,,xl41 and ,,xli41 in the third series1 entitled1 ,church to be erected1 and ,new ,churchyard1 are probably those to which ,wordsworth refers as written first1 in memory of his morning walk with ,sir ,george ,beaumont to fix the site of the ,church3 but it was the discussions which were being carried on in the ,british ,parliament and elsewhere1 in #ahba1 on the subject of ,catholic ,disabilities1 that led him to enlarge his idea1 and project a series of ,sonnets dealing with the whole course of the ,ecclesiastical ,history of his country4 ,his brother ,christopher--while ,dean and ,rector of ,bocking1 and domestic chaplain to the ,archbishop of ,canterbury--had published1 in #ahji1 six volumes of ,ecclesiastical ,biography2 or1 the ,lives of ,eminent ,men connected with the ,history of ,religion in ,england4 ,southey's ,book of the ,church1--to which ,wordsworth refers in the ,fenwick note prefixed to his ,sonnets--was not published till #ahbc2 and ,wordsworth says1 in a note to the edition of #ahbb1 that his own work was far advanced before he was aware that ,southey had taken up the subject4 ,as several of the ,sonnets1 however1 are well illustrated by passages in ,southey's book1 ,i have given a number of extracts from the latter work in the editorial notes4 ,southey1 writing to ,c4 ,h4 ,townshend1 on #fth ,may #ahba1 says3 ,wordsworth was with me lately4 ,his thoughts and mine have for some time unconsciously been travelling in the same direction2 for while ,i have been sketching a brief history of the ,english ,church1 and the systems which it has subdued or struggled with1 he has been pursuing precisely the same subject in a series of sonnets1 to which my volume will serve for a commentary1 as completely as if it had been written with that intent4 7,see ,life and ,correspondence of ,r4 ,southey1 vol4 v4 p4 #fe47 ,wordsworth's own notes appended to the ,sonnets1 and others which are added1 will show his indebtedness to such writers as ,bede1 ,strype1 ,foxe1 ,walton1 ,whitaker1 and ,sharon ,turner4 ,the subjects of the sonnets on the ,aspects of ,christianity in ,america were suggested to him by ,bishop ,doane and ,professor ,henry ,reed2 and others in the series1 dealing with offices of the ,english ,liturgy1 were also suggested by ,mr4 ,reed4--,,ed4 ,,ecclesiastical ,,sonnets#a ,,in ,,series ,composed #ahba4--,published #ahbb ,my purpose in writing this ,series was1 as much as possible1 to confine my view to the introduction1 progress1 and operation of the ,church in ,england1 both previous and subsequent to the ,reformation4 ,the ,sonnets were written long before ecclesiastical history and points of doctrine had excited the interest with which they have been recently enquired into and discussed4 ,the former particular is mentioned as an excuse for my having fallen into error in respect to an incident which had been selected as setting forth the height to which the power of the ,popedom over temporal sovereignty had attained1 and the arrogance with which it was displayed4 ,i allude to the last ,sonnet but one in the first series1 where ,pope ,alexander the ,third at ,venice is described as setting his foot on the neck of the ,emperor ,barbarossa4 ,though this is related as a fact in history1 ,i am told it is a mere legend of no authority4 ,substitute for it an undeniable truth not less fitted for my purpose1 namely the penance inflicted by ,gregory the ,seventh upon the ,emperor ,henry the ,fourth4 ,before ,i conclude my notice of these ,sonnets1 let me observe that the opinion ,i pronounced in favour of ,laud 7long before the ,oxford ,tract ,movement7 and which had brought censure upon me from several quarters1 is not in the least changed4 ,omitting here to examine into his conduct in respect to the persecuting spirit with which he has been charged1 ,i am persuaded that most of his aims to restore ritual practices which had been abandoned were good and wise1 whatever errors he might commit in the manner he sometimes attempted to enforce them4 ,i further believe that1 had not he1 and others who shared his opinions and felt as he did1 stood up in opposition to the reformers of that period1 it is questionable whether the ,church would ever have recovered its lost ground and become the blessing it now is1 and will1 ,i trust1 become in a still greater degree1 both to those of its communion and to those who unfortunately are separated from it4--,i4 ,f4 ,,footnotes3 #a ,during the month of ,december1 #ahbj1 ,i accompanied a much-beloved and honoured ,friend#b in a walk through different parts of his estate1 with a view to fix upon the site of a new ,church which he intended to erect4 ,it was one of the most beautiful mornings of a mild season1--our feelings were in harmony with the cherishing#c influences of the scene2 and such being our purpose1 we were naturally led to look back upon past events with wonder and gratitude1 and on the future with hope4 ,not long afterwards1 some of the ,sonnets which will be found towards the close of this series were produced as a private memorial of that morning's occupation4 ,the ,catholic ,question1 which was agitated in ,parliament about that time1 kept my thoughts in the same course2 and it struck me that certain points in the ,ecclesiastical ,history of our ,country might advantageously be presented to view in verse4 ,accordingly1 ,i took up the subject1 and what ,i now offer to the reader was the result4 ,when this work was far advanced1 ,i was agreeably surprised to find that my friend1 ,mr4 ,southey1 had been engaged with similar views in writing a concise ,history of the ,church in ,england4 ,if our ,productions1 thus unintentionally coinciding1 shall be found to illustrate each other1 it will prove a high gratification to me1 which ,i am sure my friend will participate4 ,w4 ,,wordsworth4 ,,rydal ,,mount1 ,january #bd1 #ahbb4 ,for the convenience of passing from one point of the subject to another without shocks of abruptness1 this work has taken the shape of a series of ,sonnets3 but the ,reader1 it is to be hoped1 will find that the pictures are often so closely connected as to have jointly the effect of passages of a poem in a form of stanza to which there is no objection but one that bears upon the ,poet only--its difficulty4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #b ,sir ,george ,beaumont4--,,ed4 #c ,this occurs in all the editions4 ,it maybe a misprint for cheering4--,,ed4 ,,part ,i ,,from ,,the ,,introduction ,,of ,,christianity ,,into ,,britain1 ,,to ,,the ,,consummation ,,of ,,the ,,papal ,,dominion ,a verse may catch a wandering ,soul1 that flies ,profounder ,tracts1 and by a blest surprise ,convert delight into a ,sacrifice4#d ,,footnotes3 #d ,compare1 in ,george ,herbert's ,the ,temple1 ,the ,church ,porch1 i4 #a-- ,a verse may find him1 who a ,sermon flies1 ,and turn delight into a ,sacrifice4--,,ed4 ,i ,,introduction ,i1 who accompanied with faithful pace#e ,cerulean ,duddon from its#f cloud-fed spring1#g ,and loved with spirit ruled by his to sing ,of mountain-quiet and boon nature's grace2#h ,i1 who essayed the nobler ,stream to trace #e ,of ,liberty1#i and smote the plausive string ,till the checked torrent1 proudly triumphing1 ,won for herself a lasting resting-place2#aj ,now seek upon the heights of ,time the source ,of a ,,holy ,,river1#aaon whose banks are found #aj ,sweet pastoral flowers1 and laurels that have crowned ,full oft the unworthy brow of lawless force2 ,and1#ab for delight of him who tracks its course1#ac ,immortal amaranth and palms abound4 ,,footnotes3 #e #ahbg4 ,i1 who descended with glad step to chase #ahbb4 #f #ahej4 444 his 444 #ahbb4 ,the text of #aheg 7edited by ,mr4 ,carter7 returned to that of #ahbb4 #g ,see ,the ,river ,duddon1 a ,series of ,sonnets 7vol4 vi4 p4 #bbe74--;,,ed4 #h #ahbg4 ,and of my wild ,companion dared to sing1 ,in verse that moved with strictly-measured pace2 #ahbb4 #i ,see the series of ,poems dedicated to ,national ,independence and ,liberty4--,,ed4 #aj #ahbg4 444 ,torrent1 fiercely combating1 ,in victory found her natural resting-place2 #ahbb4 #aa ,compare the last sonnet of this ,series 7,part ,,iii4 ,,xlvii41 p4 #ajh74--;,,ed4 #ab #ahcg4 ,where1 444 #ahbb4 #ac ,it may not be unworthy of note that in the first edition of this sonnet ,wordsworth made the stream of the ,duddon masculine1 that of ,liberty feminine1 and that of the ,church neuter4--,,ed4 ,,ii ,,conjectures ,if there be prophets on whose spirits rest ,past things1 revealed like future1 they can tell ,what ,powers1 presiding o'er the sacred well ,of ,christian ,faith1 this savage ,island blessed ,with its first bounty4 ,wandering through the west1 ,did holy ,paul#ad a while in ,britain dwell1 #f ,and call the ,fountain forth by miracle1 ,and with dread signs the nascent ,stream invest8 ,or ,he1 whose bonds dropped off1 whose prison doors ,flew open1 by an ,angel's voice unbarred8#ae #aj ,or some of humbler name1 to these wild shores ,storm-driven2 who1 having seen the cup of woe ,pass from their ,master1 sojourned here to guard ,the precious ,current they had taught to flow8 ,,footnotes3 #ad ,stillingfleet adduces many arguments in support of this opinion1 but they are unconvincing4 ,the latter part of this ,sonnet refers to a favourite notion of ,roman ,catholic writers1 that ,joseph of ,arimathea and his companions brought ,christianity into ,britain1 and built a rude church at ,glastonbury2 alluded to hereafter1 in a passage upon the dissolution of monasteries4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #ae ,st4 ,peter4--,,ed4 ,,iii ,,trepidation ,,of ,,the ,,druids ,screams round the ,arch-druid's brow the seamew#af--white ,as ,menai's foam2 and toward the mystic ring ,where ,augurs stand1 the ,future questioning1 ,slowly the cormorant aims her heavy flight1 ,portending ruin to each baleful rite1 #e ,that1 in the lapse1 of ages1#ag hath crept o'er ,diluvian truths1 and patriarchal lore4 ,haughty the ,bard3 can these meek doctrines blight ,his transports8 wither his heroic strains8 ,but all shall be fulfilled2--the ,julian spear #aj ,a way first opened2#ah and1 with ,roman chains1 ,the tidings come of ,jesus crucified2 ,they come--they spread--the weak1 the suffering1 hear2 ,receive the faith1 and in the hope abide4 ,,footnotes3 #af ,this water-fowl was1 among the ,druids1 an emblem of those traditions connected with the deluge that made an important part of their mysteries4 ,the ,cormorant was a bird of bad omen4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #ag #ahbg4 444 seasons 444 #ahbb4 #ah ,the reference is to the conquest of ,britain by ,julius ,csar4--,,ed4 ,,iv ,,druidical ,,excommunication ,mercy and ,love have met thee on thy road1 ,thou wretched ,outcast1 from the gift of fire ,and food cut off by sacerdotal ire1 ,from every sympathy that ,man bestowed6 ,yet shall it claim our reverence1 that to ,god1 #e ,ancient of days6 that to the eternal ,sire1 ,these jealous ,ministers of law aspire1 ,as to the one sole fount whence wisdom flowed1 ,justice1 and order4 ,tremblingly escaped1 ,as if with prescience of the coming storm1 #aj ,that intimation when the stars were shaped2 ,and still1 'mid yon thick woods1 the primal truth ,glimmers through many a superstitious form#ai ,that fills the ,soul with unavailing ruth4 ,,footnotes3 #ai #ahbg4 ,and yon thick woods maintain the primal truth1 ,debased by many a superstitious form1 #ahbb4 ,v ,,uncertainty ,darkness surrounds us3 seeking1 we are lost ,on ,snowdon's wilds1 amid ,brigantian coves1#bj ,or where the solitary shepherd roves ,along the plain of ,sarum1 by the ghost ,of ,time and shadows of ,tradition1 crost2#ba #e ,and where the boatman of the ,western ,isles ,slackens his course--to mark those holy piles ,which yet survive on bleak ,iona's coast4#bb ,nor these1 nor monuments of eldest name1#bc ,nor ,taliesin's unforgotten lays1#bd #aj ,nor characters of ,greek or ,roman fame1 ,to an unquestionable ,source have led2 ,enough--if eyes1 that sought the fountain-head ,in vain1 upon the growing ,rill may gaze4 ,,footnotes3 #bj ,the reference is to ,yorkshire4 ,the ,brigantes inhabited ,england from sea to sea1 from ,cumberland to ,durham1 but more especially ,yorkshire4 ,see ,tacitus1 ,annals1 book xii4 #cb2 ,ptolemy1 ,geographia1 #bg1 #a2 ,camden1 ,britannia1 #eef-fdh4--;,,ed4 #ba #ahbg4 ,of silently departed ages crossed2 #ahbb4 #bb ,compare the four sonnets on ,iona1 in the ,poems composed or suggested during a ,tour in the ,summer of #ahcc4--;,,ed4 #bc #ahda4 444 fame1 #ahbb4 #bd ,see note #dj1 p4 #ac4--;,,ed4 ,,vi ,,persecution ,lament6 for ,diocletian's fiery sword ,works busy as the lightning2 but instinct ,with malice ne'er to deadliest weapon linked1 ,which ,god's ethereal store-houses afford3 ,against the ,followers of the incarnate ,lord #e ,it rages2--some are smitten in the field-- ,some pierced to the heart through the ineffectual shield#be ,of sacred home2--with pomp are others gored ,and dreadful respite4 ,thus was ,alban tried1#bf ,england's first ,martyr1 whom no threats could shake2 ,self-offered victim1 for his friend he died1 #aa ,and for the faith2 nor shall his name forsake ,that ,hill1 whose flowery platform seems to rise ,by ,nature decked for holiest sacrifice4#bg ,,footnotes3 #be #ahdj4 ,some pierced beneath the unavailing shield #ahbb4 444 ineffectual #ahbg4 #bf ,the first man who laid down his life in ,britain for the ,christian faith was ,saint ,alban4444 ,during the tenth1 and most rigorous of the persecutions1 a ,christian priest1 flying from his persecutors1 came to the ,city of ,verulamium1 and took shelter in ,alban's house3 he1 not being of the faith himself1 concealed him for pure compassion2 but when he observed the devotion of his guest1 how fervent it was1 and how firm1 his heart was touched4444 ,when the persecutors came to search the house1 ,alban1 putting on the hair-cassock of his teacher1 delivered himself into their hands1 as if he had been the fugitive1 and was carried before the heathen governor4444 ,because he refused to betray his guest or offer sacrifices to the ,roman gods1 he was scourged1 and then led to execution upon the spot where the abbey now stands1 which in after times was erected to his memory1 and still bears his name4 ,that spot was then a beautiful meadow upon a little rising ground1 'seeming1' says the venerable ,bede1 'a fit theatre for the martyr's triumph4' 7,southey's ,book of the ,church1 vol4 i4--pp4 #ac-ad47--;,,ed4 #bg ,this hill at ,st4 ,albans must have been an object of great interest to the imagination of the venerable ,bede1 who thus describes it1 with a delicate feeling1 delightful to meet with in that rude age1 traces of which are frequent in his works3--,variis herbarum floribus depictus imo usquequaque vestitus1 in quo nihil repente arduum1 nihil prceps1 nihil abruptum1 quem lateribus longe lateque deductum in modum quoris natura complanat1 dignum videlicet eum pro insita sibi specie venustatis jam olim reddens1 qui beati martyris cruore dicaretur4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,,vii ,,recovery ,as1 when a storm hath ceased1 the birds regain ,their cheerfulness1 and busily retrim ,their nests1 or chant a gratulating hymn ,to the blue ether and bespangled plain2 ,even so1 in many a re-constructed fane1 #e ,have the survivors of this ,storm renewed ,their holy rites with vocal gratitude3 ,and solemn ceremonials they ordain ,to celebrate their great deliverance2 ,most feelingly instructed 'mid their fear-- #aj ,that persecution1 blind with rage extreme1 ,may not the less1 through ,heaven's mild countenance1 ,even in her own despite1 both feed and cheer2 ,for all things are less dreadful than they seem4 ,,viii ,,temptations ,,from ,,roman ,,refinements ,watch1 and be firm6 for1 soul-subduing vice1 ,heart-killing luxury1 on your steps await4 ,fair houses1 baths1 and banquets delicate1 ,and temples flashing1 bright as polar ice1 ,their radiance through the woods--may yet suffice #e ,to sap your hardy virtue1 and abate ,your love of ,him upon whose forehead sate ,the crown of thorns2 whose life-blood flowed1 the price ,of your redemption4 ,shun the insidious arts ,that ,rome provides1 less dreading from her frown #aj ,than from her wily praise1 her peaceful gown1 ,language1 and letters2--these1 though fondly viewed ,as humanising graces1 are but parts ,and instruments of deadliest servitude6 ,,ix ,,dissensions ,that heresies should strike 7if truth be scanned ,presumptuously7 their roots both wide and deep1 ,is natural as dreams to feverish sleep4 ,lo6 ,discord at the altar dares to stand#bh ,uplifting toward#bi high ,heaven her fiery brand1 #e ,a cherished ,priestess of the new-baptized6 ,but chastisement shall follow peace despised4 ,the ,pictish cloud darkens the enervate land ,by ,rome abandoned2 vain are suppliant cries1 ,and prayers that would undo her forced farewell2 #aj ,for she returns not4--,awed by her own knell1 ,she casts the ,britons upon strange ,allies1 ,soon to become more dreaded enemies ,than heartless misery called them to repel4 ,,footnotes3 #bh ,arianism had spread into ,britain1 and ,british ,bishops were summoned to councils held concerning it1 at ,sardica1 ,a4,d4 #cdg1 and at ,ariminum1 ,a4,d4 #cfj4 ,see ,fuller's ,church ,history1 p4 #be2 and ,churton's ,early ,english ,church1 p4 #i4--;,,ed4 #bi #ahbg4 ,lifting towards 444 #ahbb4 ,x ,,struggle ,,of ,,the ,,britons ,,against ,,the ,,barbarians ,rise6--they have risen3 of brave ,aneurin ask#cj ,how they have scourged old foes1 perfidious friends3 ,the ,spirit of ,caractacus descends ,upon the ,patriots1 animates their task2#ca ,amazement runs before the towering casque #e ,of ,arthur1 bearing through the stormy field ,the ,virgin sculptured on his ,christian shield3-- ,stretched in the sunny light of victory bask ,the ,host that followed ,urien#cb as he strode ,o'er heaps of slain2--from ,cambrian wood and moss #aj ,druids descend1 auxiliars of the ,cross2 ,bards1 nursed on blue ,plinlimmon's still abode1#cc ,rush on the fight1 to harps preferring swords1 ,and everlasting deeds to burning words6 ,,footnotes3 #cj ,aneurin was the bard who--in the poem named the ,gododin--celebrated the struggle between the ,cymri and the ,teutons in the middle of the sixth century1 which ended in the great battle of ,catterick1 or ,cattreath1 in ,yorkshire4 ,aneurin was himself chieftain as well as bard4--,,ed4 #ca #ahcg4 ,the spirit of ,caractacus defends ,the ,patriots1 animates their glorious task2-- #ahbb4 #cb ,urien was chief of the ,cymri1 and led them in the great conflict of the sixth century against the ,angles4--,,ed4 #cc ,such as ,aneurin1 ,taliesin1 ,llywarch ,hen1 and ,merlin4--,,ed4 ,,xi ,,saxon ,,conquest ,nor wants the cause the panic-striking aid ,of hallelujahs#cd tost from hill to hill-- ,for instant victory4 ,but ,heaven's high will ,permits a second and a darker shade ,of ,pagan night4 ,afflicted and dismayed1 #e ,the ,relics of the sword flee to the mountains3 ,o wretched ,land6 whose tears have flowed like fountains2 ,whose arts and honours in the dust are laid ,by men yet scarcely conscious of a care ,for other monuments than those of ,earth2#ce #aj ,who1 as the fields#cf and woods have given them birth1 ,will#cg build their savage fortunes only there2 ,content1 if foss1 and barrow1 and the girth ,of long-drawn rampart1 witness what they were4#ch ,,footnotes3 #cd ,alluding to the victory gained under ,germanus4 ,see ,bede4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,the ,saxons and ,picts threatening the ,britons1 the latter asked the assistance of ,germanus4 ,the following is ,bede's account3--,germanus bearing in his hands the standard1 instructed his men all in a loud voice to repeat his words1 and the enemy advancing securely1 as thinking to take them by surprise1 the priests three times cried ,hallelujah4 ,a universal shout of the same word followed1 and the hills resounding the echo on all sides1 the enemy was struck with dread4444 ,they fled in disorder1 casting away their arms4 7,bede1 ,ecclesiastica ,historia gentis ,anglorum1 book i4 chap4 xx47--,,ed4 #ce ,the last six lines of this ,sonnet are chiefly from the prose of ,daniel2 and here ,i will state 7though to the ,readers whom this ,poem will chiefly interest it is unnecessary7 that my obligations to other prose writers are frequent1--obligations which1 even if ,i had not a pleasure in courting1 it would have been presumptuous to shun1 in treating an historical subject4 ,i must1 however1 particularise ,fuller1 to whom ,i am indebted in the ,sonnet upon ,wicliffe and in other instances4 ,and upon the acquittal of the ,seven ,bishops ,i have done little more than versify a lively description of that event in the ,,ms4 ,memoirs of the first ,lord ,lonsdale4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #cf #ahbg4 ,intent1 as fields 444 #ahbb4 #cg #ahbg4 ,to 444 #ahbb4 #ch #ahbg4 ,witness the foss1 the barrow1 and the girth ,of many a long-drawn rampart1 green and bare6 #ahbb4 ,,xii ,,monastery ,,of ,,old ,,bangor#ci ,the oppression of the tumult--wrath and scorn-- ,the tribulation--and the gleaming blades-- ,such is the impetuous spirit that pervades ,the song of ,taliesin2#dj--,ours shall mourn ,the unarmed ,host who by their prayers would turn #e ,the sword from ,bangor's walls1 and guard the store ,of ,aboriginal and ,roman lore1 ,and ,christian monuments1 that now must burn ,to senseless ashes4 ,mark6 how all things swerve ,from their known course1 or vanish like a dream2#da #aj ,another language spreads from coast to coast2 ,only perchance some melancholy ,stream#db ,and some indignant ,hills old names preserve1#dc ,when laws1 and creeds1 and people all are lost6 ,,footnotes3 #ci ,ethelforth reached the convent of ,bangor1 he perceived the ,monks1 twelve hundred in number1 offering prayers for the success of their countrymen3 ',if they are praying against us1' he exclaimed1 'they are fighting against us'2 and he ordered them to be first attacked3 they were destroyed2 and1 appalled by their fate1 the courage of ,brocmail wavered1 and he fled from the field in dismay4 ,thus abandoned by their leader1 his army soon gave way1 and ,ethelforth obtained a decisive conquest4 ,ancient ,bangor itself soon fell into his hands1 and was demolished2 the noble monastery was levelled to the ground2 its library1 which is mentioned as a large one1 the collection of ages1 the repository of the most precious monuments of the ancient ,britons1 was consumed2 half ruined walls1 gates1 and rubbish were all that remained of the magnificent edifice4 7,see ,turner's valuable history of the ,anglo-,saxons47 ,the account ,bede gives of this remarkable event1 suggests a most striking warning against ,national and ,religious prejudices4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,appendix note4 #dj ,taliesin was present at the battle which preceded this desolation4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,taliesin was chief bard and retainer in the ,hall of ,urien1 the great ,north ,england ,cymric chief4 ,he sang of ,urien's and his son ,owain's victories1 in the middle of the sixth century4 ,see ,pitseus1 ,relationes ,historicae de rebus ,anglicis1 #afai1 vol4 i4 p4 #ie1 ,de ,thelesino4 ,see also ,sharon ,turner's ,history of the ,anglo-,saxons 7vol4 i4 book iii4 chap1 iv474--,,ed4 #da #ahbg4 444 or pass away like steam2 #ahbb4 #db e4g4 in the ,lake ,district1 the ,greta1 ,derwent1 etc4--,,ed4 #dc e4g4 in the ,lake ,district1 ,stone ,arthur1 ,blencathara1 and ,catbells4--,,ed4 ,,xiii ,,casual ,,incitement ,a bright-haired company of youthful slaves1 ,beautiful strangers1 stand within the pale ,of a sad market1 ranged for public sale1 ,where ,tiber's stream the immortal#dd ,city laves3 ,,angli by name2 and not an ,,angel waves #e ,his wing who could seem lovelier to man's eye#de ,than they appear to holy ,gregory2 ,who1 having learnt that name1 salvation craves ,for ,them1 and for their ,land4 ,the earnest ,sire1 ,his questions urging1 feels1 in slender ties #aj ,of chiming sound1 commanding sympathies2 ,,de-,,irians--he would save them from ,god's ,,ire2 ,subjects of ,saxon ,,lla--they shall sing ,glad ,,halle-lujahs to the eternal ,king6#df ,,footnotes3 #dd #ahbg4 444 glorious 444 #ahbb4 #de #ahcg4 ,his wing who seemeth lovelier in ,heaven's eye #ahbb4 #df ,the story is told of ,gregory who was afterwards ,pope1 and is known as ,gregory the ,great1 that he was one day led into the market-place at ,rome to look at a large importation from1 abroad4 ,among other things there were some boys exposed for sale like cattle4 ,he was struck by the appearance of the boys1 their fine clear skins1 their flaxen or golden hair1 and their ingenuous countenances2 so that he asked from what country they came2 and when he was told from the island of ,britain1 444 and were ,angles1 he played upon the word and said1 ',well may they be so called1 for they are like ,angels4' 444 ,then demanding from what province they were brought1 the answer was 'from ,deira'2 and in the same humour he observed that rightly might this also be said1 for de ,dei ira1 from the wrath of ,god were they to be delivered4 ,and when he was told that their ,king was lla1 he replied that ,hallelujahs ought to be sung in his dominions4 ,this trifling sprung from serious thought4 ,from that day the conversion of the ,anglo-,saxons became a favourite object with ,gregory4 7,southey's ,book of the ,church1 vol4 i4 pp4 #bb1 #bc47--;,,ed4 ,,xiv ,,glad ,,tidings ,for ever hallowed be this morning fair1 ,blest be the unconscious shore on which ye tread1 ,and blest the silver ,cross1 which ye1 instead ,of martial banner1 in procession bear2 ,the ,cross preceding ,him who floats in air1 #e ,the pictured ,saviour6--,by ,augustin led1 ,they come--and onward travel without dread1 ,chanting in barbarous ears a tuneful prayer-- ,sung for themselves1 and those whom they would free6 ,rich conquest waits them3--the tempestuous sea #aj ,of ,ignorance1 that ran so rough and high ,and heeded not the voice of clashing swords1 ,these good men humble by a few bare words1 ,and calm with fear of ,god's divinity4#dg ,,footnotes3 #dg ,augustin was prior of ,st4 ,gregory's ,monastery1 dedicated to ,st4 ,andrew in ,rome1 and was sent by ,gregory in the year #eig with several other monks into ,britain4 ,ethelbert was then king of ,kent1 and1 as they landed on the ,isle of ,thanet1 he ordered them to stay there4 ,according to ,bede1 ,some days after1 the king came into the island and ordered ,augustin and his companions to be brought into his presence4444 ,they came 444 bearing a silver cross for their banner1 and an image of our ,lord and ,saviour painted on a board2 and singing the litany they offered up their prayers to the ,lord for the eternal salvation both of themselves and of those to whom they were come4 7,ecclesiastica ,historia gentis ,anglorum1 book i4 chap1 xxv47--,,ed4 ,,xv ,,paulinus ,but1 to remote ,northumbria's royal ,hall1 ,where thoughtful ,edwin1 tutored in the school ,of sorrow1 still maintains a heathen rule1 ,who comes with functions apostolical8 ,mark him1#dh of shoulders curved1 and stature tall1 #e ,black hair1 and vivid eye1 and meagre cheek1 ,his prominent feature like an eagle's beak2 ,a ,man whose aspect doth at once appal ,and strike with reverence4 ,the ,monarch leans ,toward the pure truths#di this ,delegate propounds1 #aj ,repeatedly his own deep mind he sounds ,with careful hesitation1--then convenes ,a synod of his ,councillors3--give ear1 ,and what a pensive ,sage doth utter1 hear6#ej ,,footnotes3 #dh ,the person of ,paulinus is thus described by ,bede1 from the memory of an eye-witness3--,long statur1 paululum incurvus1 nigro capillo1 facie macilenta1 naso adunco1 pertenui1 venerabilis simul et terribilis aspectu4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #di #ahcb4 ,towards the ,truths4444 #ahbb4 #ej ,paulinus won over ,edwin1 king of the ,northumbrians1 to the ,christian faith1 and baptized him with his people1 ,a4,d4 #fbg4 7,see ,the ,anglo-,saxon ,chronicle47--,,ed4 ,,xvi ,,persuasion ,man's life is like a ,sparrow1#ea mighty ,king6 ,that--while at banquet with your ,chiefs you sit ,housed near a blazing fire--is seen to flit ,safe from the wintry tempest4 ,fluttering1#eb ,here did it enter2 there1 on hasty wing1 #e ,flies out1 and passes on from cold to cold2 ,but whence it came we know not1 nor behold ,whither it goes4 ,even such1 that transient ,thing1 ,the human ,soul2 not utterly unknown ,while in the ,body lodged1 her warm abode2 #aj ,but from what world ,she came1 what woe or weal ,on her departure waits1 no tongue hath shown2 ,this mystery if the ,stranger can reveal1 ,his be a welcome cordially bestowed6 ,,footnotes3 #ea ,see the original of this speech in ,bede4--,the ,conversion of ,edwin1 as related by him1 is highly interesting--and the breaking up of this ,council accompanied with an event so striking and characteristic1 that ,i am tempted to give it at length in a translation4 ,who1 exclaimed the ,king1 when the ,council was ended1 shall first desecrate the altars and the temples8 ,i1 answered the ,chief ,priest3 for who more fit than myself1 through the wisdom which the true ,god hath given me1 to destroy1 for the good example of others1 what in foolishness ,i worshipped8 ,immediately1 casting away vain superstition1 he besought the ,king to grant him what the laws did not allow to a priest1 arms and a courser 7equum emissarium72 which mounting1 and furnished with a sword and lance1 he proceeded to destroy the ,idols4 ,the crowd1 seeing this1 thought him mad--he however1 halted not1 but1 approaching1 he profaned the temple1 casting it against the lance which he had held in his hand1 and1 exulting in acknowledgement of the worship of the true ,god1 he ordered his companions to pull down the temple1 with all its enclosures4 ,the place is shown where those idols formerly stood1 not far from ,york1 at the source of the river ,derwent1 and is at this day called ,gormund ,gaham ,w4 ,w4 #ahbb1 ubi pontifex ille1 inspirante ,deo vero1 polluit ac destruxit eas1 quas ipse sacraverat aras4 ,the last expression is a pleasing proof that the venerable monk of ,wearmouth was familiar with the poetry of ,virgil4--,w4 ,w4 #ahcb4 ,the following is ,bede's account of the speech of another of the king's chief men3--,the present life of man1 ,o king1 seems to me in comparison of that time which is unknown to us1 like to the swift flight of a sparrow through the room wherein you sit1 at supper in winter1 with your commanders and ministers1 and a good fire in the midst1 whilst the storms of rain and snow prevail abroad4 ,the sparrow1 ,i say--flying in at one door1 and immediately out at another--whilst he is within1 is safe from the misty storm2 but1 after a short space of fair weather1 he immediately vanishes out of your sight into the dark winter from which he had emerged4 ,so this life of man appears for a short space1 but of what went before1 and of what is to follow1 we are utterly ignorant4 ,if therefore this new doctrine contains something more certain1 it seems justly to deserve to be followed4--,,ed4 #eb #ahcg4 ,that1 stealing in while by the fire you sit ,housed with rejoicing ,friends1 is seen to flit ,safe from the storm1 in comfort tarrying4 #ahbb4 ,,xvii ,,conversion#ec ,prompt transformation works the novel ,lore2 ,the ,council closed1 the ,priest in full career ,rides forth1 an armd man1 and hurls a spear ,to desecrate the ,fane which heretofore ,he served in folly4 ,woden falls1 and ,thor #e ,is overturned3 the mace1 in battle heaved 7,so might they dream7 till victory was achieved1 ,drops1 and the ,god himself is seen no more4 ,temple and ,altar sink1 to hide their shame ,amid oblivious weeds1 ,o come to me1 #aj ,ye heavy laden6 such the inviting voice ,heard near fresh streams2#ed and thousands1 who rejoice ,in the new ,rite--the pledge of sanctity1 ,shall1 by regenerate life1 the promise claim4 ,,footnotes3 #ec ,see ,wordsworth's note to ,sonnet ,,xvi4--,,ed4 #ed ,the early propagators of ,christianity were accustomed to preach near rivers1 for the convenience of baptism4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,,xviii ,,apology ,nor scorn the aid which ,fancy oft doth lend ,the ,soul's eternal interests to promote3 ,death1 darkness1 danger1 are our natural lot2 ,and evil ,spirits may our walk attend ,for aught the wisest know or comprehend2 #e ,then be good ,spirits free#ee to breathe a note ,of elevation2 let their odours float ,around these ,converts2 and their glories blend1 ,the midnight stars outshining1#ef or the blaze ,of the noon-day4 ,nor doubt that golden cords #aj ,of good works1 mingling with the visions1 raise ,the ,soul to purer worlds3 and who the line ,shall draw1 the limits of the power define1 ,that even imperfect faith to man affords8 ,,footnotes3 #ee #ahbg4 ,then let the good be free 444 #ahbb4 #ef #ahcg4 ,outshining nightly tapers1 444 #ahbb4 ,,xix ,,primitive ,,saxon ,,clergy#eg ,how beautiful your presence1 how benign1 ,servants of ,god6 who not a thought will share ,with the vain world2 who1 outwardly as bare ,as winter trees1 yield no fallacious sign ,that the firm soul is clothed with fruit divine6 #e ,such ,priest1 when service worthy of his care ,has called him forth to breathe the common air1 ,might seem a saintly ,image from its shrine ,descended3--happy are the eyes that meet ,the ,apparition2 evil thoughts are stayed #aj ,at his approach1 and low-bowed necks entreat ,a benediction from his voice or hand2 ,whence grace1 through which the heart can understand1 ,and vows1 that bind the will1 in silence made4 ,,xx ,,other ,,influences ,ah1 when the ,body1#eh round which in love we clung1 ,is chilled by death1 does mutual service fail8 ,is tender pity then of no avail8 ,are intercessions of the fervent tongue ,a waste of hope8--,from this sad source have sprung ,rites that console the ,spirit1 under grief #f ,which ill can brook more rational relief3 ,hence1 prayers are shaped amiss1 and dirges sung ,for ,souls#ei whose doom is fixed6 ,the way is smooth ,for ,power that travels with the human heart3 #aj ,confession ministers the pang to soothe ,in him who at the ghost of guilt doth start4 ,ye holy ,men1 so earnest in your care1 ,of your own mighty instruments beware6 ,,footnotes3 #eg ,having spoken of the zeal1 disinterestedness1 and temperance of the clergy of those times1 ,bede thus proceeds3--,unde et in magna erat veneratione tempore illo religionis habitus1 ita ut ubicunque clericus aliquis aut monachus adveniret1 gaudenter ab omnibus tanquam ,dei famulus exciperetur4 ,etiam si in itinere pergens inveniretur1 accurrebant1 et flexa cervice1 vel manu signari1 vel ore illius se benedici1 gaudebant4 ,verbis quoque horum exhortatonis diligenter auditum praebebant 7,lib4 iii4 cap4 #bf47--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #eh #ahcg4 444 ,frame14444 #ahbb #ei #ahcb4 ,for those 444 #ahbb4 ,,xxi#fj ,,seclusion ,lance1 shield1 and sword relinquished--at his side ,a bead-roll1 in his hand a claspd book1 ,or staff more harmless than a shepherd's crook1 ,the war-worn ,chieftain quits the world--to hide ,his thin autumnal locks where ,monks abide #e ,in cloistered privacy4 ,but not to dwell ,in soft repose he comes4 ,within his cell1 ,round the decaying trunk of human pride1 ,at morn1 and eve1 and midnight's silent hour1 ,do penitential cogitations cling2 #aj ,like ivy1 round some ancient elm1 they twine ,in grisly folds and strictures serpentine2#fa ,yet1 while they strangle1 a fair growth they bring1#fb ,for recompense--their own perennial bower4 ,,footnotes3 #fj ,this1 and the two following sonnets1 were published in ,time's ,telescope1 ,july #b1 #ahbc4--;,,ed4 #fa ,the ancient elm1 with ivy twisting round it in grisly folds and strictures serpentine1 which suggested these lines1 grew in ,rydal ,park1 near the path to the upper waterfall4--,,ed4 #fb #ahcg4 444 strangle without mercy1 bring #ahbb4 ,,xxii ,,continued ,methinks that to some vacant hermitage ,my feet would rather turn--to some dry nook ,scooped out of living rock1 and near a brook ,hurled down a mountain-cove from stage to stage1 ,yet tempering1 for my sight1 its bustling rage #e ,in the soft heaven of a translucent pool2 ,thence creeping under sylvan#fc arches cool1 ,fit haunt of shapes whose glorious equipage ,would elevate#fd my dreams4#fe ,a beechen bowl1 ,a maple dish1 my furniture should be2 #aj ,crisp1 yellow leaves my bed2 the hooting owl ,my night-watch3 nor should e'er the crested fowl ,from thorp or vill his matins sound for me1 ,tired of the world and all its industry4 ,,footnotes3 #fc #ahcg4 444 forest 444 #ahbb4 #fd #ahbg4 ,perchance would throng 444 #ahbb4 #fe ,there are several natural hermitages1 such as this1 near the ,rydal beck4--,,ed4 ,,xxiii ,,reproof ,but what if ,one1 through grove or flowery meed1 ,indulging thus at will the creeping feet ,of a voluptuous indolence1 should meet ,thy hovering ,shade1 ,o#ff venerable ,bede6 ,the saint1 the scholar1 from a circle freed #e ,of toil stupendous1 in a hallowed seat ,of learning1 where thou heard'st#fg the billows beat ,on a wild coast1 rough monitors to feed ,perpetual industry4#fh ,sublime ,recluse6 ,the recreant soul1 that dares to shun the debt #aj ,imposed on human kind1 must first forget ,thy diligence1 thy unrelaxing use ,of a long life2 and1 in the hour of death1 ,the last dear service of thy passing breath6#fi ,,footnotes3 #ff #ahbg4 ,the hovering ,shade of 444 #ahbb4 #fg #ahbg4 444 he heard 444 #ahbb4 #fh ,bede spent the most of his life in the seclusion of the monastery of ,jarrow1 near the mouth of the ,tyne2 the wild coast referred to in the ,sonnet being the coast of ,northumberland4--,,ed4 #fi ,he expired in the act of concluding a translation of ,st4 ,john's ,gospel4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,he expired dictating the last words of a translation of ,st4 ,john's ,gospel4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbg4 ,,xxiv ,,saxon ,,monasteries1 ,,and ,,lights ,,and ,,shades ,,of ,,the ,,religion ,by such examples moved to unbought pains1 ,the people work like congregated bees2#gj ,eager to build the quiet ,fortresses ,where ,piety1 as they believe1 obtains ,from ,heaven a general blessing2 timely rains #e ,or needful sunshine2 prosperous enterprise1 ,justice and peace3--bold faith6 yet also rise ,the sacred ,structures for less doubtful gains4#ga ,the ,sensual think with reverence of the palms ,which the chaste ,votaries seek1 beyond the grave2 ,if penance be redeemable1 thence alms #aa ,flow to the poor1 and freedom to the slave2 ,and if full oft the ,sanctuary save ,lives black with guilt1 ferocity it calms4 ,,footnotes3 #gj ,see1 in ,turner's ,history1 vol4 iii4 p4 #ebh1 the account of the erection of ,ramsey ,monastery4 ,penances were removable by the performance of acts of charity and benevolence4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,wherever monasteries were founded1 marshes were drained1 or woods cleared1 and wastes brought into cultivation2 the means of subsistence were increased by improved agriculture1 and by improved horticulture new comforts were added to life4 ,the humblest as well as the highest pursuits were followed in these great and most beneficial establishments4 ,while part of the members were studying the most inscrutable points of theology1 444 others were employed in teaching babes and children the rudiments of useful knowledge2 others as copyists1 limners1 carvers1 workers in wood1 and in stone1 and in metal1 and in trades and manufactures of every kind which the community required4 7,southey's ,book of the ,church1 vol4 i4 chap4 iv4 pp4 #fa1 #fb47--;,,ed4 #ga #ahcb4 ,and peace1 and equity4--,bold faith6 yet rise ,the sacred ,towers for universal gains4 #ahbb4 ,and peace1 and equity4--,bold faith6 yet rise ,the sacred ,structures for less doubtful gains4 #ahbg4 ,,xxv ,,missions ,,and ,,travels ,not sedentary all3 there are who roam ,to scatter seeds of life on barbarous shores2 ,or quit with zealous step their knee-worn floors ,to seek the general mart of ,christendom2 ,whence they1 like richly-laden merchants1 come #e ,to their belovd cells3--or shall we say ,that1 like the ,red-cross ,knight1 they urge their way1 ,to lead in memorable triumph home ,truth1 their immortal ,una8 ,babylon1 ,learned and wise1 hath perished utterly1 #aj ,nor leaves her ,speech one word to aid the sigh#gb ,that would lament her2--,memphis1 ,tyre1 are gone ,with all their ,arts1--but classic lore glides on ,by these ,religious saved for all posterity4 ,,footnotes3 #gb #ahbg4 444 speech wherewith to clothe a sigh #ahbb4 ,,xxvi ,,alfred ,behold a pupil of the monkish gown1 ,the pious ,,alfred1 ,king to ,justice dear6 ,lord of the harp and liberating spear2#gc ,mirror of ,princes6#gd ,indigent ,renown ,might range the starry ether for a crown #e ,equal to his deserts1 who1 like the year1 ,pours forth his bounty1 like the day doth cheer1 ,and awes like night with mercy-tempered frown4 ,ease from this noble miser of his time ,no moment steals2 pain narrows not his cares4#ge #aj ,though small his kingdom as a spark or gem1 ,of ,alfred boasts remote ,jerusalem1#gf ,and ,christian ,india1 through her wide-spread clime1 ,in sacred converse gifts with ,alfred shares4#gggh ,,footnotes3 #gc ,the memory of the life and doings of the noblest of ,english rulers has come down to us living and distinct through the mist of exaggeration and legend that gathered round it4444 ,he lived solely for the good of his people4 ,he is the first instance in the history of ,christendom of the ,christian king1 of a ruler who put aside every personal aim or ambition to devote himself to the welfare of those whom he ruled4 ,so long as he lived he strove 'to live worthily'2 but in his mouth a life of worthiness meant a life of justice1 temperance1 and self-sacrifice4 ,ardent warrior as he was1 with a disorganised ,england before him1 he set aside at thirty-one the dream of conquest to leave behind him the memory1 not of victories1 but of 'good works1' of daily toils by which he secured peace1 good government1 education for his people4444 ,the spirit of adventure that made him in youth the first huntsman of his day took later and graver form in an activity that found time amidst the cares of state for the daily duties of religion1 for converse with strangers1 for study and translation1 for learning poems by heart1 for planning buildings and instructing craftsmen in gold work1 for teaching even falconers and dog-keepers their business4444 ,he himself superintended a school for the young nobles of the court4 7,green's ,short ,history of the ,english ,people1 chap4 i4 sec4 #e47--;,,ed4 #gd ,compare ,voltaire1 ,essai sur les ,moeurs1 chap4 xxvi42 and ,herder's ,ideen zur ,philosophie der ,geschichte der ,menschheit4 ,werke 7#ahbj71 vol4 vi4 p4 #aec4--;,,ed4 #ge ,through the whole of his life1 ,alfred was subject to grievous maladies4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,although disease succeeded disease1 and haunted him with tormenting agony1 nothing could suppress his unwearied and inextinguishable genius4 7,sharon ,turner's ,history of the ,anglo-,saxons1 vol4 i4 book iv4 chap4 v4 p4 #ejc47--;,,ed4 #gf ,his mind was far from being prisoned within his own island4 ,he sent a ,norwegian shipmaster to explore the ,white ,sea4444 ,envoys bore his presents to the ,christians of ,india and ,jerusalem1 and an annual mission carried ,peter's-pence to ,rome4 7,green's ,short ,history of the ,english ,people1 i4 #e47--;,,ed4 #gg #ahbg4 ,and ,christian ,india gifts with ,alfred shares ,by sacred converse link'd with ,india's clime4 #ahbb #gh ,with ,alfred is in all the editions4 ,the late ,bishop of ,st4 ,andrews1 ,charles ,wordsworth1 suggested that of ,alfred or from ,alfred would be a better reading4--,,ed4 ,,xxvii ,,his ,,descendants ,when thy great soul was freed from mortal chains1 ,darling of ,england6 many a bitter shower ,fell on thy tomb2 but emulative power ,flowed in thy line through undegenerate veins4#gi ,the ,race of ,alfred covet#hj glorious pains#ha #e ,when dangers threaten1 dangers ever new6 ,black tempests bursting1 blacker still in view6 ,but manly sovereignty its hold retains2 ,the root sincere1 the branches bold to strive ,with the fierce tempest1 while1#hb within the round #aj ,of their protection1 gentle virtues thrive2 ,as oft1 'mid some green plot of open ground1 ,wide as the oak extends its dewy gloom1 ,the fostered hyacinths spread their purple bloom4#hc ,,footnotes3 #gi #ahcg4 ,can aught survive to linger in the veins ,of kindred bodies--an essential power ,that may not vanish in one fatal hour1 ,and wholly cast away terrestrial chains8 #ahbb4 #hj #ahcb4 444 covets 444 #ahbb4 #ha ,in ,eadward the elder1 his son2 ,eadmund ,i41 his grandson2 ,eadward 7the ,martyr71 grandson of ,eadmund ,i42 and ,eadward 7the ,confessor71 nephew to the ,martyr4--,,ed4 #hb #ahbg4 444 to thrive ,with the fierce storm2 meanwhile1 444 #ahbb4 #hc ,as1 pre-eminently1 in the wood by the road1 half-way from ,rydal to ,ambleside4--,,ed4 ,,xxviii ,,influence ,,abused ,urged by ,ambition1 who with subtlest skill ,changes her means1 the ,enthusiast as a dupe ,shall soar1 and as a hypocrite can stoop1 ,and turn the instruments of good to ill1 ,moulding the credulous people to his will4 #e ,such ,,dunstan3--from its ,benedictine coop ,issues the master ,mind1#hd at whose fell swoop ,the chaste affections tremble to fulfil ,their purposes4 ,behold1 pre-signified1 ,the ,might of spiritual sway6 his thoughts1 his dreams1 ,do in the supernatural world abide3 #aa ,so vaunt a throng of ,followers1 filled with pride ,in what they see of virtues pushed to extremes1#he ,and sorceries of talent misapplied4 ,,footnotes3 #hd ,dunstan was made ,abbot of ,glastonbury by ,eadmund1 and there he introduced the ,benedictine rule1 being the first ,benedictine ,abbot in ,england4 ,his aim was a remodelling of the ,anglo-,saxon ,church1 for which1 says ,southey1 he was qualified by his rank1 his connections1 his influence at court1 his great and versatile talents1 and more than all1 it must be added1 by his daring ambition1 which scrupled at nothing for the furtherance of its purpose4 7,book of the ,church1 i4 #f47 ,dunstan stands first in the line of ecclesiastical statesmen1 who counted among them ,lanfranc and ,wolsey1 and ended in ,laud4 ,raised to the ,see of ,canterbury1 he wielded for sixteen years1 as the minister of ,eadgar1 the secular and ecclesiastical powers of the realm4 7,green1 i4 #f47 ,in the effort to retain the ascendency he had won1 he lent himself1 however1 to superstition and to fraud1 to craft and mean device4 ,he was a type of the ecclesiastical sorcerer4--,,ed4 #he #ahcg4 ,in shows of virtue pushed to its extremes1 #ahbb4 ,,xxix ,,danish ,,conquests ,woe to the ,crown that doth the ,cowl obey6#hf ,dissension1 checking#hg arms that would restrain ,the incessant ,rovers of the northern main1#hh ,helps to restore and spread a ,pagan sway3#hi ,but ,gospel-truth is potent to allay #e ,fierceness and rage2 and soon the cruel ,dane ,feels1 through the influence of her gentle reign1 ,his native superstitions melt away4 ,thus1 often1 when thick gloom the east o'ershrouds1 ,the full-orbed ,moon1 slow-climbing1 doth appear #aj ,silently to consume the heavy clouds2 ,how no one can resolve2 but every eye ,around her sees1 while air is hushed1 a clear ,and widening circuit of ethereal sky4 ,,footnotes3 #hf ,the violent measures carried on under the influence of ,dunstan1 for strengthening the ,benedictine ,order1 were a leading cause of the second series of ,danish invasions4 ,see ,turner4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #hg #ahcg4 ,dissention checks the 444 #ahbb4 #hh e4g4 ,anlaef1 ,haco1 ,svein4 7,see ,turner's ,history of the ,anglo-,saxons1 book ii4 chaps4 iii41 viii41 ix47--,,ed4 #hi #ahcg4 ,and widely spreads once more a ,pagan sway2 #ahbb4 ,,xxx ,,canute ,a pleasant music floats along the ,mere1 ,from ,monks in ,ely chanting service high1 ,while-as ,cante the ,king is rowing by3 ,my ,oarsmen1 quoth the mighty ,king1 draw near1 ,that we the sweet song of the ,monks may hear6#ij ,he listens 7all past conquests and all schemes #f ,of future vanishing like empty dreams7 ,heart-touched1 and haply not without a tear4 ,the ,royal ,minstrel1 ere the choir is still1#ia ,while his free ,barge skims the smooth flood along1 ,gives to that rapture an accordant ,rhyme4#ibic #aa ,o suffering ,earth6 be thankful2 sternest clime ,and rudest age are subject to the thrill ,of heaven-descended ,piety and ,song4 ,,footnotes3 #ij ,a monk of ,ely1 who wrote a ,history of the ,church 7circa #aaff71 records a fragment of song1 said to have been composed by ,canute when on his way to a church festival4 ,he told his rowers to proceed slowly1 and near the shore1 that he might hear the chanting of the ,psalter by the monks1 and he then composed a song himself4 ,merie sangen the ,muneches binnen ,ely1 ,tha ,cnut ching reu therby3 ,roweth cnites ner the land ,and here ye thes ,muneches sang4--,,ed4 #ia #ahbg4 444 was still1 #ahbb4 #ib #ahbg4 444 a memorial ,rhyme4 #ahbb4 #ic ,which is still extant4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,see last note4--,,ed4 ,,xxxi ,,the ,,norman ,,conquest ,the woman-hearted ,confessor prepares#id ,the evanescence of the ,saxon line4 ,hark6 'tis the tolling ,curfew6--the stars shine2#ie ,but of the lights that cherish household cares ,and festive gladness1 burns not one that dares #e ,to twinkle after that dull stroke of thine1 ,emblem and instrument1 from ,thames to ,tyne1 ,of force that daunts1 and cunning that ensnares6 ,yet as the terrors of the lordly bell1 ,that quench1 from hut to palace1 lamps and fires1#if #aj ,touch not the tapers of the sacred quires2 ,even so a thraldom1 studious to expel ,old laws1 and ancient customs to derange1 ,to ,creed or ,ritual brings no fatal change4#ig ,,footnotes3 #id ,edward the ,confessor 7#ajdb-ajff74--,there was something shadowlike in the thin form1 the delicate complexion1 the transparent womanly hands1 that contrasted with the blue eyes and golden hair of his race2 and it is almost as a shadow that he glides over the political stage4 ,the work of government was done by sterner hands4 7,green's ,short ,history of the ,english ,people1 chap4 ii4 sec4 #b47--;,,ed4 ,,xxxii ,,coldly ,,we ,,spake4 ,,the ,,saxons1 ,,overpowered ,published #ahcg ,coldly we spake4 ,the ,saxons1 overpowered ,by wrong triumphant through its own excess1 ,from fields laid waste1 from house and home devoured ,by flames1 look up to heaven and crave redress ,from ,god's eternal justice4 ,pitiless #e ,though men be1 there are angels that can feel ,for wounds that death alone has power to heal1 ,for penitent guilt1 and innocent distress4 ,and has a ,champion risen in arms to try ,his ,country's virtue1 fought1 and breathes no more2 #aj ,him in their hearts the people canonize2 ,and far above the mine's most precious ore ,the least small pittance of bare mould they prize ,scooped from the sacred earth where his dear relics lie4 ,,footnotes3 #ie #ahbg4 ,hark6 'tis the ,curfew's knell6 the stars may shine2 #ahbb4 #if ,the introduction of the curfew-bell 7couvre-feu1 cover fire7 into ,england is ascribed to the ,conqueror1 but the custom was common in ,europe long before his time4--,,ed4 #ig #ahcg4 ,brings to ,religion no injurious change4 #ahbb4 ,,xxxiii ,,the ,,council ,,of ,,clermont ,and shall1 the ,pontiff asks1 profaneness flow ,from ,nazareth--source of ,christian piety1 ,from ,bethlehem1 from the ,mounts of ,agony ,and glorified ,ascension8 ,warriors1 go1 ,with prayers and blessings we your path will sow2 #e ,like ,moses hold our hands erect1 till ye ,have chased far off by righteous victory ,these sons of ,amalek1 or laid them low6-- ,,god ,,willeth ,,it1 the whole assembly cry2 ,shout which the enraptured multitude astounds6#ih #aj ,the ,council-roof and ,clermont's towers reply2-- ,god willeth it1 from hill to hill rebounds1 ,and1 in awe-stricken#ii ,countries far and nigh1 ,through ,nature's hollow arch#ajj that voice resounds4#ajaajb ,,footnotes3 #ih #ahbg4 444 astounded4 #ahbb4 #ii #ahbg4 444 rebounded2 ,sacred resolve1 in 444 #ahbb4 #ajj ,compare ,fuller's ,holy ,war1 ,i4 #h4--;,,ed4 #aja #ahcg4 444 that night1 resounded6 #ahbb4 444 the voice resounds4 #ahbg4 #ajb ,the decision of this ,council was believed to be instantly known in remote parts of ,europe4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,there were several ,councils of ,clermont1 the chief of them being that of #ajie1 at which the ,crusade was definitely planned4 ,pope ,urban ,,ii4 addressed the ,council in such a way that at the close the whole multitude exclaimed simultaneously ,deus ,vult2 and this phrase became the war-cry of the ,crusade4--,,ed4 ,,xxxiv ,,crusades ,the turbaned ,race are poured in thickening swarms ,along the west2 though driven from ,aquitaine1 ,the ,crescent glitters on the towers of ,spain2 ,and soft ,italia feels renewed alarms2 ,the scimitar1 that yields not to the charms #e ,of ease1 the narrow ,bosphorus will disdain2 ,nor long 7that crossed7 would ,grecian hills detain ,their tents1 and check the current of their arms4 ,then blame not those who1 by the mightiest lever ,known to the moral world1 ,imagination1 #aj ,upheave1 so seems it1 from her natural station ,all ,christendom3--they sweep along 7was never ,so huge a host67#ajc--to tear from the ,unbeliever ,the precious ,tomb1 their haven of salvation4 ,,footnotes3 #ajc ,ten successive armies1 amounting to nearly #iej1jjj men1 took part in the first ,crusade4 ,the most distant islands and savage countries1 says ,william of ,malmesbury1 were inspired with this ardent passion--,,ed4 ,,xxxv ,,richard ,i ,redoubted ,king1 of courage leonine1 ,i mark thee1 ,richard6 urgent to equip ,thy warlike person with the staff and scrip2 ,i watch thee sailing o'er the midland brine2 ,in conquered ,cyprus see thy ,bride decline #e ,her blushing cheek1 love-vows#ajd upon her lip1 ,and see love-emblems streaming from thy ship1 ,as thence she holds her way to ,palestine4#aje ,my ,song1 a fearless homager1 would attend ,thy thundering battle-axe as it cleaves the press #aj ,of war1 but duty summons her away ,to tell--how1 finding in the rash distress ,of those ,enthusiasts a subservient friend1 ,to#ajf giddier heights hath clomb the ,papal sway4 ,,footnotes3 #ajd #ahbg4 444 ,love's vow 444 #ahbb4 #aje ,richard ,i4 7,coeur de ,lion71 one of the two leaders in the third ,crusade1 after conquering ,cyprus--on his way to ,palestine--while in that island married ,berengaria1 daughter of ,sanchez1 ,king of ,navarre4--,,ed4 #ajf #ahcg4 ,of those enthusiast powers a constant ,friend1 ,through 444 #ahbb4 ,,xxxvi ,,an ,,interdict#ajg ,realms quake by turns3 proud ,arbitress of grace1 ,the ,church1 by mandate shadowing forth the power ,she arrogates o'er heaven's eternal door1 ,closes the gates of every sacred place4 ,straight from the sun and tainted air's embrace #e ,all sacred things are covered3 cheerful morn ,grows sad as night--no seemly garb is worn1 ,nor is a face allowed to meet a face ,with natural smiles#ajh of greeting4 ,bells are dumb2 ,ditches are graves--funereal rites denied2 #aj ,and in the church-yard he must take his bride ,who dares be wedded6 ,fancies thickly come ,into the pensive heart ill fortified1 ,and comfortless despairs the soul benumb4 ,,footnotes3 #ajg ,at the command of ,pope ,innocent ,,iii41 the ,bishops of ,london1 ,ely1 and ,worcester were charged to lay ,england under an interdict4 ,they did so1 in defiance of ,king ,john1 and left ,england4 ,southey's description of the result maybe compared with this sonnet4 ,all the rites of a ,church whose policy it was to blend its institutions with the whole business of private life were suddenly suspended3 no bell heard1 no taper lighted1 no service performed1 no church open2 only baptism was permitted1 and confession and sacrament for the dying4 ,the dead were either interred in unhallowed ground1 without the presence of a priest1 or any religious ceremony1 444 or they were kept unburied4444 ,some little mitigation was allowed1 lest human nature should have rebelled against so intolerable a tyranny4 ,the people1 therefore1 were called to prayers and sermon on the ,sunday1 in the churchyards1 and marriages were performed at the church door4 7,southey's ,book of the ,church1 vol4 i4 chap4 ix4 pp4 #bfa1 #bfb47--;,,ed4 #ajh #ahde4 444 smile 444 #ahbb4 ,,xxxvii ,,papal ,,abuses ,as with the ,stream our voyage we pursue1 ,the gross materials of this world present ,a marvellous study of wild accident2#aji ,uncouth proximities of old and new2 ,and bold transfigurations1 more untrue #e 7,as might be deemed7 to disciplined intent ,than aught the sky's fantastic element1 ,when most fantastic1 offers to the view4 ,saw we not ,henry scourged at ,becket's shrine8#aaj ,lo6 ,john self-stripped of his insignia3--crown1 #aj ,sceptre and mantle1 sword and ring1 laid down ,at a proud ,legate's feet6#aaa ,the spears that line ,baronial halls1 the opprobrious insult feel2 ,and angry ,ocean roars a vain appeal4 ,,footnotes3 #aji ,compare ,aubrey de ,vere's ,thomas ,becket4--,,ed4 #aaj ,after ,becket's murder and canonisation ,henry ,,ii41 from political motives1 did penance publicly at his shrine4 ,clad in a coarse garment1 he walked three miles barefoot to ,canterbury1 and at the shrine submitted to the discipline of the ,church4 ,four bishops1 abbots1 and eighty clergy were present1 each with a knotted cord1 and inflicted #chj lashes4 ,bleeding he threw sackcloth over his shoulders1 and continued till midnight kneeling at prayer1 then visited all the altars1 and returned fainting to ,becket's shrine1 where he remained till morning4--,,ed4 #aaa ,on the festival of the ,ascension1 ,john laid his crown at ,pandulph's feet1 and signed an instrument by which1 for the remission of his sins1 and those of his family1 he surrendered the kingdoms of ,england and ,ireland to the ,pope1 to hold them thenceforth under him1 and the ,roman see4 ,pandulph kept the crown five days before he restored it to ,john4 7,southey1 ,book of the ,church1 vol4 i4 p4 #bah47--;,,ed4 ,,xxxviii ,,scene ,,in ,,venice ,black ,demons hovering o'er his mitred head1 ,to ,csar's ,successor the ,pontiff spake2#aab ,ere ,i absolve thee1 stoop6 that on thy neck ,levelled with earth this foot of mine may tread4 ,then he1 who to the altar had been led1 #e ,he1 whose strong arm the ,orient could not check1 ,he1 who had held the ,soldan#aac at his beck1 ,stooped1 of all glory disinherited1 ,and even the common dignity of man6-- ,amazement strikes the crowd3 while many turn #aj ,their eyes away in sorrow1 others burn ,with scorn1 invoking a vindictive ban ,from outraged ,nature2 but the sense of most ,in abject sympathy with power is lost4 ,,footnotes3 #aab ,the reference is to the legend of ,pope ,alexander ,,iii4 and ,frederick ,barbarossa4 ,see the ,fenwick note prefixed to these sonnets4--,,ed4 #aac ,soldan1 or ,sultan1 ,soldanus quasi solus dominus4--,,ed4 ,,xxxix ,,papal ,,dominion ,unless to ,peter's ,chair the viewless wind#aad ,must come and ask permission when to blow1 ,what further empire would it have8 for now ,a ghostly ,domination1 unconfined ,as that by dreaming ,bards to ,love assigned1 #e ,sits there in sober truth--to raise the low1 ,perplex the wise1 the strong to overthrow2 ,through earth and heaven to bind and to unbind6-- ,resist--the thunder quails thee6--crouch--rebuff ,shall be thy recompense6 from land to land #aj ,the ancient thrones of ,christendom are stuff ,for occupation of a magic wand1 ,and 'tis the ,pope that wields it3--whether rough ,or smooth his front1 our world is in his hand6#aae ,,footnotes3 #aad ,compare ,measure for ,measure1 act ,,iii4 scene i4 l4 #abd4--;,,ed4 #aae ,according to the canons of the ,church1 the ,pope was above all kings1 ,he was king of kings and lord of lords1 although he subscribed himself the servant of servants4 ,he might dethrone kings1 and tax nations1 or destroy empires1 as he pleased4 ,all power had been committed to him1 and any secular law that was opposed to a papal decree was1 ipso facto1 null and void4--,,ed4 ,,part ,,ii ,,to ,,the ,,close ,,of ,,the ,,troubles ,,in ,,the ,,reign ,,of ,,charles ,i4 ,i ,,how ,,soon--,,alas6 ,,did ,,man1 ,,created ,,pure ,published #ahde ,how soon--alas6 did ,man1 created pure-- ,by ,angels guarded1 deviate from the line ,prescribed to duty3--woeful forfeiture#aaf ,he made by wilful breach of law divine4 ,with like perverseness did the ,church abjure #e ,obedience to her ,lord1 and haste to twine1#aag ',mid ,heaven-born flowers that shall for aye endure1 ,weeds on whose front the world had fixed her sign4 ,o ,man1--if with thy trials thus it fares1 ,if good can smooth the way to evil choice1 #aj ,from all rash censure be the mind kept free2 ,he only judges right who weighs1 compares1 ,and1 in the sternest sentence which his voice ,pronounces1 ne'er abandons ,charity4#aah ,,footnotes3 #aaf #ahde4 ,even when the state of man seems most secure ,and tempted least to deviate from the line ,of simple duty1 woeful forfeiture ,c4 ,how difficult for man to keep the line ,prescribed by duty6 ,happy once and pure ,c4 #aag #ahde4 ,though ,angels watched lest man should from the line ,of duty sever1 blest though he was1 and pure ,in thought and deed1 a woeful forfeiture ,he made by wilful breach of law divine1 ,the church of ,christ how prompt was she to abjure ,allegiance to her ,lord how prone to twine ,c4 #aah #ahde4 ,the visible church how prone was she to abjure ,allegiance to ,christ's ,kingdom and entwine ,with glorious flowers that shall for aye endure ,weeds on whose front the world had fixed her sign4 ,false man--if with thy trials thus it fared-- ,if good can smooth the way to evil choice1 ,from hasty answer be our minds kept free2 ,he only judges right who weighs1 compares1 ,and1 in the sternest sentence that his voice ,may utter1 ne'er abandons charity4 ,c4 ,,ii ,,from ,,false ,,assumption ,,rose1 ,,and ,,fondly ,,hail',d ,published #ahde ,from false assumption rose1 and fondly hail'd ,by superstition1 spread the ,papal power2 ,yet do not deem the ,autocracy prevail'd ,thus only1 even in error's darkest hour4 ,she daunts1 forth-thundering from her spiritual tower ,brute rapine1 or with gentle lure she tames4 #f ,justice and ,peace through ,her uphold their claims2 ,and ,chastity finds many a sheltering bower4 ,realm there is none that if controul'd or sway'd ,by her commands partakes not1 in degree1 #aj ,of good1 o'er manners arts and arms1 diffused3 ,yes1 to thy domination1 ,roman ,see1 ,tho' miserably1 oft monstrously1 abused ,by blind ambition1 be this tribute paid4#aai ,,footnotes3 #aai ,the following version of this sonnet is from a ,,ms4 copy of it in ,wordsworth's own handwriting4--,,ed4 ,on false assumption1 though the ,papal ,power ,rests1 and spreads wide1 beduped1 by ignorance hailed1 ,a darker empire must have else prevailed1 ,for deeds of mischief strengthening every hour4 ,behold how thundering from her spiritual tower ,she daunts brute rapine1 cruelty she tames4 ,justice and charity through her assert their claims1 ,and chastity finds many a sheltering bower4 ,realm is there none that1 if controlled or swayed ,by her commands1 partakes not in degree ,of good1 on manners arts and arms diffused3 ,to mock thy exaltation1 ,roman ,see1 ,and to the ,autocracy1 howe'er abused ,through blind ambition1 be this tribute paid4 ,,iii ,,cistertian ,,monastery#abj ,here ,man more purely lives1 less oft doth fall1 ,more promptly rises1 walks with stricter heed1#aba ,more safely rests1 dies happier1 is freed ,earlier from cleansing fires1 and gains withal ,a brighter crown4#abb--,on yon ,cistertian wall #e ,that confident assurance may be read2 ,and1 to like shelter1 from the world have fled ,increasing multitudes4 ,the potent call ,doubtless shall cheat full oft the heart's desires3#abc ,yet1 while the rugged ,age on pliant knee #aj ,vows to rapt ,fancy humble fealty1 ,a gentler life spreads round the holy spires2 ,where'er they rise1 the sylvan waste retires1 ,and ary harvests crown the fertile lea4 ,,footnotes3 #abj ,the ,cistertian order was named after the monastery of ,citaux or ,cistercium1 near ,dijon1 founded in #ajih by the ,benedictine abbot1 ,robert of ,molme4--,,ed4 #aba #ahcg4 444 with nicer heed1 #ahbb4 #abb ,bonum est nos hic esse1 quia homo vivit purius1 cadit rarius1 surgit velocius1 incedit cautius1 quiescit securius1 moritur felicius1 purgatur citius1 praemiatur copiosius4--,bernard4 ,this sentence1 says ,dr4 ,whitaker1 is usually inscribed on some conspicuous part of the ,cistertian houses4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #abc #ahbg4 444 desire2 #ahbb4 ,,iv#abd ,,deplorable ,,his ,,lot ,,who ,,tills ,,the ,,ground ,published #ahce ,deplorable his lot who tills the ground1 ,his whole life long tills it1 with heartless toil ,of villain-service1 passing with the soil ,to each new ,master1 like a steer or hound1 ,or like a rooted tree1 or stone earth-bound2 #e ,but mark how gladly1 through their own domains1 ,the ,monks relax or break these iron chains2 ,while ,mercy1 uttering1 through their voice1 a sound ,echoed in ,heaven1 cries out1 ,ye ,chiefs1 abate ,these legalized oppressions6 ,man--whose name #aj ,and nature ,god disdained not2 ,man--whose soul ,christ died for--cannot forfeit his high claim ,to live and move exempt from all controul ,which fellow-feeling doth not mitigate6 ,,footnotes3 #abd ,the following note1 referring to ,sonnets ,,iv41 ,,xii41 and ,,xiii41 appears in the volume of #ahce--;entitled ,yarrow ,revisited1 and other ,poems--immediately after the poem ,st4 ,bees-- ,the three following ,sonnets are an intended addition to the ',ecclesiastical ,sketches1' the first to stand second2 and the two that succeed1 seventh and eighth1 in the second part of the ,series4 7,see the ,author's ,poems47 ,they are placed here as having some connection with the foregoing ,poem4--,,ed4 ,v ,,monks ,,and ,,schoolmen ,record we too1 with just and faithful pen1 ,that many hooded ,cenobites#abe there are1 ,who in their private cells have yet a care ,of public quiet2 unambitious ,men1 ,counsellors for the world1 of piercing ken2 #e ,whose fervent exhortations from afar ,move ,princes to their duty1 peace or war2#abf ,and oft-times in the most forbidding den ,of solitude1 with love of science strong1 ,how patiently the yoke of thought they bear6 #aj ,how subtly glide its finest threads along6 ,spirits that crowd the intellectual sphere#abg ,with mazy boundaries1 as the astronomer ,with orb and cycle girds the starry throng4 ,,footnotes3 #abe ,cenobites 7koinobioi71 monks who live in common1 as distinguished from hermits or anchorites1 who live alone4--,,ed4 #abf ,counts1 kings1 bishops1 says ,f4,d4 ,maurice1 in the fulness of their wealth and barbaric splendour1 may be bowing before a monk1 who writes them letters from a cell in which he is living upon vegetables and water4 7,moral and ,metaphysical ,philosophy 7,edition #ahgc71 vol4 i41 ,medival ,philosophy1 chap4 iv4 p4 #ecd47--;,,ed4 #abg e4g4 ,anselm 7#ajcc-aaji72 ,albertus ,magnus 7#aaic-abhj72 ,thomas ,aquinas 7#abbf-abgd72 ,duns ,scotus 7#abfe-acjh74--;,,ed4 ,,vi ,,other ,,benefits ,and1 not in vain embodied to the sight1 ,religion finds even in the stern retreat ,of feudal sway her own appropriate seat2#abh ,from the collegiate pomps on ,windsor's height ,down to the humbler#abi altar1 which the ,knight #e ,and his ,retainers of the embattled hall ,seek in domestic oratory small1 ,for prayer in stillness1 or the chanted rite2 ,then chiefly dear1 when foes are planted round1 ,who teach the intrepid guardians of the place-- #aj ,hourly exposed to death1 with famine worn1 ,and suffering under many a perilous wound--#acj ,how sad would be their durance1 if forlorn ,of offices dispensing heavenly grace6 ,,footnotes3 #abh ,st4 ,george's ,chapel1 ,windsor1 begun by ,henry ,,iii4 and finished by ,edward ,,iii41 rebuilt by ,henry ,,vii41 and enlarged by ,cardinal ,wolsey4--,,ed4 #abi #ahcg4 444 humble 444 #ahbb4 #acj #ahbg4 444 doubtful wound1 #ahbb4 ,,vii ,,continued ,and what melodious sounds at times prevail6 ,and1 ever and anon1 how bright a gleam ,pours on the surface of the turbid ,stream6 ,what heartfelt fragrance mingles with the gale ,that swells the bosom of our passing sail6 #e ,for where1 but on this ,river's margin1 blow ,those flowers of chivalry1 to bind the brow ,of hardihood with wreaths that shall not fail8-- ,fair ,court of ,edward6 wonder of the world6#aca ,i see a matchless blazonry unfurled #aj ,of wisdom1 magnanimity1 and love2 ,and meekness tempering honourable pride2 ,the lamb is couching by the lion's side1 ,and near the flame-eyed eagle sits the dove4 ,,footnotes3 #aca ,edward the ,third 7#accf-acfj74 ,see ,the ,wonderful ,deeds of ,edward the ,third1 by ,robert of ,avesbury2 and ,longman's ,history of ,edward the ,third4--,,ed4 ,,viii ,,crusaders ,furl we the sails1 and pass with tardy oars ,through these bright regions1 casting many a glance ,upon the dream-like issues--the romance#acb ,of many-coloured life that#acc ,fortune pours ,round the ,crusaders1 till on distant shores #e ,their labours end2 or they return to lie1 ,the vow performed1 in cross-legged effigy1 ,devoutly stretched upon their chancel floors4 ,am ,i deceived8 ,or is their requiem chanted ,by voices never mute when ,heaven unties #aj ,her inmost1 softest1 tenderest harmonies2 ,requiem which ,earth takes up with voice undaunted1 ,when she would tell how ,brave1 and ,good1 and ,wise1#acd ,for their high guerdon not in vain have panted6 ,,footnotes3 #acb #ahde4 ,nor can ,imagination quit the shores ,of these bright scenes without a farewell glance ,given to those dream-like ,issues--that ,romance #ahbb4 ,given to the dream-like ,issues--that ,romance #ahcg4 #acc #ahcg4 444 which 444 #ahbb4 #acd #ahcg4 444 ,good1 and ,brave1 and ,wise1 #ahbb ,,ix ,,as ,,faith ,,thus ,,sanctified ,,the ,,warrior',s ,,crest ,composed #ahdb4--,published #ahde ,as faith thus sanctified the warrior's crest ,while from the ,papal ,unity there came1 ,what feebler means had fail'd to give1 one aim ,diffused thro' all the regions of the ,west2 ,so does her ,unity its power attest #e ,by works of ,art1 that shed1 on the outward frame ,of worship1 glory and grace1 which who shall blame ,that ever looked to heaven for final rest8 ,hail countless ,temples6 that so well befit ,your ministry2 that1 as ye rise and take #aj ,form spirit and character from holy writ1 ,give to devotion1 wheresoe'er awake1 ,pinions of high and higher sweep1 and make ,the unconverted soul with awe submit4#ace ,,footnotes3 #ace ,in a letter to ,professor ,henry ,reed1 ,philadelphia1 ,september #d1 #ahdb1 ,wordsworth writes3 ,to the second part of the ,series 7the ,ecclesiastical ,sonnets7 ,i have also added two1 in order to do more justice to the ,papal ,church for the services which she did actually render to ,christianity and humanity in the ,middle ,ages4--,,ed4 ,x ,,where ,,long ,,and ,,deeply ,,hath ,,been ,,fixed ,,the ,,root ,composed #ahdb4--,published #ahde ,where long and deeply hath been fixed the root ,in the blest soil of gospel truth1 the ,tree1 7,blighted or scathed tho' many branches be1 ,put forth to wither1 many a hopeful shoot7 ,can never cease to bear celestial fruit4 #e ,witness the ,church that oft-times1 with effect ,dear to the saints1 strives earnestly to eject#acf ,her bane1 her vital energies recruit4 ,lamenting1 do not hopelessly repine ,when such good work is doomed to be undone1#acg #aj ,the conquests lost that were so hardly won3-- ,all promises vouchsafed by ,heaven will shine#ach ,in light confirmed while years their course shall run1 ,confirmed alike in#aci progress and decline4 ,,footnotes3 #acf #ahde4 ,blighted and scathed tho' many branches be1 ,can never cease to bear and ripen fruit ,worthy of ,heaven4 ,this law is absolute4 ,behold the ,church that often with effect ,dear to the ,saints doth labouring to eject ,c4 #acg #ahde4 ,the ,church not seldom surely with effect ,dear to the ,saints doth labour to eject ,her bane1 her vital energy recruit4 ,so ,providence ordains and why repine ,if this good work is doomed to be undone1 ,c4 #ach #ahde4 ,trust that the promises vouchsafed will shine ,c4 #aci #ahde4 444 thro' 444 ,c4 ,,xi ,,transubstantiation ,enough6 for see1 with dim association ,the tapers burn2 the odorous incense feeds ,a greedy flame2 the pompous mass proceeds2 ,the ,priest bestows the appointed consecration2 ,and1 while the ,,host is raised1 its elevation #e ,an awe and supernatural horror breeds2 ,and all the people bow their heads1 like reeds ,to a soft breeze1 in lowly adoration4 ,this ,valdo brooks#adj not4#ada ,on the banks of ,rhone ,he taught1 till persecution chased him thence1 #aj ,to adore the ,invisible1 and ,him alone4 ,nor are#adb his ,followers loth to seek defence1 ',mid woods and wilds1 on ,nature's craggy throne1 ,from rites that trample upon soul and sense4 ,,footnotes3 #adj #ahcg4 444 brook'd 444 #ahbb4 #ada ,peter ,waldo 7or ,valdo71 a rich merchant of ,lyons 7#aafj or #aagj71 becoming religious1 dedicated himself to poverty and almsgiving4 ,disciples gathered round him2 and they were called the poor men of ,lyons--a modest1 frugal1 and industrious order4 ,they were reformers before the ,reformation4 ,peter ,waldo exposed the corruption of the clergy1 had the four gospels translated for the people1 and maintained the rights of the laity to read them to the masses4 ,he was condemned by the ,lateran ,council in #aagi4--;,,ed4 #adb #ahcg4 444 were 444 #ahbb4 ,,xii ,,the ,,vaudois ,published #ahce ,but whence came they who for the ,saviour ,lord ,have long borne witness as the ,scriptures teach8-- ,ages ere ,valdo raised his voice to preach ,in ,gallic ears the unadulterate ,word1 ,their fugitive ,progenitors explored #e ,subalpine vales1 in quest of safe retreats ,where that pure ,church survives1 though summer heats ,open a passage to the ,romish sword1 ,far as it dares to follow4 ,herbs self-sown1 ,and fruitage gathered from the chesnut wood1 #aj ,nourish the sufferers then2 and mists1 that brood ,o'er chasms with new-fallen obstacles bestrown1 ,protect them2 and the eternal snow that daunts ,aliens1 is ,god's good winter for their haunts4 ,,xiii ,,praised ,,be ,,the ,,rivers1 ,,from ,,their ,,mountain ,,springs ,published #ahce ,praised be the ,rivers1 from their mountain springs ,shouting to ,freedom1 ,plant thy banners here6#adc ,to harassed ,piety1 ,dismiss thy fear1 ,and in our caverns smooth thy ruffled wings6 ,nor be unthanked their final lingerings-- #e ,silent1 but not to high-souled ,passion's ear-- ',mid reedy fens wide-spread and marshes drear1 ,their own creation4 ,such glad welcomings ,as ,po was heard to give where ,venice rose ,hailed from aloft those ,heirs of truth divine#add #aj ,who near his fountains sought obscure repose1 ,yet came#ade prepared as glorious lights to shine1 ,should that be needed for their sacred ,charge2 ,blest ,prisoners ,they1 whose spirits were#adf at large6 ,,footnotes3 #adc ,see the story of the rebuilding of ,rome after its plunder by the ,gauls4--,,ed4 #add #ahcg4 444 their tardiest lingerings ',mid reedy fens wide-spread and marshes drear1 ,their own creation1 till their long career ,end in the sea engulphed4 ,such welcomings ,as came from mighty ,po when ,venice rose1 ,greeted those simple ,heirs of truth divine #ahce4 #ade #ahcg4 ,yet were 444 #ahce4 #adf #ahdj4 444 are 444 #ahce4 ,,xiv ,,waldenses#adg ,those had given#adh earliest notice1 as the lark ,springs from the ground the morn to gratulate2 ,or#adi rather rose the day to antedate1 ,by striking out a solitary spark1 #d ,when all the world with midnight gloom was dark4-- ,then followed the ,waldensian bands1 whom ,hate#aej ,in vain endeavours#aea to exterminate1 ,whom#aeb ,obloquy pursues with hideous bark3#aec ,but they desist not2--and the sacred fire1#aed ,rekindled thus1 from dens and savage woods #aj ,moves1 handed on with never-ceasing care1 ,through courts1 through camps1 o'er limitary floods2 ,nor lacks this sea-girt ,isle a timely share ,of the new ,flame1 not suffered to expire4 ,,footnotes3 #adg ,the followers of ,peter ,waldo afterwards became a separate community1 and multiplied in the valleys of ,dauphin and ,piedmont4 ,they suffered persecutions in #accb1 #adjj1 and #adgh1 but these only drove them into fresh districts in ,europe4 ,francis ,i4 of ,france ordered them to be extirpated from ,piedmont in #aeda1 and many were massacred4 ,in #aefj the ,duke of ,savoy renewed the persecution at the instance of the ,papal ,see4 ,charles ,emmanuel ,,ii41 in #afee1 continued it4--,,ed4 #adh #ahde4 ,these who gave 444 #ahbb4 ,these had given 444 #ahdj4 #adi #ahdj4 ,who 444 #ahbb4 #aej #ahde4 ,these ,harbingers of good1 whom bitter hate #ahbb4 ,at length come those ,waldensian bands1 whom ,hate #ahdj4 #aea #ahdj4 444 endeavoured 444 #ahbb #aeb #ahdj4 ,fell 444 #ahbb #aec ,the list of foul names bestowed upon those poor creatures is long and curious3--and1 as is1 alas6 too natural1 most of the opprobrious appellations are drawn from circumstances into which they were forced by their persecutors1 who even consolidated their miseries into one reproachful term1 calling them ,patarenians1 or ,paturins1 from pati1 to suffer4 ,dwellers with wolves1 she names them1 for the pine ,and green oak are their covert2 as the gloom ,of night oft foils their enemy's design1 ,she calls them ,riders on the flying broom2 ,sorcerers1 whose frame and aspect have become ,one and the same through practices malign4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #aed #ahbg4 ,meanwhile the unextinguishable fire1 #ahbb ,,xv ,,archbishop ,,chichely ,,to ,,henry ,v4 ,what beast in wilderness or cultured field ,the lively beauty of the leopard shows8 ,what flower in meadow-ground or garden grows ,that to the towering lily doth not yield8 ,let both meet only on thy royal shield6 #e ,go forth1 great ,king6 claim what thy birth bestows2 ,conquer the ,gallic lily which thy foes ,dare to usurp2--thou hast a sword to wield1 ,and ,heaven will crown the right4--,the mitred ,sire ,thus spake--and lo6 a ,fleet1 for ,gaul addrest1 #aj ,ploughs her bold course across the wondering seas2#aee ,for1 sooth to say1 ambition1 in the breast ,of youthful heroes1 is no sullen fire1 ,but one that leaps to meet the fanning breeze4 ,,footnotes3 #aee ,henry ,chichele1 ,archbishop of ,canterbury in #adad1 persuaded ,henry ,v4 to carry on war with ,france1 and helped to raise money for the purpose4 ,henry crossed to ,harfleur1 ,chichele accompanying him1 with an army of #cj1jjj1 and won the battle of ,agincourt4--,,ed4 ,,xvi ,,wars ,,of ,,york ,,and ,,lancaster ,thus is the storm abated by the craft ,of a shrewd ,counsellor1 eager to protect ,the ,church1 whose power hath recently been checked1 ,whose monstrous riches threatened4 ,so the shaft ,of victory mounts high1 and blood is quaffed #e ,in fields that rival ,cressy and ,poictiers--#aef ,pride to be washed away by bitter tears6 ,for deep as ,hell itself1 the avenging draught#aeg ,of civil slaughter4 ,yet1 while temporal power ,is by these shocks exhausted1 spiritual truth #aj ,maintains the else endangered gift of life2 ,proceeds from infancy to lusty youth2 ,and1 under cover of this#aeh woeful strife1 ,gathers unblighted strength from hour to hour4 ,,footnotes3 #aef e4g4 the battles of ,st4 ,albans1 ,wakefield1 ,mortimer's ,cross1 ,towton1 ,barnet1 ,tewkesbury1 ,bosworth4--,,ed4 #aeg #ahbg4 ,but mark the dire effect in coming years6 ,deep1 deep as hell itself1 the future draught #ahbb4 #aeh #ahbg4 444 that 444 #ahbb4 ,,xvii ,,wicliffe ,once more the ,church is seized with sudden fear1 ,and at her call is ,wicliffe disinhumed3 ,yea1 his dry bones to ashes are consumed ,and flung into the brook that travels near2 #d ,forthwith1 that ancient ,voice which ,streams can hear ,thus speaks 7that ,voice which walks upon the wind1 ,though seldom heard by busy human kind7-- ,as thou these ashes1 little ,brook6 wilt bear ,into the ,avon1 ,avon to the tide ,of ,severn1 ,severn to the narrow seas1 #aj ,into main ,ocean they1 this deed accurst ,an emblem yields to friends and enemies ,how the bold ,teacher's ,doctrine1 sanctified ,by truth1 shall spread1 throughout the world dispersed4#aei ,,footnotes3 #aei ,the ,council of ,constance condemned ,wicliffe as a heretic1 and issued an order that his remains should be exhumed1 and burnt4 ,accordingly1 by order of the ,bishop of ,lincoln1 as ,diocesan of ,lutterworth1 his grave1 which was in the chancel of the church1 was opened1 forty years after his death2 the bones were taken out and burnt to ashes1 and the ashes thrown into a neighbouring brook called the ,swift4 7,southey's ,book of the ,church1 vol4 i4 p4 #chd47 ,thus this brook1 says ,fuller1 hath conveyed his ashes into ,avon1 ,avon into ,severn1 ,severn into the narrow seas1 they into the main ocean2 and thus the ashes of ,wicliffe are the emblem of his doctrine1 which now is dispersed all the world over4 7,the ,church ,history of ,britain from the ,birth of ,christ until the year ,,mdcxlviii4 endeavoured1 book iv4 p4 #dbd47 ,in the note to the #aath ,sonnet of ,part ,i41 ,wordsworth acknowledges his obligations to ,fuller in connection with this ,sonnet on ,wicliffe4 ,see ,charles ,lamb's comment on this passage of ,fuller's1 ,prose ,works 7#ahgf71 vol4 iv4 p4 #bgg4--;,,ed4 ,,xviii ,,corruptions ,,of ,,the ,,higher ,,clergy ,woe to you1 ,prelates6 rioting in ease ,and cumbrous wealth--the shame of your estate2 ,you1 on whose progress dazzling trains await ,of pompous horses2 whom vain titles please2 ,who will be served by others on their knees1 #e ,yet will yourselves to ,god no service pay2 ,pastors who neither take nor point the way ,to ,heaven2 for1 either lost in vanities ,ye have no skill to teach1 or if ye know ,and speak the word ---- ,alas6 of fearful things ',tis the most fearful when the people's eye #aa ,abuse hath cleared from vain imaginings2 ,and taught the general voice to prophesy ,of ,justice armed1 and ,pride to be laid low4 ,,xix ,,abuse ,,of ,,monastic ,,power ,and what is ,penance with her knotted thong2 ,mortification with the shirt of hair1 ,wan cheek1 and knees indrated with prayer1 ,vigils1 and fastings rigorous as long2 ,if cloistered ,avarice scruple not to wrong #e ,the pious1 humble1 useful ,secular1#afj ,and rob#afa the people of his daily care1 ,scorning that world whose blindness makes her strong8 ,inversion strange6 that1 unto ,one who lives#afb ,for self1 and struggles with himself alone1 #aj ,the amplest share of heavenly favour gives2 ,that to a ,monk allots1 both in the esteem ,of ,god and man1 place higher than to him#afc ,who on the good of others builds his own6 ,,footnotes3 #afj ,the secular clergy are the priests of the ,roman church1 who belong to no special religious order1 but have the charge of parishes1 and so live in the world 7seculum74 ,the regular clergy are the monks belonging to one or other of the monastic orders1 and are subject to its rules 7regul74--,,ed4 #afa #ahbg4 ,and robs 444 #ahbb4 #afb #ahbg4 ,scorning their wants because her arm is strong8 ,inversion strange6 that to a ,monk1 who lives #ahbb4 #afc #ahde4 ,and hath allotted1 in the world's esteem1 ,to such a higher station than to him #ahbb4 ,that to a ,monk allots1 in the esteem ,of ,god and ,man1 place higher than to him #ahbg4 ,,xx ,,monastic ,,voluptuousness ,yet more1--round many a ,convent's blazing fire ,unhallowed threads of revelry are spun2 ,there ,venus sits disguisd like a ,nun1-- ,while ,bacchus1 clothed in semblance of a ,friar1 ,pours out his choicest beverage high and higher #e ,sparkling1 until it cannot choose but run ,over the bowl1 whose silver lip hath won ,an instant kiss of masterful desire-- ,to stay the precious waste4 ,through every brain ,the domination of the sprightly juice #aj ,spreads high conceits to madding ,fancy dear1#afd ,till the arched roof1 with resolute abuse ,of its grave echoes1 swells a choral strain1 ,whose votive burthen is--,,our ,,kingdom ',s ,,here6#afe ,,footnotes3 #afd #ahcb4 ,in every brain ,spreads the dominion of the sprightly juice1 ,through the wide world to madding ,fancy dear1 #ahbb4 #afe ,see ,wordsworth's note to the next ,sonnet4--,,ed4 ,,xxi ,,dissolution ,,of ,,the ,,monasteries ,threats come which no submission may assuage1 ,no sacrifice avert1 no power dispute2 ,the tapers shall be quenched1 the belfries mute1 ,and1'mid their choirs unroofed by selfish rage1 ,the warbling wren shall find a leafy cage2 #e ,the gadding bramble hang her purple fruit2 ,and the green lizard and the gilded newt ,lead unmolested lives1 and die of age4#aff ,the owl of evening and the woodland fox ,for their abode the shrines of ,waltham choose3#afg #aj ,proud ,glastonbury can no more refuse ,to stoop her head before these desperate shocks-- ,she whose high pomp displaced1 as story tells1 ,arimathean ,joseph's wattled cells4#afh ,,footnotes3 #aff ,these two lines are adopted from a ,,ms41 written about the year #aggj1 which accidentally fell into my possession4 ,the close of the preceding ,sonnet on monastic voluptuousness is taken from the same source1 as is the verse1 ,where ,venus sits1 etc4 ,w4 ,w4 #ahbb1 and the line1 ,once ye were holy1 ye are holy still1 in a subsequent ,sonnet4--,w4 ,w4 #ahcg4 #afg ,waltham ,abbey is in ,essex1 on the ,lea4--,,ed4 #afh ,alluding to the ,roman legend that ,joseph of ,arimathea brought ,christianity into ,britain1 and built ,glastonbury ,church4 ,see ,part ,i4 ,sonnet ,,ii4 7p4 #e7 and note #ad4--;,,ed4 ,,xxii ,,the ,,same ,,subject ,the lovely ,nun 7submissive1 but more meek ,through saintly habit than from effort due ,to unrelenting mandates that pursue ,with equal wrath the steps of strong and weak7 ,goes forth--unveiling timidly a cheek#afi #e ,suffused with blushes of celestial hue1 ,while through the ,convent's#agj gate to open view ,softly she glides1 another home to seek4 ,not ,iris1 issuing from her cloudy shrine1 ,an ,apparition more divinely bright6 #aj ,not more attractive to the dazzled sight ,those watery glories1 on the stormy brine ,poured forth1 while summer suns at distance shine1 ,and the green vales lie hushed in sober light6 ,,footnotes3 #afi #ahcg4 444 her cheek #ahbb4 #agj #ahcg4 444 ,convent 444 #ahbb4 ,,xxiii ,,continued ,yet many a ,novice of the cloistral shade1 ,and many chained by vows1 with eager glee#aga ,the warrant hail1 exulting to be free2 ,like ships before whose keels1 full long embayed ,in polar ice1 propitious winds have made #e ,unlooked-for outlet to an open sea1 ,their liquid world1 for bold discovery1 ,in all her quarters temptingly displayed6 ,hope guides the young2 but when the old must pass ,the threshold1 whither shall they turn to find #aj ,the hospitality--the alms 7alas6 ,alms may be needed7 which that ,house bestowed8 ,can they1 in faith and worship1 train the mind ,to keep this new and questionable road8 ,,footnotes3 #aga #ahdj4 ,yet some1 ,noviciates of the cloistral shade1 ,or chained by vows1 with undissembled glee #ahbb4 ,,xxiv ,,saints ,ye1 too1 must fly before a chasing hand1 ,angels and ,saints1 in every hamlet mourned6 ,ah6 if the old idolatry be spurned1 ,let not your radiant ,shapes desert the ,land3 ,her adoration was not your demand1 #e ,the fond heart proffered it--the servile heart2 ,and therefore are ye summoned to depart1 ,michael1 and thou1 ,st4 ,george1 whose flaming brand#agb ,the ,dragon quelled2 and valiant ,margaret#agc ,whose rival sword a like ,opponent slew3 #aj ,and rapt ,cecilia1 seraph-haunted ,queen#agd ,of harmony2 and weeping ,magdalene1 ,who in the penitential desert met ,gales sweet as those that over ,eden blew6 ,,footnotes3 #agb ,st4 ,george1 patron ,saint of ,england1 supposed to have suffered ,a4,d4 #bhd4 ,the ,greek ,church honours him as the great martyr4--,,ed4 #agc ,st4 ,margaret1 supposed to have suffered martyrdom at ,antioch1 ,a4,d4 #bge4--;,,ed4 #agd ,st4 ,cecilia1 patron ,saint of ,music1 has been enrolled as a martyr by the ,latin ,church from the fifth century4--,,ed4 ,,xxv ,,the ,,virgin#age ,mother6 whose virgin bosom was uncrost ,with the least shade of thought to sin allied2 ,woman6 above all women glorified1 ,our tainted nature's solitary boast2 ,purer than foam on central ocean tost2 #e ,brighter than eastern skies at daybreak strewn ,with fancied roses1 than the unblemished moon ,before her wane begins on heaven's blue coast2 ,thy ,image falls to earth4 ,yet some1 ,i ween1 ,not unforgiven the suppliant knee might bend1 #aj ,as to a visible ,power1 in which did blend ,all that was mixed and reconciled in ,thee ,of mother's love with maiden purity1 ,of high with low1 celestial with terrene6#agf ,,footnotes3 #age ,compare the ,stanzas suggested in a ,steam-boat off ,saint ,bees' ,head1 7l4 #aad72 also the following sonnet by the late ,john ,nichol1 ,professor of ,english ,literature in the ,university of ,glasgow4 7,see ,the ,death of ,themistocles1 and other ,poems1 p4 #ahi47 ,,ave ,,maria ,ave ,maria6 on a thousand thrones ,raised by the weary hearts that beat to thee1 ,as 'neath the softer light the throbbing sea1 ,thy name a spell of peace1 in lingering tones ,is whispered through the world3 thy truth condones ,the feebler faith of worshippers that flee1 ,lost in the sovereign awe1 to bend the knee ,by pictured holiness or breathing stones4 ,mother of ,christ6 whom ages old adorn1 ,and hundred climes1 by gentle thought and deed1 ,forgive the sacrilege1 the brandished scorn ,of the grim guardians of a narrow creed1 ,who fence their folds from ,love's serener law1 ,and grate on scrannel pipes of wretched straw4--,,ed4 #agf ,this sonnet was published in ,time's ,telescope1 ,july #b1 #ahbc1 p4 #acf4--;,,ed4 ,,xxvi ,,apology ,not utterly unworthy to endure ,was the supremacy of crafty ,rome2#agg ,age after age to the arch of ,christendom ,arial keystone haughtily secure2 ,supremacy from ,heaven transmitted pure1 #e ,as many hold2 and1 therefore1 to the tomb ,pass1 some through fire--and by the scaffold some-- ,like saintly ,fisher1#agh and unbending ,more4#agi ,lightly for both the bosom's lord did sit ,upon his throne2#ahj unsoftened1 undismayed #aj ,by aught that mingled with the tragic scene ,of pity or fear2 and ,more's gay genius played ,with the inoffensive sword of native wit1 ,than the bare axe more luminous and keen4 ,,footnotes3 #agg ,to the second part of the same series 7the ,ecclesiastical ,sonnets7 ,i have added two1 in order to do more justice to the ,papal ,church for the services which she did actually render to ,christianity and ,humanity in the ,middle ,ages4--,w4 ,w4 7in a letter to ,professor ,reed1 ,sept4 #d1 #ahdb74--;,,ed4 #agh ,john ,fisher1 born in #adfi1 became ,bishop of ,rochester in #aejd1 was one of the first in ,england to write against ,luther1 opposed the divorce of ,henry ,,viii41 was sent to the ,tower in #aecd1 and his see declared void1 was made a ,cardinal by the ,pope while in prison1 and beheaded on ,tower ,hill1 #aece4--;,,ed4 #agi ,sir ,thomas ,more1 the author of ,utopia1 born in #adgh1 was ,speaker of the ,house of ,commons in #aebc1 and succeeded ,wolsey as ,lord ,chancellor in #aebi4 ,disapproving of the king's divorce1 he resigned office1 was committed to the ,tower for refusing to take the oath of supremacy1 found guilty of treason1 and beheaded in #aece4--;,,ed4 #ahj ,see ,romeo and ,juliet1 act ,v4 scene i4 l4 #c-- ,my bosom's lord sits lightly on his throne4--,,ed4 ,,xxvii ,,imaginative ,,regrets ,deep is the lamentation6 ,not alone ,from ,sages justly honoured by mankind2 ,but from the ghostly tenants of the wind1 ,demons and ,spirits1 many a dolorous groan ,issues for that dominion overthrown3 #e ,proud ,tiber grieves1 and far-off ,ganges1 blind ,as his own worshippers3 and ,nile1 reclined ,upon his monstrous urn1 the farewell moan ,renews4#aha ,through every forest1 cave1 and den1 ,where frauds were hatched of old1 hath sorrow past-- ,hangs o'er the ,arabian ,prophet's native ,waste1#ahb #aa ,where once his airy helpers#ahc schemed and planned ',mid spectral#ahd lakes bemocking thirsty men1#ahe ,and stalking pillars built of fiery sand4#ahf ,,footnotes3 #aha ,compare the echo of the ,lady's voice in the lines ,to ,joanna1 in the ,poems on the ,naming of ,places 7vol4 ii4 p4 #aeg74--;,,ed4 #ahb ,the desert around ,mecca4--,,ed4 #ahc ,mahomet affirmed that he had constant visits from angels2 and that the angel ,gabriel dictated to him the ,koran4--,,ed4 #ahd #ahcg4 ',mid phantom 444 #ahbb4 #ahe ,the mirage4--,,ed4 #ahf ,pillars of sand raised by whirlwinds in the desert1 which correspond to waterspouts at sea4--,,ed4 ,,xxviii ,,reflections ,grant1 that by this unsparing hurricane ,green leaves with yellow mixed are torn away1 ,and goodly fruitage with the mother spray2 ',twere madness--wished we1 therefore1 to detain1 ,with hands stretched forth in#ahg mollified disdain1 #e ,the trumpery that ascends in bare display-- ,bulls1 pardons1 relics1 cowls black1 white1 and grey--#ahh ,upwhirled1 and flying o'er the ethereal plain ,fast bound for ,limbo ,lake4#ahi ,and yet not choice ,but habit rules the unreflecting herd1 #aj ,and airy bonds are hardest to disown2 ,hence1 with the spiritual sovereignty transferred ,unto itself1 the ,crown assumes a voice ,of reckless mastery1 hitherto unknown4 ,,footnotes3 #ahg #ahbg4 ,with farewell sighs of #ahbb4 #ahh ,see ,paradise ,lost1 book iii4 ll4 #dgd1 #dge-- ,eremites and ,friars1 ,white1 black1 and grey1 with all their trumperie4--,,ed4 #ahi ,hades4--,,ed4 ,,xxix ,,translation ,,of ,,the ,,bible ,but1 to outweigh all harm1 the sacred ,book1 ,in dusty sequestration wrapt too long1 ,assumes the accents of our native tongue2 ,and he who guides the plough1 or wields the crook1 ,with understanding spirit now may look #e ,upon her records1 listen to her song1 ,and sift her laws--much wondering that the wrong1 ,which ,faith has suffered1 ,heaven could calmly brook ,transcendent ,boon6 noblest that earthly ,king ,ever bestowed to equalize and bless #aj ,under the weight of mortal wretchedness6 ,but passions spread like plagues1 and thousands wild ,with bigotry shall tread the ,offering ,beneath their feet1 detested and defiled4#aij ,,footnotes3 #aij ,as was the case during the ,french ,revolution4--,,ed4 ,,xxx ,,the ,,point ,,at ,,issue ,published #ahbg ,for what contend the wise8--for nothing less ,than that the ,soul1 freed from the bonds of ,sense1 ,and to her ,god restored by evidence#aia ,of things not seen1 drawn forth from their recess1 ,root there1 and not in forms1 her holiness2-- #e ,for#aib ,faith1 which to the ,patriarchs did dispense ,sure guidance1 ere a ceremonial fence ,was needful round men thirsting to transgress2-- ,for#aic ,faith1 more perfect still1 with which the ,lord ,of all1 himself a ,spirit1 in the youth #aj ,of ,christian aspiration1 deigned to fill ,the temples of their hearts who1 with his word ,informed1 were resolute to do his will1 ,and worship him in spirit and in truth4 ,,footnotes3 #aia #ahcb4 ,than that pure ,faith dissolve the bonds of ,sense2 ,the ,soul restored to ,god by evidence #ahbg4 #aib #ahcb4 ,that 444 #ahbg4 #aic #ahcb4 ,that 444 #ahbg4 ,,xxxi ,,edward ,,vi ,sweet is the holiness of ,youth--so felt ,time-honoured ,chaucer speaking through that ,lay#aid ,by which the ,prioress beguiled the way1#aie ,and many a ,pilgrim's rugged heart did melt4 ,hadst thou1 loved ,bard6 whose spirit often dwelt #e ,in the clear land of vision1 but foreseen ,king1 child1 and seraph1#aif blended in the mien ,of pious ,edward kneeling as he knelt ,in meek and simple infancy1 what joy ,for universal ,christendom had thrilled #aj ,thy heart6 what hopes inspired thy genius1 skilled 7,o great ,precursor1 genuine morning ,star7 ,the lucid shafts of reason to employ1 ,piercing the ,papal darkness from afar6 ,,footnotes3 #aid #ahde4 444 ,chaucer when he framed the lay #ahbb4 444 ,chaucer when he framed that ,lay #ahcg4 #aie ,the quotation is not from ,the ,prioress's ,tale of ,chaucer1 but from ,wordsworth's own ,selections from ,chaucer modernized1 stanza ix4 ,wordsworth adds an idea1 not found in the original1 and to make room for it1 he extends the stanza from seven to eight lines4--,,ed4 #aif ,king ,edward ,,vi4 ascended the throne in #aedg1 at the age of ten1 and reigned for six years4--,,ed4 ,,xxxii ,,edward ,,signing ,,the ,,warrant ,,for ,,the ,,execution ,,of ,,joan ,,of ,,kent ,the tears of man in various measure gush ,from various sources2 gently overflow ,from blissful transport some--from clefts of woe ,some with ungovernable impulse rush2 ,and some1 coval with the earliest blush #e ,of infant passion1 scarcely dare to show ,their pearly lustre--coming but to go2 ,and some break forth when others' sorrows crush ,the sympathising heart4 ,nor these1 nor yet ,the noblest drops to admiration known1 #aj ,to gratitude1 to injuries forgiven-- ,claim ,heaven's regard like waters that have wet ,the innocent eyes of youthful ,monarchs driven ,to pen the mandates1 nature doth disown4#aig ,,footnotes3 #aig ,joan ,bocher1 of ,kent1 a woman of good birth1 friend of ,ann ,askew at ,court1 was accused1 and condemned to die for maintaining that ,christ was human only in appearance4 ,cranmer1 by order of the ,council1 obtained from ,edward a warrant for her execution4 ,edward1 who was then in his thirteenth year1 signed it1 telling ,cranmer that he must be answerable for the deed4--,,ed4 ,,xxxiii ,,revival ,,of ,,popery ,published #ahbg ,the saintly ,youth has ceased to rule1 discrowned#aih ,by unrelenting ,death4#aii ,o ,people keen ,for change1 to whom the new looks always green6 ,rejoicing did they cast upon the ground#bjj ,their ,gods of wood and stone2 and1 at the sound #e ,of counter-proclamation1 now are seen1 7,proud triumph is it for a sullen ,queen67 ,lifting them up1 the worship to confound ,of the ,most ,high4 ,again do they invoke ,the ,creature1 to the ,creature glory give2 #aj ,again with frankincense the altars smoke ,like those the ,heathen served2 and mass is sung2 ,and prayer1 man's rational prerogative1 ,runs through blind channels of an unknown tongue4#bja ,,footnotes3 #aih #ahcb4 ,melts into silent shades the ,youth1 discrowned #ahbg4 #aii ,edward died in #aeec1 aged sixteen4--,,ed4 #bjj #ahcb4 ,they cast1 they cast with joy upon the ground #ahbg4 #bja ,on the death of ,edward and the accession of ,mary ,tudor1 the ,roman ,catholic worship was restored1 all the statutes of ,edward ,,vi4 with regard to religion being repealed by ,parliament4--,,ed4 ,,xxxiv ,,latimer ,,and ,,ridley ,published #ahbg ,how fast the ,marian death-list is unrolled6 ,see ,latimer and ,ridley in the might ,of ,faith stand coupled for a common flight6#bjb ,one 7like those prophets whom ,god sent of old7 ,transfigured1#bjc from this kindling hath foretold #e ,a torch of inextinguishable light2 ,the ,other gains a confidence as bold2 ,and thus they foil their enemy's despite4 ,the penal instruments1 the shows of crime1 ,are glorified while this once-mitred pair #aj ,of saintly ,friends the murtherer's chain partake1 ,corded1 and burning at the social stake3 ,earth never witnessed object more sublime ,in constancy1 in fellowship more fair6 ,,footnotes3 #bjb ,hugh ,latimer1 ,bishop of ,worcester1 and ,nicholas ,ridley1 ,bishop of ,winchester1 were sent to the ,tower1 and subsequently burnt together at ,oxford in the front of ,balliol ,college1 ,october #af1 #aeee4--;,,ed4 #bjc ,m4 ,latimer suffered his keeper very quietly to pull off his hose1 and his other array1 which to looke unto was very simple3 and being stripped into his shrowd1 he seemed as comely a person to them that were present1 as one should lightly see3 and whereas in his clothes hee appeared a withered and crooked sillie 7weak7 olde man1 he now stood bolt upright1 as comely a father as one might lightly behold4444 ,then they brought a faggotte1 kindled with fire1 and laid the same downe at doctor ,ridley's feete4 ,to whome ,m4 ,latimer spake in this manner1 ,bee of good comfort1 master ,ridley1 and play the man3 wee shall this day light such a candle by ,god's grace in ,england1 as ,i trust shall never bee put out4 7,fox's ,acts1 etc47 ,similar alterations in the outward figure and deportment of persons brought to like trial were not uncommon4 ,see note to the above passage in ,dr4 ,wordsworth's ,ecclesiastical ,biography1 for an example in an humble ,welsh fisherman4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbg4 7,ecclesiastical ,biography1 vol4 iii4 pp4 #bhg1 #bhh47--;,,ed4 ,,xxxv ,,cranmer#bjd ,outstretching flame-ward his upbraided hand#bje 7,o ,god of mercy1 may no earthly ,seat ,of judgment such presumptuous doom repeat67 ,amid the shuddering throng doth ,cranmer stand2 ,firm as the stake to which with iron band #e ,his frame is tied2 firm from the naked feet ,to the bare head4 ,the victory is complete2#bjf ,the shrouded ,body to the ,soul's command ,answers#bjg with more than ,indian fortitude1 ,through all her nerves with finer sense endued1 #aj ,till breath departs in blissful aspiration3 ,then1 'mid the ghastly ruins of the fire1 ,behold the unalterable heart entire1 ,emblem of faith untouched1 miraculous attestation6#bjhbji ,,footnotes3 #bjd ,cranmer1 ,archbishop of ,canterbury1 and leader in the ecclesiastical affairs of ,england during the latter part of ,henry ,,viii4 and ,edward ,,vi4's reign1 was1 on the accession of ,mary ,tudor1 committed to the ,tower1 tried on charges of heresy1 and condemned4 ,he recanted his opinions1 but was nevertheless condemned to die4 ,he then recanted his recantation4 ,they brought him to the spot where ,latimer and ,ridley had suffered4 ,after a short prayer1 he put off his clothes with a cheerful countenance and a willing mind4 ,his feet were bare2 his head appeared perfectly bald4 ,called to abide by his recantation1 he stretched forth his right arm1 and replied1 ',this is the hand that wrote it1 and therefore it shall suffer punishment first4' ,firm to his purpose1 as soon as the flame rose1 he held his hand out to meet it1 and retained it there steadfastly1 so that all the people saw it sensibly burning before the fire reached any other part of his body2 and after he repeated with a loud and firm voice1 ',this hand hath offended1 this unworthy right hand4' ,never did martyr endure the fire with more invincible resolution2 no cry was heard from him1 save the exclamation of the protomartyr ,stephen1 ',lord ,jesus1 receive my spirit6' ,the fire did its work soon--and his heart was found unconsumed amid the ashes4 7,southey's ,book of the ,church1 vol4 ii4 pp4 #bdj1 #bda47--;,,ed4 #bje #ahbg4 444 upbraiding 444 #ahbb4 #bjf #ahcg4 444 head1 the victory complete2 #ahbb4 #bjg #ahcg4 ,answering 444 #ahbb4 #bjh #ahbg4 ,now wrapt in flames--and now in smoke embowered-- ',till self-reproach and panting aspirations ,are1 with the heart that held them1 all devoured2 ,the ,spirit set free1 and crown'd with joyful acclamations6 #ahbb4 #bji ,for the belief in this fact1 see the contemporary ,historians4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbg4 ,,xxxvi ,,general ,,view ,,of ,,the ,,troubles ,,of ,,the ,,reformation ,aid1 glorious ,martyrs1 from your fields of light1 ,our mortal ken6 ,inspire a perfect trust 7,while we look round7 that ,heaven's decrees are just3 ,which few can hold committed to a fight ,that shows1 ev'n on its better side1 the might #e ,of proud ,self-will1 ,rapacity1 and ,lust1 ',mid clouds enveloped of polemic dust1 ,which showers of blood seem rather to incite ,than to allay4 ,anathemas are hurled ,from both sides2 veteran thunders 7the brute test #aj ,of truth7 are met by fulminations new-- ,tartarean flags are caught at1 and unfurled-- ,friends strike at friends--the flying shall pursue-- ,and ,victory sickens1 ignorant where to rest6 ,,xxxvii ,,english ,,reformers ,,in ,,exile#baj ,scattering1 like birds escaped the fowler's net1 ,some seek with timely flight a foreign strand2 ,most happy1 re-assembled in a land ,by dauntless ,luther freed1 could they forget ,their ,country's woes4 ,but scarcely have they met1 #e ,partners in faith1 and brothers in distress1 ,free to pour forth their common thankfulness1 ,ere hope declines3--their union is beset ,with speculative notions#baa rashly sown1 #i ,whence thickly-sprouting growth of poisonous weeds2 ,their forms are broken staves2 their passions1 steeds ,that master them4 ,how enviably blest ,is he who can1 by help of grace1 enthrone ,the peace of ,god within his single breast6 ,,footnotes3 #baj ,during ,mary's reign1 fully #hjj of the ,english clergy and laity sought refuge on the ,continent1 and they were hospitably received in ,switzerland1 the ,low ,countries1 and along the ,rhine4 ,some of the best known were ,coverdale1 ,sandys1 ,jewel1 ,knox1 ,whittingham1 and ,foxe4 ,they lived in ,basle1 ,zurich1 ,geneva1 ,strasburg1 ,worms1 and ,frankfort2 and it was in the latter town that the dissensions prevailed1 referred to in the sonnet4 ,these were unfolded in a ,tract entitled ,the ,troubles of ,frankfort4 ,the chief point in dispute was the use of the ,english ,book of ,common ,prayer4 ,knox and ,whittingham1 under the guidance of ,calvin1 wished a modification of this book4 ,the dispute ended in the ,frankfort magistrates requesting ,knox to leave the city4 ,he retired to ,geneva4 ,on the accession of ,elizabeth1 the ,frankfort exiles returned to ,england4--,,ed4 #baa #ahbg4 ,with prurient speculations 444 #ahbb4 ,,xxxviii ,,elizabeth ,hail1 ,virgin ,queen6 o'er many an envious bar ,triumphant1 snatched from many a treacherous wile6 ,all hail1 sage ,lady1 whom a grateful ,isle ,hath blest1 respiring from that dismal war ,stilled by thy voice6 ,but quickly from afar #e ,defiance breathes with more malignant aim2 ,and alien storms with home-bred ferments claim ,portentous fellowship4#bab ,her silver car1 ,by sleepless prudence#bac ruled1 glides slowly on2 ,unhurt by violence1 from menaced taint #aj ,emerging pure1 and seemingly more bright3 ,ah6 wherefore yields it to a foul constraint#bad ,black as the clouds its beams dispersed1 while shone1 ,by men and angels blest1 the glorious light8#bae ,,footnotes3 #bab ,alluding doubtless to the foreign conspiracies against ,elizabeth1 the intrigues of ,mary ,queen of ,scots1 the ,pope's excommunication1 and conspiracies in the ,north of ,england1 etc4 ,see ,the ,white ,doe of ,rylstone4--,,ed4 #bac #ahbg4 ,meanwhile1 by prudence 444 #ahbb4 #bad ,an allusion probably to the ,court of ,high ,commission1 and perhaps also to the execution of the ,scottish ,queen4--,,ed4 #bae #ahde4 ,for1 wheresoe'er she moves1 the clouds anon ,disperse2 or--under a ,divine constraint-- ,reflect some portion of her glorious light6 #ahbb4 ,,xxxix ,,eminent ,,reformers ,methinks that ,i could trip o'er heaviest soil1 ,light as a buoyant bark from wave to wave1 ,were mine the trusty staff that ,,jewel gave ,to youthful ,,hooker1 in familiar style ,the gift exalting1 and with playful smile3#baf #e ,for thus equipped1 and bearing on his head ,the ,donor's farewell blessing1 can#bag he dread ,tempest1 or length of way1 or weight of toil8-- ,more sweet than odours caught by him who sails ,near spicy shores of ,araby the blest1 #aj ,a thousand times more exquisitely sweet1 ,the freight of holy feeling which we meet1 ,in thoughtful moments1 wafted by the gales ,from fields where good men walk1 or bowers wherein they rest4 ,,footnotes3 #baf ,on foot they#bah went1 and took ,salisbury in their way1 purposely to see the good ,bishop1 who made ,mr4 ,hooker sit at his own table2 which ,mr4 ,hooker boasted of with much joy and gratitude when he saw his mother and friends2 and at the ,bishop's parting with him1 the ,bishop gave him good counsel and his benediction1 but forgot to give him money2 which when the ,bishop had considered1 he sent a servant in all haste to call ,richard back to him1 and at ,richard's return1 the ,bishop said to him1 ',richard1 ,i sent for you back to lend you a horse which hath carried me many a mile1 and ,i thank ,god with much ease1' and presently delivered into his hand a walking-staff1 with which he professed he had travelled through many parts of ,germany2 and he said1 ',richard1 ,i do not give1 but lend you my horse2 be sure you be honest1 and bring my horse back to me1 at your return this way to ,oxford4 ,and ,i do now give you ten groats to bear your charges to ,exeter2 and here is ten groats more1 which ,i charge you to deliver to your mother1 and tell her ,i send her a ,bishop's benediction with it1 and beg the continuance of her prayers for me4 ,and if you bring my horse back to me1 ,i will give you ten groats more to carry you on foot to the college2 and so ,god bless you1 good ,richard4' 7,see ,walton's ,life of ,richard ,hooker47--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #bag #ahbg4 444 could 444 #ahbb4 #bah i4e4 ,richard ,hooker and a ,college companion4--,,ed4 ,,xl ,,the ,,same ,holy and heavenly ,spirits as they are1 ,spotless in life1 and eloquent as wise1 ,with what entire affection do they prize#bai ,their ,church reformed6#bbj labouring with earnest care ,to baffle all that may#bba her strength impair2 #e ,that ,church1 the unperverted ,gospel's seat2 ,in their afflictions a divine retreat2 ,source of their liveliest hope1 and tenderest prayer6-- ,the truth exploring with an equal mind1 ,in doctrine and communion they have sought#bbb #aj ,firmly between the two extremes to steer2 ,but theirs the wise man's ordinary lot1 ,to trace right courses for the stubborn blind1 ,and prophesy to ears that will not hear4 ,,footnotes3 #bai ,the reading1 ,their new-born ,church1 printed in all editions of the poems from #ahbb till #ahdb1 had been objected to by several correspondents2 and out of deference to their suggestions it was altered to ,their ,church reformed3 but ,wordsworth wrote to his nephew and biographer1 ,november #ab1 #ahdf1 ,i don't like the term reformed2 if taken in its literal sense as a transformation1 it is very objectionable 7see ,memoirs1 vol4 ii4 p4 #aac71 and in the postscript to ,yarrow ,revisited1 etc41 he says1 ,the great ,religious ,reformation of the sixteenth century did not profess to be a new construction1 but a restoration of something fallen into decay1 or put out of sight4--,,ed4 #bbj #ahde4 444 did they prize ,their new-born ,church6444 #ahbb4 444 do they prize ,their new-born ,church6444 #ahbg4 #bba #ahbg4 444 might 444 #ahbb4 #bbb #ahbg4 ,in polity and discipline they sought #ahbb4 ,,xli ,,distractions ,men1 who have ceased to reverence1 soon defy ,their forefathers2 lo6 sects are formed1 and split ,with morbid restlessness2#bbc--the ecstatic fit ,spreads wide2 though special mysteries multiply1 ,the ,saints must govern is their common cry2 #e ,and so they labour1 deeming ,holy ,writ ,disgraced by aught that seems content to sit ,beneath the roof of settled ,modesty4 ,the ,romanist exults2 fresh hope he draws ,from the confusion1 craftily incites #aj ,the overweening1 personates the mad--#bbd ,to heap disgust upon the worthier ,cause3 ,totters the ,throne2#bbe the new-born ,church#bbf is sad ,for every wave against her peace unites4 ,,footnotes3 #bbc ,the first nonconforming sect in ,england originated in #aeef4 ,it broke off from the ,church1 on a question of vestments4 ,the chief divisions of ,english ,nonconformity in the latter half of the sixteenth century were 7#a7 the ,brunists1 or ,barronists4 ,the disciples of ,brun quarrelled and divided amongst themselves4 7#b7 ,the ,familists1 an offshoot of the ,dutch ,anabaptists1 a mystic sect which quarrelled with the ,puritans4 7#c7 ,the ,anabaptists1 who were not only religious sectaries1 but who differed with the ,church on sundry social and civil matters4 ,they denied the sanctity of an oath1 the binding power of laws1 the right of the magistrate to punish1 and the rights of property4 7,perry's ,history of the ,english ,church1 p4 #cae47 ,see also ,hooker's ,preface to his ,ecclesiastical ,polity1 c4 viii4 #f-ab2 and the ,life of ,sir ,matthew ,hale1 ,eccl4 ,biog4 iv4 #ecc1 on the indigested enthusiastical scheme called ,the ,kingdom of ,christ1 or of his ,saints4--,,ed4 #bbd ,a common device in religious and political conflicts4 ,see ,strype1 in support of this instance4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,probably the reference is to the case of ,cussin1 a ,dominican ,friar4 ,he pretended to be a ,puritan minister2 and1 in his devotions1 assumed the airs of madness4 ,see in ,strype's ,the ,life and ,acts of ,matthew ,parker1 ,archbishop of ,canterbury1 vol4 i4 chaps1 xiii4 and xvi4--,,ed4 #bbe #ahbg4 ,the ,throne is plagued2 444 #ahbb4 #bbf ,see the note to the previous sonnet1 ,no4 ,,xl4--,,ed4 ,,xlii ,,gunpowder ,,plot#bbg ,fear hath a hundred eyes that all agree ,to plague her beating heart2 and there is one 7,nor idlest that67 which holds communion ,with things that were not1 yet were meant to be4 ,aghast within its gloomy cavity #e ,that eye 7which sees as if fulfilled and done ,crimes that might stop the motion of the sun7 ,beholds the horrible catastrophe ,of an assembled ,senate unredeemed ,from subterraneous ,treason's darkling power3 #aj ,merciless act of sorrow infinite6 ,worse than the product of that dismal night1 ,when gushing1 copious as a thunder-shower1 ,the blood of ,huguenots through ,paris streamed4#bbh ,,footnotes3 #bbg ,originated by ,robert ,catesby1 the intention being to destroy ,king1 ,lords1 and ,commons1 by an explosion at ,westminster1 when ,james ,i4 went in person to open ,parliament on the #eth ,november #afje4--;,,ed4 #bbh ,the massacre of ,st4 ,bartholomew1 which occurred on ,august #bd1 #aegb4--;,,ed4 ,,xliii ,,illustration ,,the ,,jung-,,frau ,,and ,,the ,,fall ,,of ,,the ,,rhine ,,near ,,schaffhausen ,the ,virgin ,mountain1#bbi wearing like a ,queen ,a brilliant crown of everlasting snow1 ,sheds ruin from her sides2 and men below ,wonder that aught of aspect so serene ,can link with desolation4 ,smooth and green1 ,and seeming1 at a little distance1 slow1 ,the waters of the ,rhine2 but on they go ,fretting and whitening1 keener and more keen2 ,till madness seizes on the whole wide ,flood1 ,turned to a fearful ,thing whose nostrils breathe #aj ,blasts of tempestuous smoke--wherewith he tries ,to hide himself1 but only magnifies2 ,and doth in more conspicuous torment writhe1 ,deafening the region in his ireful mood4#bcj ,,footnotes3 #bbi ,the ,jung-frau4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #bcj ,this ,sonnet was included among the ,memorials of a ,tour on the ,continent 7#ahbb71 and the following note was added3--,this ,sonnet belongs to another publication1 but from its fitness for this place is inserted here also1 ',voil un nfer d'eau1' cried out a ,german ,friend of ,ramond1 falling on his knees on the scaffold in front of this ,waterfall4 ,see ,ramond's ,translation of ,coxe4--,w4 ,w4 ,the following extracts from ,mrs4 ,wordsworth's ,journal of the ,continental ,tour in #ahbj illustrate it4 ,aug4 #i4--;,i am seated before ,jung-frau1 in the green vale of ,interlaken1 'green to the very door1' with rich shade of walnut trees1 the river behind the house4444 ,mountains and that majestic ,virgin closing up all4444 ,by looking across into a nook at the entrance of the ,vale of ,lauterbrunnen1 ,jung-frau presses forward and seems to preside over and give a character to the whole of the vale that belongs only to this one spot1 444 ,aug4 #ajth4-- 444 ,reached ,grindelwald1 by the pass close to ,jung-frau 7at least separated from it by a deep cleft only71 which sent forth its avalanches1--one grand beyond all description4 ,it was an awful and a solemn sound4 444 ,aug4 #ast4-- 444 ,nothing could exceed my delight when1 through an opening between buildings at the skirts of the town1 we unexpectedly hailed our old and side-by-side companion1 the ,rhine1 now roaring like a lion1 along his rocky channel4 ,never beheld so soft1 so lovely a green1 as is here given to the waters of this lordly river2 and then1 how they glittered and heaved to meet the sunshine4--,,ed4 ,,xliv ,,troubles ,,of ,,charles ,,the ,,first ,even such the contrast that1 where'er we move1#bca ,to the mind's eye#bcb ,religion doth present2 ,now with her own deep quietness content2 ,then1 like the mountain1 thundering from above ,against the ancient pine-trees of the grove #e ,and the ,land's humblest comforts4 ,now her mood ,recals the transformation of the flood1 ,whose rage the gentle skies in vain reprove1 ,earth cannot check4 ,o terrible excess ,of headstrong will6 ,can this be ,piety8 #aj ,no--some fierce ,maniac hath usurped her name2 ,and scourges ,england struggling to be free3 ,her peace destroyed6 her hopes a wilderness6 ,her blessings cursed--her glory turned to shame6 ,,footnotes3 #bca #ahcb4 ,such contrast1 in whatever track we move1 #ahbb4 ,such is the contrast1 which1 where'er we move1 #ahbg4 #bcb ,compare ,hamlet1 act ,i4 scene i4 l4 #aab4--;,,ed4 ,,xlv ,,laud#bcc ,prejudged by foes determined not to spare1#bcd ,an old weak ,man for vengeance thrown aside1 ,laud1#bce in the painful art of dying tried1 7,like a poor bird entangled in a snare ,whose heart still flutters1 though his wings forbear #e ,to stir in useless struggle7 hath relied ,on hope that conscious innocence supplied1#bcf ,and in his prison breathes#bcg celestial air4 ,why tarries then thy chariot8#bch ,wherefore stay1 ,o ,death6 the ensanguined yet triumphant wheels1 #aj ,which thou prepar'st1 full often1 to convey 7,what time a ,state with madding faction reels7 ,the ,saint or ,patriot to the world that heals ,all wounds1 all perturbations doth allay8 ,,footnotes3 #bcc ,see the ,fenwick note preceding the ,series4--,,ed4 ,in this age a word cannot be said in praise of ,laud1 or even in compassion for his fate1 without incurring a charge of bigotry2 but fearless of such imputation1 ,i concur with ,hume1 that it is sufficient for his vindication to observe that his errors were the most excusable of all those which prevailed during that zealous period4 ,a key to the right understanding of those parts of his conduct that brought the most odium upon him in his own time1 may be found in the following passage of his speech before the bar of the ,house of ,peers3--,ever since ,i came in place1 ,i have laboured nothing more than that the external publick worship of ,god1 so much slighted in divers parts of this kingdom1 might be preserved1 and that with as much decency and uniformity as might be4 ,for ,i evidently saw that the public neglect of ,god's service in the outward face of it1 and the nasty lying of many places dedicated to that service1 had almost cast a damp upon the true and inward worship of ,god1 which while we live in the body1 needs external helps1 and all little enough to keep it in any vigour4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbg4 #bcd #ahbg4 ,pursued by ,hate1 debarred from friendly care2 #ahbb4 #bce #ahbg4 ,long 444 #ahbb4 #bcf #ahbg4 444 ,laud relied ,upon the strength which ,innocence supplied1 #ahbb4 #bcg #ahbg4 444 breathed 444 #ahbb4 #bch ,in his address1 before his execution1 ,archbishop ,laud said1 ,i am not in love with this passage through the ,red ,sea1 and ,i have prayed ut transiret calix iste1 but if not1 ,god's will be done4--,,ed4 ,,xlvi ,,afflictions ,,of ,,england ,harp6 could'st thou venture1 on thy boldest string1 ,the faintest note to echo which the blast ,caught from the hand of ,moses as it pass'd ,o'er ,sinai's top1 or from the ,shepherd-king1 ,early awake1 by ,siloa's brook1 to sing #e ,of dread ,jehovah2 then1 should wood and waste ,hear also of that name1 and mercy cast ,off to the mountains1 like a covering ,of which the ,lord was weary4 ,weep1 oh6 weep1 ,weep with the good1#bci beholding ,king and ,priest #aj ,despised by that stern ,god to whom they raise ,their suppliant hands2 but holy is the feast ,he keepeth2 like the firmament his ways3 ,his statutes like the chambers of the deep4#bdj ,,footnotes3 #bci #ahbg4 ,as good men wept1 444 #ahbb4 #bdj ,see ,psalm xxxvi4 #e1 #f4--;,,ed4 ,,part ,,iii ,,from ,,the ,,restoration ,,to ,,the ,,present ,,times ,when ,i came to this part of the series ,i had the dream described in this ,sonnet4#bda ,the figure was that of my daughter1 and the whole passed exactly as here represented4 ,the ,sonnet was composed on the middle road leading from ,grasmere to ,ambleside3 it was begun as ,i left the last house of the vale1 and finished1 word for word as it now stands1 before ,i came in view of ,rydal4 ,i wish ,i could say the same of the five or six hundred ,i have written3 most of them were frequently retouched in the course of composition1 and1 not a few1 laboriously4 ,i have only further to observe that the intended ,church which prompted these ,sonnets was erected on ,coleorton ,moor towards the centre of a very populous parish between three and four miles from ,ashby-de-la-,zouch1 on the road to ,loughborough1 and has proved1 ,i believe1 a great benefit to the neighbourhood4--,i4,f4 ,,footnotes3 #bda ,the first of ,part ,,iii4 p4 #gd4--;,,ed4 ,i ,i ,,saw ,,the ,,figure ,,of ,a ,,lovely ,,maid ,i saw the figure of a lovely ,maid ,seated alone beneath a darksome tree1 ,whose fondly-overhanging canopy ,set off her brightness with a pleasing shade4 ,no ,spirit was she2 that#bdb my heart betrayed1 #e ,for she was one ,i loved exceedingly2 ,but while ,i gazed in tender reverie 7,or was it sleep that with my ,fancy played87 ,the bright corporeal presence--form and face-- ,remaining still distinct grew thin and rare1 #aj ,like sunny mist2--at length the golden hair1 ,shape1 limbs1 and heavenly features1 keeping pace ,each with the other in a lingering race ,of dissolution1 melted into air4 ,,footnotes3 #bdb #ahcg4 ,substance she seem'd 7and that 444 #ahbb4 ,,ii ,,patriotic ,,sympathies ,last night1 without a voice1 that ,vision spake ,fear to my ,soul1 and sadness which might seem#bdc ,wholly#bdd dissevered from our present theme2 ,yet1 my belovd ,country6 ,i partake#bde ,of kindred agitations for thy sake2 #e ,thou1 too1 dost visit oft#bdf my midnight dream2 ,thy#bdg glory meets me with the earliest beam ,of light1 which tells that ,morning is awake4 ,if aught impair thy#bdh beauty or destroy1 ,or but forebode destruction1 ,i deplore #aj ,with filial love the sad vicissitude2 ,if thou hast#bdi fallen1 and righteous ,heaven restore ,the prostrate1 then my spring-time is renewed1 ,and sorrow bartered for exceeding joy4 ,,footnotes3 #bdc #ahde4 444 this ,vision spake ,fear to my ,spirit--passion that might seem #ahbb4 444 this ,vision spake ,fear to my ,soul1 and sadness that might seem #ahcg4 #bdd #ahbg4 ,to lie 444 #ahbb4 #bde #ahcb4 ,yet do ,i love my ,country--and partake #ahbb4 #bdf #ahcb4 444 for her sake2 ,she visits oftentimes 444 #ahbb4 #bdg #ahcb4 ,her 444 #ahbb4 #bdh #ahcb4 444 her 444 #ahbb4 #bdi #ahcb4 ,if she hath 444 #ahbb4 ,,iii ,,charles ,,the ,,second ,who comes--with rapture greeted1 and caress'd ,with frantic love--his kingdom to regain8#bej ,him ,virtue's ,nurse1 ,adversity1 in vain ,received1 and fostered in her iron breast3 ,for all she taught of hardiest and of best1 #e ,or would have taught1 by discipline of pain ,and long privation1 now dissolves amain1 ,or is remembered only to give zest ,to wantonness--,away1 ,circean revels6#bea ,but for what gain8 if ,england soon must sink #aj ,into a gulf which all distinction levels-- ,that bigotry may swallow the good name1#bebbec ,and1 with that draught1 the life-blood3 misery1 shame1 ,by ,poets loathed2 from which ,historians shrink6 ,,footnotes3 #bej ,no event ever marked a deeper or a more lasting change in the temper of the ,english people1 than the entry of ,charles the ,second into ,whitehall4 ,with it modern ,england begins4 7,green's ,short ,history of the ,english ,people1 chap4 ix4 sec4 #a47--;,,ed4 #bea ,the ,restoration brought ,charles to ,whitehall2 and in an instant the whole face of ,england was changed4 ,all that was noblest and best in ,puritanism was whirled away4 7,green1 chap4 ix4 sec4 ,i47 ,the excesses of every kind that came in with the ,restoration were notorious4--,,ed4 #beb #ahcg4 ,already stands our ,country on the brink ,of bigot rage1 that all distinction levels ,of truth and falsehood1 swallowing the good name1 #ahbb4 #bec ,in #afgb the ,duke of ,york was publicly received into the ,church of ,rome4--,,ed4 ,,iv ,,latitudinarianism ,yet ,truth is keenly sought for1 and the wind ,charged with rich words poured out in thought's defence2 ,whether the ,church inspire that eloquence1#bed ,or a ,platonic ,piety confined ,to the sole temple of the inward mind2#bee #e ,and ,one there is who builds immortal lays1 ,though doomed to tread in solitary ways1#bef ,darkness before and danger's voice behind2 ,yet not alone1 nor helpless to repel ,sad thoughts2 for from above the starry sphere #aj ,come secrets1 whispered nightly to his ear2 ,and the pure spirit of celestial light ,shines through his soul--that he may see and tell ,of things invisible to mortal sight4#beg ,,footnotes3 #bed ,as in the case of ,john ,hales of ,eton1 ,william ,chillingworth1 who wrote ,the ,religion of ,protestants1 and ,jeremy ,taylor1 author of ,the ,liberty of ,prophesying4--,,ed4 #bee ,the ,cambridge ,platonists1 ,ralph ,cudworth1 ,john ,smith1 and ,henry ,more1 are referred to4--,,ed4 #bef ,milton4--,,ed4 #beg ,compare ,paradise ,lost1 book iii4 ll4 #ed1 #ee4--;,,ed4 ,v ,,walton',s ,,book ,,of ,,lives#beh ,there are no colours in the fairest sky ,so fair as these4 ,the feather1 whence the pen ,was shaped that traced the lives of these good men1 ,dropped from an ,angel's wing4#bei ,with moistened eye ,we read of faith and purest charity #e ,in ,statesman1 ,priest1 and humble ,citizen3 ,o could we copy their mild virtues1 then ,what joy to live1 what blessedness to die6 ,methinks their very names shine still and bright2 ,apart--like glow-worms on a summer night2 #aj ,or lonely tapers when from far they fling ,a guiding ray2#bfj or seen--like stars on high1 ,satellites burning in a lucid ring ,around meek ,walton's heavenly memory4 ,,footnotes3 #beh ,izaak ,walton1 author of ,the ,complete ,angler1 wrote also ,the ,lives of ,john ,donne1 ,sir ,henry ,wotton1 ,richard ,hooker1 ,george ,herbert1 and ,robert ,sanderson4--,,ed4 #bei ,with those lines of ,wordsworth compare the following3 a ,sonnet addressed to the ,king of ,scots1 in ,henry ,constable's ,diana1 published in #aeid-- ,the pen wherewith thou dost so heavenly singe1 ,made of a quill pluck't from an ,angell's winge4 ,a sonnet by ,dorothy ,berry1 prefixed to ,diana ,primrose's ,chain of ,pearl1 a memorial of the peerless graces1 etc41 of ,queen ,elizabeth1 ,london1 #afci-- ,whose noble praise ,deserves a quill pluck't from an angel's wing4 ,also ,john ,evelyn1 in his ,life of ,mrs4 ,godolphin1 ,it would become the pen of an angel's wing to describe the life of a saint1 etc4--,,ed4 #bfj #ahbg4 444 glow-worms in the woods of spring1 ,or lonely tapers shooting far a light ,that guides and cheers1-- 444 #ahbb4 ,,vi ,,clerical ,,integrity ,nor shall the eternal roll of praise reject ,those ,unconforming2 whom one rigorous day ,drives from their ,cures1 a voluntary prey ,to poverty1 and grief1 and disrespect1#bfa ,and some to want--as if by tempests wrecked#bfb #e ,on a wild coast2 how destitute6 did ,they ,feel not that ,conscience never can betray1 ,that peace of mind is ,virtue's sure effect4 ,their altars they forego1 their homes they quit1 ,fields which they love1 and paths they daily trod1 #aj ,and cast the future upon ,providence2 ,as men the dictate of whose inward sense ,outweighs the world2 whom self-deceiving wit ,lures not from what they deem the cause of ,god4 ,,footnotes3 #bfa ,by the ,act of ,uniformity 7#affb71 nearly #bjjj ,presbyterian and ,independent ,ministers1 who had been admitted to benefices in the ,church of ,england during the ,puritan ,ascendency1 were ejected from their livings4--,,ed4 #bfb #ahbg4 444 tempest wreck'd #ahbb4 ,,vii ,,persecution ,,of ,,the ,,scottish ,,covenanters ,published #ahbg ,when ,alpine ,vales threw forth a suppliant cry1 ,the majesty of ,england interposed#bfc ,and the sword stopped2 the bleeding wounds were closed2 ,and ,faith preserved her ancient purity4 ,how little boots that precedent of good1 #e ,scorned or forgotten1 ,thou canst testify1 ,for ,england's shame1 ,o ,sister ,realm6 from wood1 ,mountain1 and moor1 and crowded street1 where lie#bfd ,the headless martyrs of the ,covenant1 ,slain by ,compatriot-protestants that draw #aj ,from councils senseless as intolerant ,their warrant4 ,bodies fall by wild sword-law2 ,but who would force the ,soul1 tilts with a straw ,against a ,champion cased in adamant4 ,,footnotes3 #bfc ,see ,milton's ,sonnet ,,xviii41 ,on the late ,massacre in ,piedmont1 beginning-- ,avenge1 ,o ,lord1 thy slaughtered saints1 444 ,this was in #afee4 ,in the following year ,cromwell1 to whom the persecuted ,vaudois subjects of the ,duke of ,savoy had appealed1 interposed in their behalf4 ,nearly #dj1jjj were collected in ,england for their relief4--,,ed4 #bfd ,compare ,the ,excursion1 book i4 #aa4 #age1 #agf4--;,,ed4 ,,viii ,,acquittal ,,of ,,the ,,bishops#bfe ,a voice1 from long-expecting#bff thousands sent1 ,shatters the air1 and troubles tower and spire2 ,for ,justice hath absolved the innocent1 ,and ,tyranny is balked of her desire3 ,up1 down1 the busy ,thames--rapid as fire #e ,coursing a train of gunpowder--it went1 ,and transport finds in every street a vent1 ,till the whole ,city rings like one vast quire4 ,the ,fathers urge the ,people to be still1 #i ,with outstretched hands and earnest speech#bfg--;in vain6 ,yea1 many1 haply wont to entertain ,small reverence for the mitre's offices1 ,and to ,religion's self no friendly will1 ,a ,prelate's blessing ask on bended knees4 ,,footnotes3 #bfe ,the ,bishops who protested against ,james ,,ii4's ,declaration of ,indulgence and refused to read it4 ,he ordered the ,ecclesiastical ,commissioners1 to deprive them of their ,sees1 and the ,bishops were sent to the ,tower4 ,they passed to their prison amidst the shouts of a great multitude1 the sentinels knelt for their blessing as they entered the gates1 and the soldiers of the garrison drank their healths4444 ,the ,bishops appeared as criminals at the bar of the ,king's ,bench4 ,the jury had been packed1 the judges were mere tools of the ,crown1 but judges and jury were alike overawed by the indignation of the people at large4 ,no sooner had the foreman of the jury uttered the words ',not guilty1' than a roar of applause burst from the crowd1 and horsemen spurred along every road to carry over the country the news of the acquittal4 7,green47 ,see ,wordsworth's note to the eleventh sonnet in ,part ,i4 7p4 #ab47--;,,ed4 #bff #ahbg4 444 long-expectant 444 #ahbb4 #bfg #ahbg4 444 voice 444 #ahbb4 ,,ix ,,william ,,the ,,third ,calm as an under-current1 strong to draw ,millions of waves into itself1 and run1 ,from sea to sea1 impervious to the sun ,and ploughing storm1 the spirit of ,nassau#bfh 7,swerves not1 how blest if by religious awe#bfi #e ,swayed1 and thereby enabled to contend ,with the wide world's commotions7 from its end ,swerves not--diverted by a casual law4 ,had mortal action e'er a nobler scope8 ,the ,hero comes to liberate1 not defy2 #aj ,and1 while he marches on with stedfast hope1#bgj ,conqueror beloved6 expected anxiously6 ,the vacillating ,bondman of the ,pope#bga ,shrinks from the verdict of his stedfast eye4 ,,footnotes3 #bfh ,william ,,iii4 of ,nassau1 ,prince of ,orange1 was invited over to ,england by the nobles and commons who were disaffected towards ,james ,,ii41 and landed at ,torbay in ,november #afhh4--;,,ed4 #bfi #ahde4 7,by constant impulse of religious awe 444 #ahbb4 #bgj #ahde4 444 righteous hope1 #ahbb4 #bga ,king ,james ,,ii41 who fled to ,france in ,december #afhh4--;,,ed4 ,x ,,obligations ,,of ,,civil ,,to ,,religious ,,liberty ,ungrateful ,country1 if thou e'er forget ,the sons who for thy civil rights have bled6 ,how1 like a ,roman1 ,sidney bowed his head1#bgb ,and ,russell's milder blood the scaffold wet2#bgc ,but these had fallen for profitless regret #e ,had not thy holy ,church her champions bred1 ,and claims from other worlds inspirited ,the star of ,liberty to rise4 ,nor yet 7,grave this within thy heart67 if spiritual things ,be lost1 through apathy1 or scorn1 or fear1 #aj ,shalt thou thy humbler franchises support1 ,however hardly won or justly dear3 ,what came from heaven to heaven by nature clings1 ,and1 if dissevered thence1 its course is short4 ,,footnotes3 #bgb ,algernon ,sidney1 second son of the ,earl of ,leicester1 equally opposed to the tyranny of ,charles and of ,cromwell1 was implicated in the ,rye ,house ,plot1 arraigned before the chief-justice ,jeffries1 condemned illegally1 and executed at ,tower ,hill in ,december #afhc4--;,,ed4 #bgc ,lord ,william ,russell1 third son of the ,duke of ,bedford1 member of the ,house of ,commons like ,sidney1 and like him implicated in the ,rye ,house ,plot1 condemned at the ,old ,bailey1 and beheaded at ,lincoln's-,inn-,fields in ,july #afhc4--;,,ed4 ,,xi ,,sacheverel#bgd ,published #ahbg ,a sudden conflict rises from the swell ,of a proud slavery met by tenets strained ,in ,liberty's behalf4 ,fears1 true or feigned1 ,spread through all ranks2 and lo6 the ,sentinel ,who loudest rang his pulpit 'larum bell #e ,stands at the ,bar1 absolved by female eyes ,mingling their glances with grave flatteries#bge ,lavished on ,him--that ,england may rebel ,against her ancient virtue4 ,,high and ,,low1 ,watch-words of ,party1 on all tongues are rife2 #aj ,as if a ,church1 though sprung from heaven1 must owe ,to opposites and fierce extremes her life1-- ,not to the golden mean1 and quiet flow ,of truths that soften hatred1 temper strife4 ,,footnotes3 #bgd ,henry ,sacheverel1 a high-church clergyman1 preached two sermons in #agji1 one at ,derby1 and the other in ,st4 ,paul's1 ,london1 in which he attacked the principles of the ,revolution ,settlement1 taught the doctrine of non-resistance1 and decried the ,act of ,toleration4 ,he was impeached by the ,commons1 and tried before the ,house of ,lords in #agaj1 was found guilty1 and suspended from office for three years4 ,this made him for the time the most popular man in ,england2 and the general election which followed was fatal to the ,government which condemned him4 ,he was a weak and a vain man1 who attained to notoriety without fame4--,,ed4 #bge #ahcb4 444 ,light with graver flatteries1 #ahbg4 ,,xii#bgf ,,down ,a ,,swift ,,stream1 ,,thus ,,far1 ,a ,,bold ,,design ,published #ahbg ,down a swift ,stream1 thus far1 a bold design ,have we pursued1 with livelier stir of heart ,than his who sees1 borne forward by the ,rhine1 ,the living landscapes greet him1 and depart2 ,sees spires fast sinking--up again to start6 #e ,and strives the towers to number1 that recline ,o'er the dark steeps1 or on the horizon line ,striding with shattered crests his#bgg eye athwart4 ,so have we hurried on with troubled pleasure3 ,henceforth1 as on the bosom of a stream #aj ,that slackens1 and spreads wide a watery gleam1 ,we1 nothing loth a lingering course to measure1 ,may gather up our thoughts1 and mark at leisure ,how widely spread the interests of our theme4#bgh ,,footnotes3 #bgf ,compare the extracts from ,mary and ,dorothy ,wordsworth's ,journals in the ,memorials of a ,tour on the ,continent 7vol4 vi4 p4 #cjj74--;,,ed4 #bgg #ahde4 444 the 444 #ahbg4 #bgh #ahde4 ,features that else had vanished like a dream4 #ahbg4 444 sound at leisure ,the depths1 and mark the compass of our theme4 ,c4 ,,xiii ,,aspects ,,of ,,christianity ,,in ,,america#bgi ,i4 ,,the ,,pilgrim ,,fathers#bhj ,published #ahde ,well worthy to be magnified are they ,who1 with sad hearts1 of friends and country took ,a last farewell1 their loved abodes forsook1 ,and hallowed ground in which their fathers lay2 ,then to the new-found ,world explored their way1 #e ,that so a ,church1 unforced1 uncalled to brook ,ritual restraints1 within some sheltering nook ,her ,lord might worship and his word obey ,in freedom4 ,men they were who could not bend2 ,blest ,pilgrims1 surely1 as they took for guide #aj ,a will by sovereign ,conscience sanctified2 ,blest while their ,spirits from the woods ascend ,along a ,galaxy that knows no end1 ,but in ,his glory who for ,sinners died4 ,,footnotes3 #bgi ,in a letter to ,professor ,henry ,reed1 dated ,march #a1 #ahdb1 ,wordsworth wrote3--,i have sent you three sonnets upon certain ',aspects of ,christianity in ,america1' having1 as you will see1 a reference to the subject upon which you wished me to write4 ,i wish they had been more worthy of the subject3 ,i hope1 however1 you will not disapprove of the connection which ,i have thought myself warranted in tracing between the ,puritan fugitives and ,episcopacy4--,,ed4 #bhj ,american episcopacy1 in union with the church in ,england1 strictly belongs to the general subject2 and ,i here make my acknowledgments to my ,american friends1 ,bishop ,doane1 and ,mr4 ,henry ,reed of ,philadelphia1 for having suggested to me the propriety of adverting to it1 and pointed out the virtues and intellectual qualities of ,bishop ,white1 which so eminently fitted him for the great work he undertook4 ,bishop ,white was consecrated at ,lambeth1 ,feb4 #d1 #aghg1 by ,archbishop ,moore2 and before his long life was closed1 twenty-six bishops had been consecrated in ,america1 by himself4 ,for his character and opinions1 see his own numerous ,works1 and a ,sermon in commemoration of him1 by ,george ,washington ,doane1 ,bishop of ,new ,jersey4--,w4 ,w4 #ahde4 ,,xiv ,,ii4 ,,continued ,published #ahde ,from ,rite and ,ordinance abused they fled ,to ,wilds where both were utterly unknown2 ,but not to them had ,providence foreshown ,what benefits are missed1 what evils bred1 ,in worship neither raised nor limited #e ,save by ,self-will4 ,lo6 from that distant shore1 ,for ,rite and ,ordinance1 ,piety is led ,back to the ,land those ,pilgrims left of yore1 ,led by her own free choice4#bha ,so ,truth and ,love ,by ,conscience governed do their steps retrace4-- #aj ,fathers6 your ,virtues1 such the power of grace1 ,their spirit1 in your ,children1 thus approve4 ,transcendent over time1 unbound by place1 ,concord and ,charity in circles move4 ,,footnotes3 #bha ,the ,book of ,common ,prayer of the ,american ,episcopal ,church was avowedly derived from that of ,england1 and substantially agrees with it4--,,ed4 ,,xv ,,iii4 ,,concluded4--,,american ,,episcopacy ,published #ahde ,patriots informed with ,apostolic light ,were they1 who1 when their ,country had been freed1 ,bowing with reverence to the ancient creed1 ,fixed on the frame of ,england's ,church their sight1#bhb ,and strove in filial love to reunite #e ,what force had severed4 ,thence they fetched the seed ,of ,christian unity1 and won a meed ,of praise from ,heaven4 ,to ,thee1 ,o saintly ,,white1#bhc ,patriarch of a wide-spreading family1 ,remotest lands and unborn times shall turn1 #aj ,whether they would restore or build--to ,thee1 ,as one who rightly taught how zeal should burn1 ,as one who drew from out ,faith's holiest urn ,the purest stream of patient ,energy4 ,,footnotes3 #bhb ,i hope you will not disapprove of the connection which ,i have thought myself warranted in tracing between the ,puritan fugitives and ,episcopacy4 7,wordsworth to ,henry ,reed1 ,march #a1 #ahdb47--;,,ed4 #bhc ,dr4 ,seabury was consecrated ,bishop of ,connecticut by ,scottish ,bishops at ,aberdeen1 in ,november #aghd4 ,dr4 ,white was consecrated ,bishop of ,pennsylvania1 and ,dr4 ,provoost1 ,bishop of ,new ,york1 at ,lambeth1 in ,february #aghg4 ,it was ,wordsworth's intention1 in #ahda1 to add a sonnet to his ,ecclesiastical ,series ,on the union of the two ,episcopal ,churches of ,england and ,america4--,,ed4 ,,xvi ,,bishops ,,and ,,priests1 ,,bless,d ,,are ,,ye1 ,,if ,,deep ,published #ahde ,bishops and ,priests1 blessd are ye1 if deep 7,as yours above all offices is high7 ,deep in your hearts the sense of duty lie2 ,charged as ye are by ,christ to feed and keep ,from wolves your portion of his chosen sheep3 ,labouring as ever in your ,master's sight1 ,making your hardest task your best delight1 ,what perfect glory ye in ,heaven shall reap6-- ,but1 in the solemn ,office which ye sought ,and undertook premonished1 if unsound #aj ,your practice prove1 faithless though but in thought1 ,bishops and ,priests1 think what a gulf profound ,awaits you then1 if they were rightly taught ,who framed the ,ordinance by your lives disowned6 ,,xvii ,,places ,,of ,,worship ,as star that shines dependent upon star ,is to the sky while we look up in love2 ,as to the deep fair ships which though they move ,seem fixed1 to eyes that watch them from afar2 ,as to the sandy desert fountains are1 #e ,with palm-groves shaded at wide intervals1 ,whose fruit around the sun-burnt ,native falls ,of roving tired or desultory war-- ,such to this ,british ,isle her christian ,fanes1 ,each linked to each for kindred services2 #aj ,her ,spires1 her ,steeple-towers with glittering vanes#bhd ,far-kenned1 her ,chapels lurking among trees1 ,where a few villagers on bended knees ,find solace which a busy world disdains4 ,,footnotes3 #bhd ,compare ,the ,excursion1 book vi4 ll4 #ag-bi 7vol4 v4 p4 #bcf74--;,,ed4 ,,xviii ,,pastoral ,,character ,a ,,genial hearth1 a hospitable board1 ,and a refined rusticity1 belong#bhe ,to the neat mansion1 where1 his flock among1 ,the learned ,pastor dwells1 their watchful ,lord4#bhf ,though meek and patient as a sheathd sword2 #e ,though pride's least lurking thought appear a wrong ,to human kind2 though peace be on his tongue1 ,gentleness in his heart--can earth afford ,such genuine state1 pre-eminence so free1 ,as when1 arrayed in ,christ's authority1 #aj ,he from the pulpit lifts his awful hand2 ,conjures1 implores1 and labours all he can ,for re-subjecting to divine command ,the stubborn spirit of rebellious man8 ,,footnotes3 #bhe ,among the benefits arising1 as ,mr4 ,coleridge has well observed1 from a ,church establishment of endowments corresponding with the wealth of the country to which it belongs1 may be reckoned as eminently important1 the examples of civility and refinement which the ,clergy stationed at intervals1 afford to the whole people4 ,the established clergy in many parts of ,england have long been1 as they continue to be1 the principal bulwark against barbarism1 and the link which unites the sequestered peasantry with the intellectual advancement of the age4 ,nor is it below the dignity of the subject to observe1 that their taste1 as acting upon rural residences and scenery1 often furnishes models which country gentlemen1 who are more at liberty to follow the caprices of fashion1 might profit by4 ,the precincts of an old residence must be treated by ecclesiastics with respect1 both from prudence and necessity4 ,i remember being much pleased1 some years ago1 at ,rose ,castle1 the rural seat of the ,see of ,carlisle1 with a style of garden and architecture which1 if the place had belonged to a wealthy layman1 would no doubt have been swept away4 ,a parsonage-house generally stands not far from the church2 this proximity imposes favourable restraints1 and sometimes suggests an affecting union of the accommodations and elegancies of life with the outward signs of piety and mortality4 ,with pleasure ,i recall to mind a happy instance of this in the residence of an old and much-valued ,friend in ,oxfordshire4 ,the house and church stand parallel to each other1 at a small distance2 a circular lawn or rather grass-plot1 spreads between them2 shrubs and trees curve from each side of the dwelling1 veiling1 but not hiding1 the church4 ,from the front of this dwelling1 no part of the burial-ground is seen2 but as you wind by the side of the shrubs towards the steeple-end of the church1 the eye catches a single1 small1 low1 monumental headstone1 moss-grown1 sinking into1 and gently inclining towards the earth4 ,advance1 and the churchyard1 populous and gay with glittering tombstones1 opens upon the view4 ,this humble1 and beautiful parsonage called forth a tribute which will not be out of its place here4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,he then quotes the seventh of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets1 ,part ,,iii4 7see vol4 vi4 p4 #bag74--;,,ed4 #bhf ,compare the sonnet1 ,on the sight of a ,manse in the ,south of ,scotland1 belonging to the ,tour in the year #ahca4--;,,ed4 ,,xix ,,the ,,liturgy ,yes1 if the intensities of hope and fear ,attract us still1 and passionate exercise ,of lofty thoughts1 the way before us lies ,distinct with signs1 through which in set career1#bhg ,as through a zodiac1 moves the ritual year#bhh #e ,of ,england's ,church2 stupendous mysteries6 ,which whoso travels in her bosom eyes1 ,as he approaches them1 with solemn cheer4 ,upon that circle traced from sacred story ,we only dare to cast a transient glance1 #aj ,trusting in hope that ,others may advance ,with mind intent upon the ,king of ,glory1#bhi ,from his mild advent till his countenance ,shall dissipate the seas and mountains hoary4#bij ,,footnotes3 #bhg #ahcg 444 fixed career1 #ahbb4 #bhh ,compare ,the ,christian ,year1 by ,keble1 passim4--,,ed4 #bhi #ahde4 ,enough for us to cast a transient glance ,the circle through2 relinquishing its story ,for those whom ,heaven hath fitted to advance ,and1 harp in hand1 rehearse the ,king of ,glory-- #ahbb4 ,enough for us to cast no careless glance ,upon that circle1 leaving ,christian story ,to those 444 has 444 ,c4 7,or7 ,here let us cast a more than ,transient glance1 ,and harp in hand endeavour to advance1 ,with mind intent 444 ,c4 #bij ,see ,the ,revelation of ,st4 ,john1 chapter xx4 v4 ,,ii4--,,ed4 ,,xx ,,baptism ,published #ahbg ,dear#bia be the ,church1 that1 watching o'er the needs ,of ,infancy1 provides a timely shower ,whose virtue changes to a ,christian ,flower ,a ,growth from sinful ,nature's bed of weeds6--#bib ,fitliest beneath the sacred roof proceeds #e ,the ministration2 while parental ,love ,looks on1 and ,grace descendeth from above ,as the high service pledges now1 now pleads4 ,there1 should vain thoughts outspread their wings and fly ,to meet the coming hours of festal mirth1 #aj ,the tombs--which hear and answer that brief cry1 ,the ,infant's notice of his second birth-- ,recal the wandering ,soul to sympathy ,with what man hopes from ,heaven1 yet fears from ,earth4 ,,footnotes3 #bia #ahde4 ,blest 444 #ahbg4 #bib #ahcb4 ,the sinful product of a bed of ,weeds6 #ahbg4 ,,xxi ,,sponsors ,published #ahcb ,father6 to ,god himself we cannot give ,a holier name6 then lightly do not bear ,both names conjoined1 but of thy spiritual care ,be duly mindful3 still more sensitive ,do ,thou1 in truth a second ,mother1 strive#bic #e ,against disheartening custom1 that by ,thee ,watched1 and with love and pious industry#bid ,tended at need1 the adopted ,plant may thrive ,for everlasting bloom4 ,benign and pure#bie ,this ,ordinance1 whether loss it would supply1 #aj ,prevent omission1 help deficiency1 ,or seek to make assurance doubly sure4#bifbig ,shame if the consecrated ,vow be found ,an idle form1 the ,word an empty sound6#bihbii ,,footnotes3 #bic #ahcb4 444 yet more sensitive1 ,more faithful1 thou1 a second ,mother1 ,,ms4 ,w4 ,w41 ,dec4 #g1 #ahbg4 #bid #ahcb4 ,watched at all seasons1 and with industry ,,ms4 ,w4 ,w41 ,dec4 #g1 #ahbg4 #bie #ahcb4 444 ,benign must be4 ,,ms4 ,w4 ,w41 ,dec4 #g1 #ahbg4 #bif ,compare ,macbeth1 act ,,iv4 scene i4 l4 #hc4--;,,ed4 #big #ahcb4 444 ,assurance doubly sure4 ,,ms4 ,w4 ,w41 ,dec4 #g1 #ahbg4 #bih #ahcb4 444 the ,name an empty sound4 ,,ms4 ,w4 ,w41 ,dec4 #g1 #ahbg4 #bii ,this ,sonnet was sent by ,wordsworth in holograph ,,ms4 to ,orton ,hall in the form indicated in the footnotes1 dated ,dec4 #g1 #ahbg4--;,,ed4 ,,xxii ,,catechising ,from ,little down to ,least1 in due degree1 ,around the ,pastor1 each in new-wrought vest1 ,each with a vernal posy at his breast1 ,we stood1 a trembling1 earnest ,company6 ,with low soft murmur1 like a distant bee1 #e ,some spake1 by thought-perplexing fears betrayed2 ,and some a bold unerring answer made3 ,how fluttered then thy anxious heart for me1 ,belovd ,mother6 ,thou whose happy hand ,had bound the flowers ,i wore1 with faithful tie3#cjj #aj ,sweet flowers6 at whose inaudible command ,her countenance1 phantom-like1 doth re-appear3 ,o lost too early for the frequent tear1 ,and ill requited by this heartfelt sigh6 ,,footnotes3 #cjj ,see ,wordsworth's reference to his ,mother in his ,autobiographical ,memoranda4--,,ed4 ,,xxiii ,,confirmation ,published #ahbg ,the ,young-ones gathered in from hill and dale1 ,with holiday delight on every brow3 ',tis passed away2 far other thoughts prevail2 ,for they are taking the baptismal ,vow ,upon their conscious selves2 their own lips speak #e ,the solemn promise4 ,strongest sinews fail1 ,and many a blooming1 many a lovely1 cheek ,under the holy fear of ,god turns pale2 ,while on each head his lawn-robed servant lays ,an apostolic hand1 and with prayer seals #aj ,the ,covenant4 ,the ,omnipotent will raise ,their feeble ,souls2 and bear with his regrets1 ,who1 looking round the fair assemblage1 feels ,that ere the ,sun goes down their childhood sets4 ,,xxiv ,,confirmation ,,continued ,i saw a ,mother's eye intensely bent ,upon a ,maiden trembling as she knelt2 ,in and for whom the pious ,mother felt ,things that we judge of by a light too faint3 ,tell1 if ye may1 some star-crowned ,muse1 or ,saint6 #e ,tell what rushed in1 from what she was relieved-- ,then1 when her ,child the hallowing touch received1 ,and such vibration through#cja the ,mother went ,that tears burst forth amain4 ,did gleams appear8 ,opened a vision of that blissful place #aj ,where dwells a ,sister-child8 ,and was power given ,part of her lost ,one's glory back to trace ,even to this ,rite8 ,for thus ,she knelt1 and1 ere ,the summer-leaf had faded1 passed to ,heaven4#cjb ,,footnotes3 #cja #ahcg4 444 to 444 #ahbg4 #cjb ,compare the tribute to a ,daughter1 who died within the year after her confirmation1 in ,a ,presbyterian ,clergyman looking for the ,church1 by the ,rev4 ,flavel ,s4 ,mines1 p4 #ie4--;,,ed4 ,,xxv ,,sacrament ,published #ahbg ,by chain yet stronger must the ,soul be tied3 ,one duty more1 last stage of#cjc this ascent1 ,brings to thy food1 mysterious#cjd ,sacrament6 ,the ,offspring1 haply at the ,parent's side2 ,but not till ,they1 with all that do abide #e ,in ,heaven1 have lifted up their hearts to laud ,and magnify the glorious name of ,god1 ,fountain of ,grace1 whose ,son for sinners died4 ,ye1 who have duly weighed the summons1 pause ,no longer2 ye1#cje whom to the saving rite #aj ,the ,altar calls2 come early under laws ,that can secure for you a path of light ,through gloomiest shade2 put on 7nor dread its weight7 ,armour divine1 and conquer in your cause6 ,,footnotes3 #cjc #ahbg4 444 to 444 ,coleorton ,,ms4 #cjd #ahde4 444 memorial 444 #ahbg4 #cje #ahde4 ,here must my ,song in timid reverence pause3 ,but shrink not ye 444 #ahbg4 ,,xxvi ,,the ,,marriage ,,ceremony#cjf ,composed #ahdb4--,published #ahde ,the ,vested ,priest before the ,altar stands2 ,approach1 come gladly1 ye prepared1 in sight ,of ,god and chosen friends1 your troth to plight ,with the symbolic ring1 and willing hands#cjg ,solemnly joined4 ,now sanctify the bands1 #e ,o ,father6--to the ,espoused thy blessing give1 ,that mutually assisted they may live ,obedient1 as here taught1 to thy commands4 ,so prays the ,church1 to consecrate a ,vow ,the which would endless matrimony make2#cjh #aj ,union that shadows forth and doth partake ,a mystery potent human love to endow ,with heavenly1 each more prized for the other's sake2 ,weep not1 meek ,bride6 uplift thy timid brow4 ,,footnotes3 #cjf ,in a letter to ,professor ,henry ,reed1 dated ,rydal ,mount1 ,sept4 #d1 #ahdb1 ,wordsworth says3 ,a few days ago1 after a very long interval1 ,i returned to poetical composition2 and my first employment was to write a couple of ,sonnets upon subjects recommended by you to take place in the ,ecclesiastical ,series4 ,they are upon the ,marriage ,ceremony and the ,funeral ,service4 ,i have1 about the same time1 added two others1 both upon subjects taken from the ,services of our ,liturgy4--,,ed4 #cjg #ahdb4 ,together they kneel down who come in sight ,of ,god and chosen friends their troth to plight4 ,this have they done1 by words1 and prayers1 and hands c4 ,,xxvii ,,thanksgiving ,,after ,,childbirth ,composed #ahdb4--,published #ahde ,woman6 the ,power who left his throne on high1 ,and deigned to wear the robe of flesh we wear1 ,the ,power that thro' the straits of ,infancy ,did pass dependent on maternal care1 ,his own humanity with ,thee will share1 #e ,pleased with the thanks that in his ,people's eye ,thou offerest up for safe ,delivery ,from ,childbirth's perilous throes4 ,and should the ,heir ,of thy fond hopes hereafter walk inclined ,to courses fit to make a mother rue #aj ,that ever he was born1 a glance of mind ,cast upon this observance may renew ,a better will2 and1 in the imagined view ,of thee thus kneeling1 safety he may find4 ,,footnotes3 #cjh ,compare ,spenser's ,epithalamion1 stanza xl4 ll4 #baf1 #bag-- ,the sacred ceremonies these partake1 ,the which do endlesse matrimony make2 ,also1 ,southey's ,all for ,love1 or a sinner well saved1 ,part ,,iv4 stanza #df-- ,while they the sacred rites partake ,which endless matrimony make4--,,ed4 ,,xxviii ,,visitation ,,of ,,the ,,sick ,composed #ahdb4--,published #ahde ,the ,sabbath bells renew the inviting peal2 ,glad music6 yet there be that1 worn with pain ,and sickness1 listen where they long have lain1 ,in sadness listen4 ,with maternal zeal ,inspired1 the ,church sends ministers to kneel #e ,beside the afflicted2 to sustain with prayer1 ,and soothe the heart confession hath laid bare-- ,that pardon1 from ,god's throne1 may set its seal ,on a true ,penitent4 ,when breath departs ,from one disburthened so1 so comforted1 #aj ,his ,spirit ,angels greet2 and ours be hope ,that1 if the ,sufferer rise from his sick-bed1 ,hence he will gain a firmer mind1 to cope ,with a bad world1 and foil the ,tempter's arts4 ,,xxix ,,the ,,commination ,,service ,published #ahde ,shun not this rite1 neglected1 yea abhorred1 ,by some of unreflecting mind1 as calling ,man to curse man1 7thought monstrous and appalling47 ,go thou and hear the threatenings of the ,lord2#cji ,listening within his ,temple see his sword #e ,unsheathed in wrath to strike the offender's head1 ,thy own1 if sorrow for thy sin be dead1 ,guilt unrepented1 pardon unimplored4 ,two aspects bears ,truth needful for salvation2 ,who knows not that8--yet would this delicate age #aj ,look only on the ,gospel's brighter page3 ,let light and dark duly our thoughts employ2 ,so shall the fearful words of ,commination ,yield timely fruit of peace and love and joy4 ,,footnotes3 #cji #ahde4 444 as dealing ,with human curses1 banish the false feeling4 ,go thou 444 terrors 444 ,c4 ,,xxx ,,forms ,,of ,,prayer ,,at ,,sea ,published #ahde ,to kneeling ,worshippers no earthly floor ,gives holier invitation than the deck ,of a storm-shattered ,vessel saved from ,wreck 7,when all that ,man could do avail'd no more7 ,by him who raised the ,tempest and restrains3 #e ,happy the crew who this have felt1 and pour ,forth for his mercy1 as the ,church ordains1 ,solemn thanksgiving4 ,nor will they implore ,in vain who1 for a rightful cause1 give breath ,to words the ,church prescribes aiding the lip #aj ,for the heart's sake1 ere ship with hostile ship ,encounters1 armed for work of pain and death4 ,suppliants6 the ,god to whom your cause ye trust ,will listen1 and ye know that ,he is just4 ,,xxxi ,,funeral ,,service ,composed #ahdb4--,published #ahde ,from the ,baptismal hour1 thro' weal and woe1 ,the ,church extends her care to thought and deed2 ,nor quits the ,body when the ,soul is freed1 ,the mortal weight cast off to be laid low4 ,blest ,rite for him who hears in faith1 ,i know #e ,that my ,redeemer liveth1--hears each word ,that follows--striking on some kindred chord ,deep in the thankful heart2--yet tears will flow4 ,man is as grass that springeth up at morn1 ,grows green1 and is cut down and withereth #aj ,ere nightfall--truth that well may claim a sigh1 ,its natural echo2 but hope comes reborn ,at ,,jesu',s bidding4 ,we rejoice3 ,o ,death ,where is thy ,sting8--,o ,grave where is thy ,victory8 ,,xxxii ,,rural ,,ceremony#caj ,closing the sacred ,book#caa which long has fed ,our meditations1#cab give we to a day ,of annual#cac joy one tributary lay2 ,this#cad day1 when1 forth by rustic music led1 ,the village ,children1 while the sky is red #e ,with evening lights1 advance in long array ,through the still church-yard1 each with garland gay1 ,that1 carried sceptre-like1 o'ertops the head ,of the proud ,bearer4 ,to the wide church-door1 ,charged with these offerings which their fathers bore #aj ,for decoration in the ,papal time1 ,the innocent ,procession softly moves3-- ,the spirit of ,laud is pleased in heaven's pure clime1 ,and ,hooker's voice the spectacle approves6 ,,footnotes3 #caj ,this is still continued in many churches in ,westmoreland4 ,it takes place in the month of ,july1 when the floor of the stalls is strewn with fresh rushes2 and hence it is called the ,rush-bearing4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 #caa #ahbb4 444 precious ,book 444 ,c4 #cab #ahde4 ,with smiles each happy face was overspread1 ,that trial ended 444 #ahbb4 ,content with calmer scenes around us spread ,and humbler objects1 444 #ahbg4 #cac #ahbg4 ,of festal 444 #ahbb4 #cad #ahbg4 ,that 444 #ahbb4 ,,xxxiii ,,regrets ,would that our scrupulous ,sires had dared to leave ,less scanty measure of those graceful rites ,and usages1 whose due return invites ,a stir of mind too natural to deceive2 ,giving to#cae ,memory help when she would weave #e ,a crown for ,hope6--,i dread the boasted lights ,that all too often are but fiery blights1 ,killing the bud o'er which in vain we grieve4 ,go1 seek1 when ,christmas snows discomfort bring1 ,the counter ,spirit found in some gay church #aj ,green with fresh holly1 every pew a perch ,in which the linnet or the thrush might sing1 ,merry and loud and safe from prying search1 ,strains offered only to the genial ,spring4 ,,footnotes3 #cae #ahde4 ,giving the 444 #ahbb4 ,,xxxiv ,,mutability ,from low to high doth dissolution climb1 ,and sink#caf from high to low1 along a scale ,of awful notes1 whose concord shall not fail2 ,a musical but melancholy chime1 ,which they can hear who meddle not with crime1 #e ,nor avarice1 nor over-anxious care4 ,truth fails not2 but her outward forms that bear ,the longest date do melt like frosty rime1 ,that in the morning whitened hill and plain ,and is no more2 drop like the tower sublime #aj ,of yesterday1 which royally did wear ,his#cag crown of weeds1 but could not even sustain ,some casual shout that broke the silent air1 ,or the unimaginable touch of ,time4 ,,footnotes3 #caf #ahdj4 ,and sinks 444 #ahbb4 #cag #ahcg4 ,its 444 #ahbb4 ,,xxxv ,,old ,,abbeys ,monastic ,domes6 following my downward way1 ,untouched by due regret ,i marked your fall6 ,now1 ruin1 beauty1 ancient stillness1 all ,dispose to judgments temperate as we lay ,on our past selves in life's declining day3 #e ,for as1 by discipline of ,time made wise1 ,we learn to tolerate the infirmities ,and faults of others--gently as he may1#cah ,so with#cai our own the mild ,instructor deals ,teaching us to forget them or forgive4#cbj #aj ,perversely curious1 then1 for hidden ill ,why should we break ,time's charitable seals8 ,once ye were holy1 ye are holy still2 ,your spirit freely let me drink1 and live6 ,,footnotes3 #cah #ahbb4 444--so1 where'er he may #ahcg4 ,the edition of #ahde returns to the text of #ahbb4 #cai #ahcg4 ,towards 444 #ahbb4 #cbj ,this is borrowed from an affecting passage in ,mr4 ,george ,dyer's ,history of ,cambridge4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,,xxxvi ,,emigrant ,,french ,,clergy ,published #ahbg ,even while ,i speak1 the sacred roofs of ,france ,are shattered into dust2 and self-exiled ,from altars threatened1 levelled1 or defiled1 ,wander the ,ministers of ,god1 as chance ,opens a way for life1 or consonance #e ,of faith invites4 ,more welcome to no land ,the fugitives than to the ,british strand1 ,where priest and layman with the vigilance ,of true compassion greet them4 ,creed and test ,vanish before the unreserved embrace #aj ,of catholic humanity3--distrest ,they came1--and1 while the moral tempest roars ,throughout the ,country they have left1 our shores ,give to their ,faith a fearless#cba resting-place4 ,,footnotes3 #cba #ahcg4 444 dreadless 444 #ahbg4 ,,xxxvii ,,congratulation ,thus all things lead to ,charity1 secured ,by ,,them who blessed the soft and happy gale ,that landward urged the great ,deliverer's sail1#cbb ,till in the sunny bay his fleet was moored6 ,propitious hour6 had we1 like them1 endured #e ,sore stress of apprehension1#cbc with a mind ,sickened by injuries1 dreading worse designed1 ,from month to month trembling and unassured1 ,how had we then rejoiced6 ,but we have felt1 ,as a loved substance1 their futurity3 #aj ,good1 which they dared not hope for1 we have seen2 ,a ,state whose generous will through earth is dealt2 ,a ,state--which1 balancing herself between ,licence and slavish order1 dares be free4 ,,footnotes3 #cbb ,the ,statesmen of the ,revolution1 who hailed the arrival of ,william of ,orange from ,holland4--,,ed4 #cbc ,see ,burnet1 who is unusually animated on this subject2 the east wind1 so anxiously expected and prayed for1 was called the ,protestant wind4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,,xxxviii ,,new ,,churches ,but liberty1 and triumphs on the ,main1 ,and laurelled armies1 not to be withstood-- ,what serve they8 if1 on transitory good ,intent1 and sedulous of abject gain1 ,the ,state 7ah1 surely not preserved in vain67 #e ,forbear to shape due channels which the ,flood ,of sacred truth may enter--till it brood ,o'er the wide realm1 as o'er the ,egyptian plain ,the all-sustaining ,nile4 ,no more--the time ,is conscious of her want2 through ,england's bounds1 ,in rival haste1 the wished-for ,temples rise6#cbd #aa ,i hear their sabbath bells' harmonious chime ,float on the breeze--the heavenliest of all sounds ,that vale or hill#cbe prolongs or multiplies6 ,,footnotes3 #cbd ,in #ahah1 under the ministry of ,lord ,liverpool1 #a1jjj1jjj was voted by ,parliament to build new churches in ,england4--,,ed4 #cbe #ahcg4 ,that hill or vale 444 #ahbb4 ,,xxxix ,,church ,,to ,,be ,,erected#cbf ,be this the chosen site2 the virgin sod1 ,moistened from age to age by dewy eve1 ,shall disappear1 and grateful earth receive ,the corner-stone from hands that build to ,god4 ,yon reverend hawthorns1 hardened to the rod #e ,of winter storms1 yet budding cheerfully2 ,those forest oaks of ,druid memory1 ,shall long survive1 to shelter the ,abode ,of genuine ,faith4 ,where1 haply1 'mid this band ,of daisies1 shepherds sate of yore and wove #aj ,may-garlands1 there let#cbg the holy altar stand ,for kneeling adoration2--while--above1 ,broods1 visibly portrayed1 the mystic ,dove1 ,that shall protect from blasphemy the ,land4 ,,footnotes3 #cbf ,this1 and the two following sonnets1 were probably the first composed of these ,ecclesiastical ,sketches4 ,the church to be erected was a new one built on ,coleorton ,moor by ,sir ,george ,beaumont4 7,see ,prefatory note to the series1 p4 #a47--;,,ed4 #cbg #ahdj4 ,may-garlands1 let 444 #ahbb4 ,,xl ,,continued ,mine ear has rung1 my spirit#cbh sunk subdued1 ,sharing the strong emotion of the crowd1 ,when each pale brow to dread hosannas bowed ,while clouds of incense mounting veiled the rood1 ,that glimmered like a pine-tree dimly viewed #e ,through ,alpine vapours4 ,such appalling rite ,our ,church prepares not1 trusting to the might ,of simple truth with grace divine imbued2 ,yet will we not conceal the precious ,cross1 ,like men ashamed3#cbi the ,sun with his first smile ,shall greet that symbol crowning the low ,pile3 #aa ,and the fresh air of incense-breathing morn#ccj ,shall wooingly embrace it2 and green moss ,creep round its arms through centuries unborn4 ,,footnotes3 #cbh #ahbg4 444 spirits 444 #ahbb4 #cbi ,the ,lutherans have retained the ,cross within their churches3 it is to be regretted that we have not done the same4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,it has always been retained without1 and is now scarcely less common within the churches of ,england4 ,did the poet confound the ,cross with the ,crucifix8--,,ed4 #ccj ,compare ,gray's ,elegy1 stanza v4-- ,the breezy call of incense-breathing morn4--,,ed4 ,,xli ,,new ,,church-,,yard ,the encircling ground1 in native turf arrayed1 ,is now by solemn consecration given ,to social interests1 and to favouring ,heaven1 ,and where the rugged colts their gambols played1 ,and wild deer bounded through the forest glade1 #e ,unchecked as when by merry ,outlaw driven1 ,shall hymns of praise resound at morn and even2 ,and soon1 full soon1 the lonely ,sexton's spade ,shall wound the tender sod4 ,encincture small1 ,but infinite its grasp of weal and woe6#cca #aj ,hopes1 fears1 in never-ending ebb and flow2-- ,the spousal trembling1 and the dust to dust1 ,the prayers1 the contrite struggle1 and the trust ,that to the ,almighty ,father looks through all4 ,,footnotes3 #cca #ahcg4 444 its grasp of joy and woe6 #ahbb4 444 in grasp of weal and woe6 #ahcb4 ,,xlii ,,cathedrals1 ,,etc4 ,open your gates1 ye everlasting ,piles6 ,types of the spiritual ,church which ,god hath reared2 ,not loth we quit the newly-hallowed sward ,and humble altar1 'mid your sumptuous aisles ,to kneel1 or thrid your intricate defiles1 #e ,or down the nave to pace in motion slow2 ,watching1 with upward eye1#ccb the tall tower grow ,and mount1 at every step1 with living wiles ,instinct--to rouse the heart and lead the will ,by a bright ladder to the world above4 #aj ,open your gates1 ye ,monuments of love ,divine6 thou ,lincoln1 on thy sovereign hill6 ,thou1 stately ,york6 and ,ye1 whose splendours cheer ,isis and ,cam1 to patient ,science dear6#ccc ,,footnotes3 #ccb #ahbg4 444 eyes1 444 #ahbb4 #ccc ,this ,sonnet was published in ,time's ,telescope1 ,september #ahbc1 p4 #bfj4--;,,ed4 ,,xliii ,,inside ,,of ,,king',s ,,college ,,chapel1 ,,cambridge ,tax not the royal ,saint#ccd with vain expense1 ,with ill-matched aims the ,architect who planned-- ,albeit labouring for a scanty band ,of white-robed ,scholars only--this immense ,and glorious ,work of fine intelligence6 #e ,give all thou canst2 high ,heaven rejects the lore ,of nicely-calculated less or more2 ,so deemed the man who fashioned for the sense ,these lofty pillars1 spread that branching roof ,self-poised1 and scooped into ten thousand cells1 #aj ,where light and shade repose1 where music dwells ,lingering--and wandering on as loth to die2 ,like thoughts whose very sweetness yieldeth proof ,that they were born for immortality4 ,,footnotes3 #ccd ,king ,henry ,,vi41 who founded ,king's ,college1 ,cambridge4--,,ed4 ,,xliv ,,the ,,same ,what awful prspective6 while from our sight ,with gradual stealth the lateral windows hide ,their ,portraitures1 their stone-work glimmers1 dyed ,in#cce the soft chequerings of a sleepy light4 ,martyr1 or ,king1 or sainted ,eremite1 #e ,whoe'er ye be1 that thus1 yourselves unseen1 ,imbue your prison-bars with solemn sheen1 ,shine on1 until ye fade with coming ,night6-- ,but1 from the arms of silence--list6 ,o list6 ,the music bursteth into second life2 #e ,the notes luxuriate1 every stone is kissed ,by sound1 or ghost of sound1 in mazy strife2 ,heart-thrilling strains1 that cast1 before the eye ,of the devout1 a veil of ecstasy6 ,,footnotes3 #cce #ahbg4 ,their portraiture the lateral windows hide1 ,glimmers their corresponding stone-work1 dyed ,with 444 #ahbb4 ,,xlv ,,continued ,they dreamt not of a perishable home ,who thus could build4#ccf ,be mine1 in hours of fear ,or grovelling thought1 to seek a refuge here2 ,or through the aisles of ,westminster to roam2 ,where bubbles burst1 and folly's dancing foam #e ,melts1 if it cross the threshold2 where the wreath ,of awe-struck wisdom droops3 or let my path ,lead to that younger ,pile1 whose sky-like dome#ccg ,hath typified by reach of daring art ,infinity's embrace2 whose guardian crest1 #aj ,the silent ,cross1 among the stars shall spread ,as now1 when ,she hath also seen her breast ,filled with mementos1 satiate with its part ,of grateful ,england's overflowing ,dead4 ,,footnotes3 #ccf ,compare ,the ,excursion1 book v4 l4 #ade-- ,not raised in nice proportions was the pile2 ,but large and massy2 for duration built4 #ccg ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral1 designed by ,sir ,christopher ,wren 7#afge-agaj74--;,,ed4 ,,xlvi ,,ejaculation ,glory to ,god6 and to the ,power who came ,in filial duty1 clothed with love divine1 ,that made his human tabernacle shine ,like ,ocean burning with purpureal flame2 ,or like the ,alpine ,mount1 that takes its name #e ,from roseate hues1#cch far kenned at morn and even1 ,in hours of peace1 or when the storm is driven ,along the nether region's rugged frame6 ,earth prompts--,heaven urges2 let us seek the light1 ,studious of that pure intercourse begun #aj ,when first our infant brows their lustre won2 ,so1 like the ,mountain1 may we grow more bright ,from unimpeded commerce with the ,sun1 ,at the approach of all-involving night4 ,,footnotes3 #cch ,some say that ,monte ,rosa takes its name from a belt of rock at its summit--a very unpoetical and scarcely a probable supposition4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbb4 ,,xlvii ,,conclusion ,why sleeps the future1 as a snake enrolled1 ,coil within coil1 at noon-tide8 ,for the ,,word ,yields1 if with unpresumptuous faith explored1 ,power at whose touch the sluggard shall unfold ,his drowsy rings4 ,look forth6--that ,stream behold1 ,,that ,,stream upon whose bosom we have passed #f ,floating at ease while nations have effaced ,nations1 and ,death has gathered to his fold ,long lines of mighty ,kings--look forth1 my ,soul6 7,nor in this#cci vision be thou slow to trust7 #aj ,the living ,waters1 less and less by guilt ,stained and polluted1 brighten as they roll1 ,till they have reached the eternal ,city--built ,for the perfected ,spirits of the just6 ,,footnotes3 #cci #ahbg4 444 that 444 #ahbb4 ,,to ,,the ,,lady ,,fleming1#cdj ,,on ,,seeing ,,the ,,foundation ,,preparing ,,for ,,the ,,erection ,,of ,,rydal ,,chapel1#cda ,,westmoreland ,composed #ahbb4--,published #ahbg ,after thanking ,lady ,fleming in prose for the service she had done to her neighbourhood by erecting this ,chapel1 ,i have nothing to say beyond the expression of regret that the architect did not furnish an elevation better suited to the site in a narrow mountain-pass1 and1 what is of more consequence1 better constructed in the interior for the purposes of worship4 ,it has no chancel2 the altar is unbecomingly confined2 the pews are so narrow as to preclude the possibility of kneeling with comfort2 there is no vestry2 and what ought to have been first mentioned1 the font1 instead of standing at its proper place at the entrance1 is thrust into the farther end of a pew4 ,when these defects shall be pointed out to the munificent ,patroness1 they will1 it is hoped1 be corrected4--,i4 ,f4#cdb ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection1 from the edition of #ahbg to that of #ahdc2 but transferred1 in #ahde1 to the ,miscellaneous ,poems4 ,from #ahbg to #ahcf the title was ,to the ,lady ----1 on seeing the foundation preparing for the erection of ---- ,chapel1 ,westmoreland4--,,ed4 ,i ,blest is this ,isle--our native ,land2 ,where battlement and moated gate ,are objects only for the hand ,of hoary ,time to decorate2 ,where shady hamlet1 town that breathes #e ,its busy smoke in social wreaths1 ,no rampart's stern defence require1 ,nought but the heaven-directed spire1 ,and#cdc steeple tower 7with pealing bells ,far-heard7--our only citadels4 #aj ,,ii ,o ,lady6 from a noble line ,of chieftains sprung1#cdd who stoutly bore ,the spear1 yet gave to works divine ,a bounteous help in days of yore1 7,as records mouldering in the ,dell #ae ,of ,nightshade#cde haply yet may tell27 ,thee kindred aspirations moved ,to build1 within a vale beloved1 ,for ,him upon whose high behests ,all peace depends1 all safety rests4 #bj ,,iii#cdf ,how fondly will the woods embrace ,this daughter of thy pious care1 ,lifting her#cdg front with modest grace ,to make a fair recess more fair2 ,and to exalt the passing hour2 #be ,or soothe it with a healing power ,drawn from the ,sacrifice fulfilled1 ,before this rugged soil was tilled1 ,or human habitation rose ,to interrupt the deep repose6#cdh #cj ,,iv ,well may the villagers rejoice6 ,nor heat1 nor cold1 nor weary ways1 ,will be#cdi a hindrance to the voice ,that would unite in prayer and praise2 ,more duly shall wild wandering ,youth #ce ,receive the curb of sacred truth1 ,shall tottering ,age1 bent earthward1 hear ,the ,promise1 with uplifted ear2#cej ,and all shall welcome the new ray ,imparted to their sabbath-day4 #dj ,v ,nor deem the ,poet's hope misplaced1 ,his fancy cheated--that can see ,a shade upon the future cast1 ,of time's pathetic sanctity2 ,can hear the monitory clock #de ,sound o'er the lake with gentle shock#cea ,at evening1#ceb when the ground beneath ,is ruffled o'er with cells of death2 ,where happy generations lie1 ,here tutored for eternity4 #ej ,,vi ,lives there a man whose sole delights ,are trivial pomp and city noise1 ,hardening a heart that loathes or slights ,what every natural heart enjoys8 ,who never caught a noon-tide dream #ee ,from murmur of a running stream2 ,could strip1 for aught the prospect yields ,to him1 their verdure from the fields2 ,and take the radiance from the clouds ,in which the sun his setting shrouds4#cec #fj ,,vii ,a soul so pitiably forlorn1 ,if such do on this earth abide1 ,may season apathy with scorn1 ,may turn indifference to pride2 ,and still be not unblest--compared #fe ,with him who grovels1 self-debarred#ced ,from all that lies within the scope ,of holy faith and christian hope2 ,or1 shipwreck'd1 kindles on the coast ,false fires1 that others may be lost4#cee #gj ,,viii ,alas6 that such perverted zeal ,should spread on ,britain's favoured ground6#cef ,that public order1 private weal1 ,should e'er have felt or feared a wound ,from champions of the desperate law #ge ,which from their own blind hearts they draw2#ceg ,who tempt their reason to deny ,god1 whom their passions dare defy1#ceh ,and boast that they alone are free ,who reach this dire extremity6 #hj ,,ix ,but turn we from these bold bad men2#cei ,the way1 mild ,lady6 that hath led ,down to their dark opprobrious den1#cfj ,is all too rough for ,thee to tread4 ,softly as morning vapours glide #he ,down ,rydal-cove from ,fairfield's side1#cfa ,should move the tenor of his song ,who means to charity no wrong2 ,whose offering gladly would accord ,with this day's work1 in thought and word4 #ij ,x ,heaven prosper it6 may peace1 and love1 ,and hope1 and consolation1 fall1 ,through its meek influence1 from above1 ,and penetrate the hearts of all2 ,all who1 around the hallowed ,fane1 #ie ,shall sojourn in this fair domain2 ,grateful to ,thee1 while service pure1 ,and ancient ordinance1 shall endure1 ,for opportunity bestowed ,to kneel together1 and adore their ,god6#cfb #ajj ,,footnotes3 #cdj #ahdj4 ,to the ,lady ---- 444 #ahbg4 #cda #ahdj4 ,of ---- ,chapel 444 #ahbg4 #cdb ,rydal ,chapel remained in the state mentioned in the ,fenwick note till the year #ahhd4--;,,ed4 #cdc #ahbg4 ,or 444 ,,ms4 sent to ,lady ,beaumont4 #cdd ,the ,fleming family is descended from ,sir ,michael le ,fleming1 a relative of ,baldwin1 ,earl of ,flanders1 brother-in-law to ,william the ,conqueror4 ,this ,sir ,michael le ,fleming1 who came over with the ,conqueror1 was sent into ,cumberland against the ,scots1 and was rewarded for his services by the gift of several manors in ,copeland1 ,cumberland4--,,ed4 #cde ,bekangs ,ghyll--or the dell of ,nightshade--in which stands ,st4 ,mary's ,abbey in ,low ,furness4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbg4 #cdf ,in the edition of #ahbg1 stanzas iii4 and iv4 are numbered iv4 and iii4 respectively4--,,ed4 #cdg #ahcb4 ,even ,strangers1 slackening here their pace1 ,shall hail this work of pious care1 ,lifting its 444 #ahbg4 #cdh ,compare ,glen-,almain 7vol4 ii4 p4 #cid7-- ,a convent1 even a hermit's cell1 ,would break the silence of this ,dell4--,,ed4 #cdi #ahbg4 ,nor storms henceforth1 nor weary ways1 ,shall be 444 ,,ms4 sent to ,lord ,lonsdale4 #cej #ahbg4 ,the ,aged shall be free to hear ,the ,promise1 caught with steadfast ear4 ,,ms4 sent to ,lord ,lonsdale4 #cea #ahcb4 ,not yet the corner stone is laid ,with solemn rite2 but ,fancy sees ,the tower time-stricken1 and in shade ,embosomed of coeval trees2 ,hears1 o'er the lake1 the warning clock ,as it shall sound with gentle shock #ahbg4 #ceb ,compare the last stanza of ,the ,wishing ,gate4--,,ed4 #cec ,compare the ,ode1 ,intimations of ,immortality1 stanza xi4--,,ed4 #ced #ahbg4 ,with one who fosters disregard ,,ms4 sent to ,lady ,beaumont4 #cee #ahbg4 ,yea1 strives for others to bedim ,the glorious ,light too pure for him4 #ahcb4 ,the text of #ahde returns to that of #ahbg4 #cef #ahbg4 444 happy ground4 ,,ms4 to ,lady ,beaumont4 #ceg #ahbg4 ,from ,scoffers leagued in desperate plot ,to make their own the general lot2 ,,ms4 to ,lady ,beaumont4 #ceh #ahbg4 444 do defy1 ,,ms4 to ,lady ,beaumont4 #cei ,see ,the ,farie ,queene1 book ,i4 canto i4 stanza #cg4 ,also ,shakespeare's ,henry ,,viii41 act ,,ii4 scene ii4 l4 #dd4--;,,ed4 #cfj ,see ,paradise ,lost1 book ii4 l4 #eh4--;,,ed4 #cfa #ahcb4 ,through ,rydal ,cove from ,fairfield's side1 ,,ms4 to ,lady ,beaumont4 ,through ,mosedale-,cove from ,carrock's side1 #ahbg4 #cfb ,dorothy ,wordsworth wrote to ,henry ,crabb ,robinson 7,december #ba1 #ahbb71 ,william has just written a poem upon the ,foundation of a ,church1 which ,lady ,fleming is about to erect at ,rydal4 ,it is about #hj lines4 ,i like it much4 ,this letter was obviously written before the poem reached its final form4--,,ed4 ,,on ,,the ,,same ,,occasion ,composed #ahbb4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection from the edition of #ahbg to that of #ahdc4 ,in #ahce transferred to the ,miscellaneous ,poems4--,,ed4 ,oh6 gather whencesoe'er ye safely may ,the help which slackening ,piety requires2 ,nor deem that he perforce must go astray ,who treads upon the footmarks of his sires4 ,our churches1 invariably perhaps1 stand east and west1 but why is by few persons exactly known2 nor1 that the degree of deviation from due east often noticeable in the ancient ones was determined1 in each particular case1 by the point in the horizon1 at which the sun rose upon the day of the saint to whom the church was dedicated4#cfc ,these observances of our ancestors1 and the causes of them1 are the subject of the following stanzas4 ,when in the antique age of bow and spear ,and feudal rapine clothed with iron mail1 ,came ministers of peace1 intent to rear ,the ,mother ,church in yon sequestered vale2#cfd ,then1 to her ,patron ,saint a previous rite #e ,resounded with deep swell and solemn close1 ,through unremitting vigils of the night1 ,till from his couch the wished-for ,sun uprose4 ,he rose1 and straight--as by divine command1 ,they1 who had waited for that sign to trace #aj ,their work's foundation1 gave with careful hand ,to the high altar its determined place2 ,mindful of ,him who in the ,orient born ,there lived1 and on the cross his life resigned1 ,and who1 from out the regions of the morn1 #ae ,issuing in pomp1 shall come to judge mankind4 ,so taught their creed2--nor failed the eastern sky1 ',mid these more awful feelings1 to infuse ,the sweet and natural hopes that shall not die1 ,long as the sun his gladsome course renews4 #bj ,for us hath such prelusive vigil ceased2 ,yet still we plant1 like men of elder days1 ,our christian altar faithful to the east1 ,whence the tall window drinks the morning rays2 ,that obvious emblem giving to the eye #be ,of meek devotion1 which erewhile it gave1 ,that symbol of the day-spring from on high1 ,triumphant o'er the darkness of the grave4#cfe ,,footnotes3 #cfc ,st4 ,oswald's ,day is the #hth of ,august in the ,calendar4--,,ed4 #cfd ,doubtless ,grasmere ,church 7itself originally a chapelry under ,kendal71 the advowson of which was sold in #aegc to the ,le ,flemings of ,rydal4 ,the date of the foundation is prehistoric4 ,there is a thirteenth century window in it1 but the tower is older4 ,the church is dedicated to ,st4 ,oswald1 ,king of ,northumbria4--,,ed4 #cfe ,compare ,ode1 ,intimations of ,immortality1 l4 #aag-- ,in darkness lost1 the darkness of the grave4--,,ed4 #ahbc ,only one poem and two sonnets were written in #ahbc4--;,,ed4 ,,memory ,composed #ahbc4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4 ,see the ,fenwick note to the lines ,written in a ,blank ,leaf of ,macpherson's ,ossian 7p4 #cgc of this volume71 where ,wordsworth says that the poem was suggested from apprehensions of the fate of his friend1 ,h4 ,c4 7,hartley ,coleridge74--,,ed4 ,a pen--to register2 a key-- ,that winds through secret wards2 ,are well assigned to ,memory ,by allegoric ,bards4 ,as aptly1 also1 might be given #e ,a ,pencil to her hand2 ,that1 softening objects1 sometimes even ,outstrips the heart's demand2 ,that smooths foregone distress1 the lines ,of lingering care subdues1 #aj ,long-vanished happiness refines1 ,and clothes in brighter hues2 ,yet1 like a tool of ,fancy1 works ,those ,spectres to dilate ,that startle ,conscience1 as she lurks #ae ,within her lonely seat4 ,o6 that our lives1 which flee so fast1 ,in purity were such1 ,that not an image of the past ,should fear that pencil's touch6 #bj ,retirement then might hourly look ,upon a soothing scene1 ,age steal to his allotted nook ,contented and serene2 ,with heart as calm as lakes that sleep1 #be ,in frosty moonlight glistening2 ,or mountain rivers1 where they creep ,along a channel smooth and deep1 ,to their own far-off murmurs listening4 ,,not ,,love1 ,,not ,,war1 ,,nor ,,the ,,tumultuous ,,swell ,composed #ahbc4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,not ,love1 not#cff ,war1 nor the tumultuous swell ,of civil conflict1 nor the wrecks of change1 ,nor#cfg ,duty struggling with afflictions strange-- ,not these alone inspire the tuneful shell2 ,but where untroubled peace and concord dwell1 #e ,there also is the ,muse not loth to range1 ,watching the twilight smoke of cot or grange1#cfh ,skyward ascending from a woody dell4#cficgj ,meek aspirations please her1 lone endeavour1 ,and sage content1 and placid melancholy2 #aj ,she loves to gaze upon a crystal river-- ,diaphanous because it travels slowly2#cga ,soft is the music that would charm for ever2#cgb ,the flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly4 ,,footnotes3 #cff #ahcb4 444 nor 444 #ahbc4 #cfg #ahbg4 ,and 444 #ahbc4cgc #cfh #ahcg4 ,watching the blue smoke of the elmy grange1 #ahbc4 #cfi #ahcg4 444 from the twilight dell1 #ahbc4 #cgj ,compare ,tintern ,abbey1 ,,ii4 #ag1 #ah4--;,,ed4 #cga e4 g4 ,the ,rothay1 or the ,duddon4--,,ed4 #cgb #ahbg4 444 please for ever1 #ahbc4 #cgc ,see the same reading in ,the ,poetical ,album1 #ahbi1 vol4 i4 p4 #dc1 edited by ,alaric ,watts4--,,ed4 ,a ,,volant ,,tribe ,,of ,,bards ,,on ,,earth ,,are ,,found ,composed #ahbc4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,a volant ,tribe of ,bards on earth are found1 ,who1 while the flattering ,zephyrs round them play1 ,on coignes of vantage#cgd hang their nests of clay2 ,how quickly from that aery hold unbound1 ,dust for oblivion6 ,to the solid ground #e ,of nature trusts the ,mind that builds for aye2 ,convinced that there1 there only1 she can lay ,secure foundations4 ,as the year runs round1 ,apart she toils within the chosen ring2 ,while the stars shine1#cge or while day's purple eye #aj ,is gently closing with the flowers of spring2 ,where even the motion of an ,angel's wing ,would interrupt the intense tranquillity ,of silent hills1 and more than silent sky4#cgf ,,footnotes3 #cgd ,macbeth1 act ,i4 scene vi4 l4 #g4--;,,ed4 #cge #ahbg4 444 nests of clay1 ,work cunningly devised1 and seeming sound2 ,but quickly from its airy hold unbound ,by its own weight1 or washed1 or blown away ,with silent imperceptible decay4 ,if man must build1 admit him to thy ground1 ,o ,truth6 to work within the eternal ring1 ,where the stars shine1 444 #ahbc4 #cgf ,compare ,alexander ,hume's ,day's ,estival 7#aeii74 ,this and the preceding sonnet were first published in #ahbc in ,a ,collection of ,poems1 chiefly manuscript1 and from living authors1 edited for the benefit of a ,friend1 by ,joanna ,baillie4 ,the collection includes ,sir ,walter ,scott's ,macduff's ,cross1 and ,southey's ,the ,cataract of ,lodore4--,,ed4 #ahbd ,the poems written in #ahbd were few4 ,they include two addressed to ,mrs4 ,wordsworth1 two or three composed at ,coleorton1 and a couple of memorial sonnets suggested during a tour in ,north ,wales4--,,ed4 ,,to ---- ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,on ,mrs4 ,wordsworth4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,poems founded on the ,affections4--,,ed4 ,let other bards of angels sing1 ,bright suns without a spot2 ,but thou art no such perfect thing3 ,rejoice that thou art not6 #cgg ,heed not tho' none should call thee fair2#cgh #e ,so1 ,mary1 let it be ,if nought in loveliness compare ,with what thou art to me4 ,true beauty dwells in deep retreats1 ,whose veil is unremoved #aj ,till heart with heart in concord beats1 ,and the lover is beloved4 ,,footnotes3 #cgg ,such if thou wert in all men's view1 ,a universal show1 ,what would my ,fancy have to do1 ,my ,feelings to bestow8 ,a second 7additional7 stanza in the editions of #ahbg-dc4 #cgh #ahcb4 ,the world denies that ,thou art fair2 #ahbg4 ,,to ---- ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,to ,mrs4 ,w4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems founded on the ,affections4--,,ed4 ,o dearer far than light and life are dear1 ,full oft our human foresight ,i deplore2 ,trembling1 through my unworthiness1 with fear ,that friends1 by death disjoined1 may meet no more6 ,misgivings1 hard to vanquish or control1 #e ,mix with the day1 and cross the hour of rest2 ,while all the future1 for thy purer soul1 ,with sober certainties of love is blest4#cgi ,that sigh of thine1#chj not meant for human ear1 ,tells#cha that these words thy humbleness offend2 #aj ,yet bear me up#chb--;else faltering in the rear ,of a steep march3 support#chc me to the end4 ,peace settles where the intellect is meek1 ,and ,love is dutiful in thought and deed2 ,through ,thee communion with that ,love ,i seek3 #ae ,the faith ,heaven strengthens where he moulds the ,creed4 ,,footnotes3 #cgi ,see ,comus1 l4 #bfc4--;,,ed4 #chj #ahcf4 ,if a faint sigh1 444 #ahbg4 #cha #ahcf4 ,tell 444 #ahbg4 #chb #ahcf4 ,cherish me still-- 444 #ahbg4 #chc #ahcf4 444 uphold 444 #ahbg4 ,,how ,,rich ,,that ,,forehead',s ,,calm ,,expanse6 ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,mrs4 ,wordsworth's impression is that the ,poem was written at ,coleorton3 it was certainly suggested by a ,print at ,coleorton ,hall4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems founded on the ,affections4--,,ed4 ,how rich that forehead's calm expanse6 ,how bright that heaven-directed glance6 --,waft her to glory1 wingd ,powers1 ,ere sorrow be renewed1 ,and intercourse with mortal hours #e ,bring back a humbler mood6 ,so looked ,cecilia when she drew ,an ,angel from his station2#chd ,so looked2 not ceasing to pursue ,her tuneful adoration6 #aj ,but hand and voice alike are still2 ,no sound here sweeps away the will ,that gave it birth3 in service meek ,one upright arm sustains the cheek1 ,and one across the bosom lies-- #ae ,that rose1 and now forgets to rise1 ,subdued by breathless harmonies ,of meditative feeling2 ,mute strains from worlds beyond the skies1 ,through the pure light of female eyes1 #bj ,their sanctity revealing6 ,,footnotes3 #chd ,compare ,dryden's ,alexander's ,feast1 an ,ode in honour of ,st4 ,cecilia's ,day-- ,timotheus4 ,he raised a mortal to the skies4 ,cecilia4 ,she drew an angel down4--,,ed4 ,,to ---- ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,prompted by the undue importance attached to personal beauty by some dear friends of mine4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems founded on the ,affections4--,,ed4 ,look at the fate of summer flowers1 ,which blow at daybreak1 droop ere even-song2#che ,and1 grieved for their brief date1 confess that ours1 ,measured by what we are and ought to be1 ,measured by all that1 trembling1 we foresee1 #e ,is not so long6 ,if human ,life do pass away1 ,perishing yet more swiftly than the flower1 ,if we are creatures of a winter's day2#chf ,what space hath ,virgin's beauty to disclose #aj ,her sweets1 and triumph o'er the breathing rose8 ,not even an hour6 ,the deepest grove whose foliage hid ,the happiest lovers ,arcady might boast ,could not the entrance of this thought forbid3 #ae ,o be thou wise as they1 soul-gifted ,maid6 ,nor rate too high what must so quickly fade1 ,so soon be lost4 ,then shall love teach some virtuous ,youth ,to draw1 out of the object of his eyes1#chg #bj ,the while#chh on thee they gaze in simple truth1 ,hues more exalted1 a refind ,form1 ,that dreads not age1 nor suffers from the worm1 ,and never dies4 ,,footnotes3 #che ,compare ,robert ,herrick's poem ,to ,daffodils-- ,fair daffodils1 we weep to see ,you haste away so soon2 ,as yet the early rising sun ,has not attain'd his noon4 ,stay1 stay1 ,until the hasting day ,has run ,but to the even-song1 etc4 ,see also his poem ,to ,blossoms4--,,ed4 #chf #ahcf4 ,whose frail existence is but of a day2 #ahbg4 #chg ,compare ,lyly's ,endymion1 v4 #c-- ,to have him in the object of mine eyes4--,,ed4 #chh #ahcf4 ,the whilst 444 #ahbg4 ,a ,,flower ,,garden1 ,,at ,,coleorton ,,hall1 ,,leicestershire#chi ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,planned by my friend1 ,lady ,beaumont1 in connection with the garden at ,coleorton4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,fancy4--,,ed4 ,tell me1 ye ,zephyrs6 that unfold1 ,while fluttering o'er this gay ,recess1#cij ,pinions that fanned the teeming mould ,of ,eden's blissful wilderness1 ,did only softly-stealing hours #e ,there close the peaceful lives of flowers8 ,say1 when the moving creatures saw ,all kinds commingled without fear1 ,prevailed a like indulgent law ,for the still growths that prosper here8 #aj ,did wanton fawn and kid forbear ,the half-blown rose1 the lily spare8 ,or peeped they often from their beds ,and prematurely disappeared1 ,devoured like pleasure ere it spreads #ae ,a bosom to the sun endeared8 ,if such their harsh untimely doom1 ,it falls not here on bud or bloom4 ,all summer-long the happy ,eve ,of this fair ,spot her flowers may bind1 #bj ,nor e'er1 with ruffled fancy1 grieve1 ,from the next glance she casts1 to find ,that love for little things by ,fate ,is rendered vain as love for great4 ,yet1 where the guardian fence is wound1 #be ,so subtly are our eyes beguiled ,we see not nor suspect a bound1#cia ,no more than in some forest wild2 ,the sight is free as air--or crost#cib ,only by art in nature lost4 #cj ,and1 though#cic the jealous turf refuse ,by random footsteps to be prest1 ,and feed#cid on never-sullied dews1 ,ye1 gentle breezes from the west1 ,with all the ministers of hope #ce ,are tempted to this sunny slope6 ,and hither throngs of birds resort2 ,some1 inmates lodged in shady nests1 ,some1 perched on stems of stately port ,that nod to welcome transient guests2 #dj ,while hare and leveret1 seen at play1 ,appear not more shut out than they4 ,apt emblem 7for reproof of pride7 ,this delicate ,enclosure shows ,of modest kindness1 that would hide #de ,the firm protection she bestows2 ,of manners1 like its viewless fence1 ,ensuring peace to innocence4 ,thus spake the moral ,muse--her wing ,abruptly spreading to depart1 #ej ,she left that#cie farewell offering1 ,memento for some docile heart2 ,that may respect the good old age ,when ,fancy was ,truth's willing ,page2 ,and ,truth would skim the flowery glade1 #ee ,though entering but as ,fancy's ,shade4 ,in a letter from ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont1 dated ,rydal ,mount1 ,feb4 #bh 7#ahbd71 the following occurs3-- ,this garden is made out of ,lady ,caroline ,price's1 and your own1 combining the recommendations of both4 ,like you1 ,i enjoy the beauty of flowers1 but do not carry my admiration so far as my sister1 not to feel how very troublesome they are4 ,i have more pleasure in clearing away thickets1 and making such arrangements as produced the ,winter ,garden1 and those sweet glades behind ,coleorton ,church4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #chi #ahcf4 ,a ,,flower ,,garden4 #ahbg4 #cij ,the flower garden was constructed below the terrace to the east of the ,hall4--,,ed4 #cia #ahcf4 ,so subtly is the eye beguiled ,it sees not nor suspects a ,bound1 #ahbg4 ,,ms4 sent by ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont4 #cib #ahcf4 ,free as the light in semblance--crost4 #ahbg4 ,,ms4 sent by ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont4 #cic #ahbg4 ,what though 444 ,,ms4 sent by ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont4 #cid #ahcf4 ,and feeds 444 #ahbg4 #cie #ahbg4 444 this 444 ,,ms4 sent by ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont4 ,,to ,,the ,,lady ,e4 ,b4 ,,and ,,the ,,hon4 ,,miss ,p4 ,composed in the ,grounds of ,plass ,newidd1#cif near ,llangollen1 #ahbd4 ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,in this ,vale of ,meditation my friend ,jones resided1 having been allowed by his diocesan to fix himself there without resigning his ,living in ,oxfordshire4 ,he was with my wife and daughter and me when we visited these celebrated ladies who had retired1 as one may say1 into notice in this vale4 ,their cottage lay directly in the road between ,london and ,dublin1 and they were of course visited by their ,irish friends as well as innumerable strangers4 ,they took much delight in passing jokes on our friend ,jones's plumpness1 ruddy cheeks and smiling countenance1 as little suited to a hermit living in the ,vale of ,meditation4 ,we all thought there was ample room for retort on his part1 so curious was the appearance of these ladies1 so elaborately sentimental about themselves and their ,caro ,albergo as they named it in an inscription on a tree that stood opposite1 the endearing epithet being preceded by the word ,ecco6 calling upon the saunterer to look about him4 ,so oddly was one of these ladies attired that we took her1 at a little distance1 for a ,roman ,catholic priest1 with a crucifix and relics hung at his neck4 ,they were without caps1 their hair bushy and white as snow1 which contributed to the mistake4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,a ,,stream1 to mingle with your favourite ,dee1 ,along the ,,vale ,,of ,,meditation#cig flows2 ,so styled by those fierce ,britons1 pleased to see ,in ,nature's face the expression of repose2 ,or haply there some pious hermit chose #e ,to live and die1 the peace of heaven his aim2 ,to whom the wild sequestered region owes1 ,at this late day1 its sanctifying name4 ,,glyn ,,cafaillgaroch1 in the ,cambrian tongue1 ,in ours1 the ,,vale ,,of ,,friendship1 let this spot #aj ,be named2 where1 faithful to a low-roofed ,cot1 ,on ,deva's banks1 ye have abode so long2 ,sisters in love1 a love allowed to climb1 ,even on this earth1 above the reach of ,time6 ,,footnotes3 #cif ,plass ,newidd is close to ,llangollen1 a small cottage a quarter of a mile to the south of the town4 ,the ladies referred to in the ,fenwick note1 ,lady ,eleanor ,butler and the ,hon4 ,miss ,ponsonby1 formed a romantic attachment2 and1 having an extreme love of independence1 they withdrew from society1 and settled in this remote and secluded cottage4 ,lady ,butler died in #ahbi1 aged ninety1 and ,miss ,ponsonby in #ahca1 aged seventy-six1 their faithful servant1 ,mary ,caroll1 having predeceased them4 ,the three are buried in the same grave in ,llangollen ,churchyard1 and an inscription to the memory of each is carved on a triangular pillar beside their tomb4 ,in a letter to ,sir ,george ,beaumont from ,hindwell1 ,radnorshire1 ,wordsworth gives an account of this tour in ,north ,wales4444 ,we turned from the high-road three or four miles to visit the ',valley of ,meditation' 7,glyn ,myvyr71 where ,mr4 ,jones has1 at present1 a curacy with a comfortable parsonage4 ,we slept at ,corwen1 and went down the ,dee to ,llangollen1 which you and dear ,lady ,b4 know well4 ,called upon the celebrated ,recluses1 who hoped that you and ,lady ,b4 had not forgotten them4444 ,next day ,i sent them the following sonnet from ,ruthin1 which was conceived1 and in a great measure composed1 in their grounds4 ,compare ,sir ,walter ,scott's account of his visit to these ,ladies in #ahbe 7,lockhart's ,life of ,scott1 vol4 viii4 pp4 #dh1 #di74--;,,ed4 #cig ,glyn ,myvyr4--,w4 ,w4 ,the word is misspelt in most of the editions4--,,ed4 ,,to ,,the ,,torrent ,,at ,,the ,,devil',s ,,bridge1#cih ,,north ,,wales1 #ahbd ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,how art thou named8 ,in search of what strange land1 ,from what huge height1 descending8 ,can such force ,of waters issue from a ,british source1#cii ,or hath not ,pindus fed thee1#djj where the band ,of ,patriots scoop their freedom out1 with hand #e ,desperate as thine8 ,or come the incessant shocks ,from that young ,stream1#dja that smites the throbbing rocks ,of ,viamala8 ,there ,i seem to stand1 ,as in life's morn2 permitted to behold1 ,from the dread chasm1 woods climbing above woods1 #aj ,in pomp that fades not2 everlasting snows2 ,and skies that ne'er relinquish their repose2 ,such power possess the family of floods ,over the minds of ,poets1 young or old6 ,,footnotes3 #cih ,the ,devil's ,bridge in ,north ,wales is at ,hafod1 near ,aberystwyth1 in ,cardiganshire4 ,like the ,teufelsbrcke1 on the road from ,gschenen to ,airola1 over the ,st4 ,gotthard in ,switzerland1 which spans the ,reuss1 the ,devil's ,bridge in ,wales is double2 i4e4 an upper and an under bridge span the river ,mynach4 ,this ,pont-y-,mynach was built either by the monks of ,strata ,florida1 or by the ,knights ,hospitallers4 ,in the letter to ,sir ,george ,beaumont1 referred to in a previous note1 ,wordsworth writes3 ,we went up the ,rhydiol to the ,devil's ,bridge1 where we passed the following day in exploring these two rivers1 and ,hafod in the neighbourhood4 ,i had seen these things long ago1 but either my memory or my powers of observation had not done them justice4 ,it rained heavily in the night1 and we saw the waterfalls in perfection4 ,while ,dora was attempting to make a sketch from the chasm in the rain1 ,i composed by her side the following address to the torrent1 ,how art thou named8 etc4--,,ed4 #cii ,there are several consecutive falls on the river ,mynach1 at the ,devil's ,bridge1 the longest being one of #aad feet1 and the whole taken together amounting to #cad feet4--,,ed4 #djj ,the lofty ridge of mountains in northern ,greece between ,thessaly and ,epirus1 which1 like the ,apennines in ,italy1 form the back-bone of the country4--,,ed4 #dja ,the ,rhine4 ,the ,via ,mala is the gorge between ,thusis and ,zillis1 near the source of the ,rhine4 ,compare ,descriptive ,sketches 7vol4 i4 p4 #df7-- ,or1 led where ,via ,mala's chasms confine ,the indignant waters of the infant ,rhine4--,,ed4 ,,composed ,,among ,,the ,,ruins ,,of ,a ,,castle ,,in ,,north ,,wales ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,through shattered galleries1 'mid roofless halls1 ,wandering with timid footsteps#djb oft betrayed1 ,the ,stranger sighs1 nor scruples to upbraid ,old ,time1 though he1 gentlest among the ,thralls ,of ,destiny1 upon these wounds hath laid #e ,his lenient touches1 soft as light that falls1 ,from the wan ,moon1 upon the towers and walls1 ,light deepening the profoundest sleep of shade4 ,relic of ,kings6 ,wreck of forgotten wars1 ,to winds abandoned and the prying stars1 #aj ,time loves ,thee6 at his call the ,seasons twine ,luxuriant wreaths around thy forehead hoar2 ,and1 though past pomp no changes can restore1 ,a soothing recompense1 his gift1 is thine6#djc ,,footnotes3 #djb #ahcg4 444 footstep 444 #ahbg4 #djc ,compare ,the ,white ,doe of ,rylstone1 canto i4 ll4 #aah1 #aai 7vol4 iv4 p4 #aaj7-- ,nature1 softening and concealing1 ,and busy with a hand of healing4 ,this was doubtless ,carnarvon ,castle1 which ,wordsworth visited in ,september #ahbd1 at the close of his three weeks' ramble in ,north ,wales1 of which he wrote to ,sir ,george ,beaumont1 ,we employed several hours in exploring the interior of the noble castle1 and looking at it from different points of view in the neighbourhood4--,,ed4 ,,elegiac ,,stanzas 7,,addressed ,,to ,,sir ,g4,h4,b4 ,,upon ,,the ,,death ,,of ,,his ,,sister-,,in-,,law7 #ahbddjd ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,on ,mrs4 ,fermor4 ,this lady had been a widow long before ,i knew her4 ,her husband was of the family of the lady celebrated in the ,rape of the ,lock1 and was1 ,i believe1 a ,roman ,catholic4 ,the sorrow which his death caused her was fearful in its character as described in this poem1 but was subdued in course of time by the strength of her religious faith4 ,i have been for many weeks at a time1 an inmate with her at ,coleorton ,hall1 as were also ,mrs4 ,wordsworth and my sister4 ,the truth in the sketch of her character here given was acknowledged with gratitude by her nearest relatives4 ,she was eloquent in conversation1 energetic upon public matters1 open in respect to those1 but slow to communicate her personal feelings2 upon these she never touched in her intercourse with me1 so that ,i could not regard myself as her confidential friend1 and was accordingly surprised when ,i learnt she had left me a legacy of #ajj1 as a token of her esteem4 ,see in further illustration the second stanza inscribed upon her cenotaph in ,coleorton church4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,epitaphs and ,elegiac ,pieces4 ,in #ahbg the title was simply1 ,elegiac ,stanzas1 #ahbd1 and the title of the group was then1 and in #ahcb1 ,epitaphs and ,elegiac ,poems4--,,ed4 ,o for a dirge6 ,but why complain8 ,ask rather a triumphal strain ,when ,,fermor',s race is run2 ,a garland of immortal boughs ,to twine#dje around the ,christian's brows1 #e ,whose glorious work is done4 ,we pay a high and holy debt2 ,no tears of passionate regret ,shall stain this votive lay2 ,ill-worthy1 ,beaumont6 were the grief #aj ,that flings itself on wild relief ,when ,saints have passed away4 ,sad doom1 at ,sorrow's shrine to kneel1 ,for ever covetous to feel1 ,and impotent to bear6 #ae ,such once was hers--to think and think ,on severed love1 and only sink ,from anguish to despair6 ,but nature to its inmost part ,faith had#djf refined2 and to her heart #bj ,a peaceful cradle given3 ,calm as the dew-drop's1 free to rest ,within a breeze-fanned rose's breast ,till it exhales to ,heaven4 ,was ever ,spirit that could bend3 #be ,so graciously8#djg--that could descend1 ,another's need to suit1 ,so promptly from her lofty throne8-- ,in works of love1 in these alone1 ,how restless1 how minute6 #cj ,pale was her hue2 yet mortal cheek#djh ,ne'er kindled with a livelier streak ,when aught had suffered wrong1-- ,when aught that breathes had felt a wound2 ,such look the ,oppressor might confound1 #ce ,however proud and strong4 ,but hushed be every thought that springs ,from out the bitterness of things2 ,her quiet is secure2 ,no thorns can pierce her tender feet1 #dj ,whose life was1 like the violet1 sweet1 ,as climbing jasmine1 pure-- ,as snowdrop on an infant's grave1 ,or lily heaving with the wave ,that feeds it and defends2 #de ,as ,vesper1 ere the star hath kissed ,the mountain top1 or breathed the mist ,that from the vale ascends4 ,thou takest not away1 ,o ,death6 ,thou strikest#dji--;absence perisheth1 #ej ,indifference is no more2 ,the future brightens on our sight2 ,for on the past hath fallen a light ,that tempts us to adore4 ,in a letter from ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont1 dated ,rydal ,mount1 ,feb4 #be1 #ahbe1 she says3-- ,we are all much moved by the manner in which ,miss ,willes has received the verses1--particularly ,wm41 who feels himself more than rewarded for the labour ,i cannot call it of the composition--for the tribute was poured forth with a deep stream of fervour that was something beyond labour1 and it has required very little correction4 ,in one instance a single word in the ',address to ,sir ,george' is changed since we sent the copy1 viz43 'graciously' for 'courteously1' as being a word of more dignity4 ,the following inscription was copied from the ,churchyard of ,claines1 ,sept4 #ad1 #ahbf1 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth1 in a ,,ms4 book1 containing numerous epitaphs on tombstones1 and inscriptions on rural monuments in ,cathedrals and ,churches1 in various parts of the country4 ,sacred ,to the memory of ,frances ,fermor1 ,relict of ,henry ,fermor1 ,esqre41 ,of ,fritwell1 in the ,county of ,oxford1 ,and eldest ,daughter of the late ,john ,willes1 ,esqre41 of ,astrop1 in the county ,of ,northamptonshire1 who departed this life1 ,dec4 #eth1 #ahbd1 aged #fh years4 ,i am the way1 the truth1 and ,the life4 ,whoso cometh to me ,i will in no wise cast out4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #djd #ahcg4 ,,elegiac ,,stanzas1 #ahbd4 #ahbg4 #dje #ahde4 ,to bind 444 #ahbg4 #djf #ahcg4 ,had ,faith 444 #ahbg4 #djg #ahbg4 ,so courteously 444 ,in a ,,ms4 copy sent to ,coleorton4 #djh #ahbg4 ,pale was her hue1 but mortal cheek ,in ,,ms4 from ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont4 #dji #ahdj4 ,thou strik'st--and 444 #ahbg4 ,,cenotaph ,in affectionate remembrance of ,frances ,fermor1 whose remains are deposited in the church of ,claines1 near ,worcester1 this stone is erected by her sister1 ,dame ,margaret1 wife of ,sir ,george ,beaumont1 ,bart41 who1 feeling not less than the love of a brother for the deceased1 commends this memorial to the care of his heirs and successors in the possession of this place4 ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahdb ,see ,elegiac ,stanzas4 7,addressed to ,sir ,g4,h4,b41 upon the death of his sister-in-law47--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,epitaphs and ,elegiac ,pieces4--,,ed4 ,by vain affections unenthralled1 ,though resolute when duty called ,to meet the world's broad eye1 ,pure as the holiest cloistered nun ,that ever feared the tempting sun1 #e ,did ,fermor live and die4 ,this ,tablet1 hallowed by her name1#daj ,one heart-relieving tear may claim2 ,but if the pensive gloom ,of fond regret be still thy choice1 #aj ,exalt thy spirit1 hear the voice ,of ,jesus from her tomb6 ,i ,,am ,,the ,,way1 ,,the ,,truth1 ,,and ,,the ,,life4 ,in the letter to ,lady ,beaumont1 referred to in the notes1 the title of this poem is ,inscription in the ,church of ,coleorton1 and a footnote is added1 ,say1 to the left of the vista1 within the thicket1 below the churchyard wall4--,m4 ,w4 ,mrs4 ,wordsworth also says1 ,to fit the lines1 intended for an urn1 for a ,monument1 ,w4 has altered the closing stanza1 which 7though they are not what he would have produced had he first cast them with a view to the ,church7 he hopes you will not disapprove4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #daj #ahdb4 ,this cenotaph that bears her name1 ,,ms4 ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont4 ,this sacred stone that bears her name1 ,,ms4 ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont4 #ahbe ,three ,poems were written in #ahbe1 ,the ,pillar of ,trajan1 ,the ,contrast3 ,the ,parrot and the ,wren1 and the lines ,to a ,skylark4--,,ed4 ,,the ,,pillar ,,of ,,trajan ,composed #ahbe4--,published #ahbg ,these verses perhaps had better be transferred to the class of ,italian ,poems4 ,i had observed in the newspaper1 that the ,pillar of ,trajan was given as a subject for a prize-poem in ,english verse4 ,i had a wish perhaps that my son1 who was then an undergraduate at ,oxford1 should try his fortune1 and ,i told him so2 but he1 not having been accustomed to write verse1 wisely declined to enter on the task2 whereupon ,i showed him these lines as a proof of what might1 without difficulty1 be done on such a subject4--,i4,f4 ,from #ahbg to #ahdb one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection2 in #ahde one of the ,memorials of a ,tour in ,italy4--,,ed4 ,where towers are crushed1 and unforbidden weeds ,o'er mutilated arches shed their seeds2 ,and temples1 doomed to milder change1 unfold ,a new magnificence that vies with old2 ,firm in its pristine majesty hath stood #e ,a votive ,column1 spared by fire and flood3-- ,and1 though the passions of man's fretful race ,have never ceased to eddy round its base1 ,not injured more by touch of meddling hands ,than a lone obelisk1 'mid ,nubian sands1 #aj ,or aught in ,syrian deserts left to save ,from death the memory of the good and brave4 ,historic figures round the shaft embost ,ascend1 with lineaments in air not lost3 ,still as he turns1 the charmed spectator sees #ae ,group winding after group with dream-like ease2 ,triumphs in sunbright gratitude displayed1#daa ,or softly stealing into modest shade4 --,so1 pleased with purple clusters to entwine ,some lofty elm-tree1 mounts the daring vine2 #bj ,the woodbine so1 with spiral grace1 and breathes ,wide-spreading odours from her flowery wreaths4 ,borne by the ,muse from rills in shepherds' ears ,murmuring but one smooth story for all years1 ,i gladly commune with the mind and heart #be ,of him who thus survives by classic art1 ,his actions witness1 venerate his mien1 ,and study ,trajan as by ,pliny seen2 ,behold how fought the ,chief whose conquering sword ,stretched far as earth might own a single lord2 #cj ,in the delight of moral prudence schooled1 ,how feelingly at home the ,sovereign ruled2 ,best of the good--in pagan faith allied ,to more than ,man1 by virtue deified4 ,memorial ,pillar6 'mid the wrecks of ,time #ce ,preserve thy charge with confidence sublime-- ,the exultations1 pomps1 and cares of ,rome1 ,whence half the breathing world received its doom2 ,things that recoil from language2 that1 if shown ,by apter pencil1 from the light had flown4 #dj ,a ,pontiff1 ,trajan here the ,gods implores1 ,there greets an ,embassy from ,indian shores2 ,lo6 he harangues his cohorts--there the storm ,of battle meets him in authentic form6 ,unharnessed1 naked1 troops of ,moorish horse #de ,sweep to the charge2#dab more high1 the ,dacian force1 ,to hoof and finger mailed2#dac--yet1 high or low1 ,none bleed1 and none lie prostrate but the foe2#dad ,in every ,roman1 through all turns of fate1 ,is ,roman dignity inviolate2 #ej ,spirit in him pre-eminent1 who guides1#dae ,supports1 adorns1 and over all presides2 ,distinguished only by inherent state ,from honoured ,instruments that round him wait2#daf ,rise as he may1 his grandeur scorns the test #ee ,of outward symbol1 nor will deign to rest ,on aught by which another is deprest4 --,alas6 that ,one thus disciplined could toil ,to enslave whole nations on their native soil2 ,so emulous of ,macedonian fame1 #fj ,that1 when his age was measured with his aim1 ,he drooped1 'mid else unclouded victories1 ,and turned his eagles back with deep-drawn sighs4 ,o weakness of the ,great6 ,o folly of the ,wise6 ,where now the haughty ,empire that was spread #fe ,with such fond hope8 her very speech is dead2 ,yet glorious ,art the power of ,time defies1 ,and ,trajan still1 through various enterprise1 ,mounts1 in this fine illusion1 toward the skies3 ,still are we present with the imperial ,chief1 #gj ,nor cease to gaze upon the bold ,relief ,till ,rome1 to silent marble unconfined1 ,becomes with all her years a vision of the ,mind4 ,trajan's ,column was set up by the ,senate and people of ,rome1 in honour of the ,emperor1 about ,a4,d4 #aad4 ,it is one of the most remarkable pillars in the world2 and still stands1 little injured by time1 in the centre of the ,forum ,trajanum 7now a ruin72 its height--#acb feet--marking the height of the earth removed when the ,forum was made4 ,on the pedestal bas-reliefs were carved in series showing the arms and armour of the ,romans2 and round the shaft of the column similar reliefs1 exhibiting pictorially the whole story of the ,decian campaign of the ,emperor4 ,these are of great value as illustrating the history of the period1 the costume of the ,roman soldiers and the barbarians4 ,a colossal statue of ,trajan crowned the column2 and1 when it fell1 ,pope ,sixtus ,v4 replaced it by a figure of ,st4 ,peter4 ,it is referred to by ,pausanias 7v4 #ab4 #f71 and by all the ancient topographers4 ,see a minute account of it1 with excellent illustrations1 in ,hertzberg's ,geschichte des ,rmischen ,kaiserreiches1 pp4 #ccj-cde 7,berlin3 #ahhj72 also ,mller's ,denkmler der alten ,kunst1 p4 #ea4 ,the book1 however1 from which ,wordsworth gained his information of this pillar was evidently ,joseph ,forsyth's ,remarks on ,antiquities1 ,arts1 and ,letters1 during an ,excursion in ,italy in #ahjb-c 7,london3 #ahac74 ,it is thus that ,dean ,merivale speaks of it3-- ,amid this profusion of splendour 7i4e4 in the ,forum ,trajanum7 the great object to which the eye was principally directed was the column1 which rose majestically in the centre of the forum to the height of #abf feet1 sculptured from the base of the shaft to the summit with the story of the ,decian wars1 shining in every volute and moulding1 with gold and pigments1 and crowned with the colossal effigy of the august conqueror4444 ,the proportions of the ,trajan column are peculiarly graceful2 the compact masses of stone1 nineteen in number1 of which the whole shaft is composed1 may lead us to admire the skill employed in its construction2 but the most interesting feature of this historic monument is the spiral band of figures which throughout enriches it4 ,to the subjects of ,trajan himself1 this record of his exploits in bold relief must have given a vivid and sufficient idea of the people1 the places1 and the actions indicated2 even to us1 after so many centuries1 they furnish a correct type of the arms1 the arts1 and the costume both of the ,romans and barbarians which we should vainly seek for elsewhere4 ,the ,trajan column forms a notable chapter in the pictorial history of ,rome4 7,history of the ,romans under the ,empire1 vol4 viii4 pp4 #df1 #dg47 ,in the ,fenwick note1 ,wordsworth mentions that1 what gave rise to this poem was1 his observing in the newspapers that the ,pillar of ,trajan was prescribed as a subject for a prize poem at ,oxford4 ,this determines the date of composition4 ,the ,pillar of ,trajan was the ,newdigate prize poem1 won by ,w4 ,w4 ,tireman1 ,wadham ,coll41 in #ahbf4 ,we may therefore assume that the subject was proposed about the summer of #ahbe4--;,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #daa ,as ,wordsworth says1 in his note of #ahbg1 ,see ,forsyth1 it may be interesting to add ,forsyth's account of the ,pillar1 in footnotes4 ,trajan's ,column1 considered as a long historical record to be read round and round a long convex surface1 made perspective impossible4 ,every perspective has one fixed point of view1 but here are ten thousand4 ,the eye1 like the relievos of the column1 must describe a spiral round them1 widening over the whole piazza4 ,hence1 to be legible the figures must be lengthened as they rise4 ,this licence is necessary here2 but in architecture it may be contested against ,vitruvius himself4 7,forsyth's ,remarks on ,antiquities1 ,arts1 and ,letters1 during an ,excursion in ,italy in #ahjb-c1 pp4 #bej1 #bea47--;,,ed4 #dab ,in detailing the two wars1 this column sets each nation in contrast3 here the ,moorish horse1 all naked and unharnessed 7,forsyth's ,remarks1 etc41 p4 #bea47--;,,ed4 #dac ,see ,forsyth4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbg4 ,there the ,taranatians1 in complete mail down to the fingers and the hoofs4 ,it exhibits without embellishment all the tactics of that age1 and forms grand commentary on ,vegetius and ,frontinus4 7,remarks1 etc41 p4 #beb47--;,,ed4 #dad ,how unlike the modern relievos1 where dress appears in all its distinctions1 and prostration in all its angles6 none kneel here but priests and captives2 no ,roman appears in a fallen state3 none are wounded or slain but the foe4 ,no monument gives the complete and real costume of its kind so correctly as this column4444 ,on this column we can see parts of the subarmalia2 we can see real drawers falling down to the officers' legs2 and some figures have focalia1 like invalids1 round the neck4 7,remarks1 etc41 p4 #bea-b47--;,,ed4 #dae ,this column is an immense field of antiquities1 where the emperor appears in a hundred different points1 as sovereign1 as general1 as priest4 7,remarks1 etc41 p4 #bea47--;,,ed4 #daf ,his dignity he derives from himself or his duties2 not from the trappings of power1 for he is dressed like any of his officers1 not from the debasement of others1 for the ,romans stand bold and erect before him4 7,remarks1 etc41 p4 #bea47--;,,ed4 ,,the ,,contrast ,,the ,,parrot ,,and ,,the ,,wren#dag ,composed #ahbe4--,published #ahbg ,the ,parrot belonged to ,mrs4 ,luff while living at ,fox-,ghyll4 ,the ,wren was one that haunted for many years the summerhouse between the two terraces at ,rydal ,mount4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,fancy4--,,ed4 ,i ,within her gilded cage confined1 ,i saw a dazzling ,belle1 ,a ,parrot of that famous kind ,whose name is ,,non-,,pareil4 ,like beads of glossy jet her eyes2 #e ,and1 smoothed by ,nature's skill1 ,with pearl or gleaming agate vies ,her finely-curvd bill4 ,her plumy mantle's living hues ,in mass opposed to mass1 #aj ,outshine the splendour that imbues ,the robes of pictured glass4 ,and1 sooth to say1 an apter ,mate ,did never tempt the choice ,of feathered ,thing most delicate #ae ,in figure and in voice4 ,but1 exiled from ,australian bowers1 ,and singleness her lot1 ,she trills her song with tutored powers1 ,or mocks each casual note4 #bj ,no more of pity for regrets ,with which she may have striven6 ,now but in wantonness she frets1 ,or spite1 if cause be given2 ,arch1 volatile1 a sportive bird #be ,by social glee inspired2 ,ambitious to be seen or heard ,and pleased to be admired6 ,,ii ,this ,moss-,lined shed1 green1 soft1 and dry1 ,harbours a self-contented ,wren1 #cj ,not shunning man's abode1 though shy1 ,almost as thought itself1 of human ken4 ,strange places1 coverts unendeared1 ,she never tried2 the very nest ,in which this ,child of ,spring was reared1 #ce ,is warmed1 thro' winter1 by her feathery breast4 ,to the bleak winds she sometimes gives ,a slender unexpected strain2 ,proof that#dah the hermitess still lives1 ,though she appear not1 and be sought in vain4 #dj ,say1 ,dora6 tell me1 by yon placid moon1 ,if called to choose between the favoured pair1 ,which would you be1--the bird of the saloon1 ,by lady-fingers tended with nice care1 ,caressed1 applauded1 upon dainties fed1 #de ,or ,nature's ,,darkling of this mossy shed8 ,the moss-lined shed1 green1 soft1 and dry1 still remains at ,rydal ,mount1 as it was in the poet's time4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #dag #ahcb4 ,the ,contrast4 #ahbg4 #dah #ahcf4 ,that tells 444 #ahbg4 ,,to ,a ,,sky-,,lark ,composed #ahbe4--,published #ahbg ,written at ,rydal ,mount1 where there are no skylarks1 but the ,poet is everywhere4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,imagination4--,,ed4 ,ethereal minstrel6 pilgrim of the sky6 ,dost thou despise the earth where cares abound8 ,or1 while the#dai wings aspire1 are heart and eye ,both with thy nest upon the dewy ground8 ,thy nest which thou canst drop into at will1 #e ,those quivering wings composed1 that music still6 ,leave to the nightingale her#dba shady wood2 ,a privacy of glorious light is thine2 ,whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood ,of harmony1 with instinct#dbb more divine2 #aj ,type of the wise who soar1 but never roam2 ,true to the kindred points of ,heaven and ,home6 ,compare this with the earlier poem ,to a ,skylark1 written in #ahje1 and both poems with ,shelley's still finer lyric to the same bird1 written in #ahbj4 ,see also the ,morning ,exercise 7#ahbh71 stanzas v4-x4 ,the eighth stanza of that poem was1 from #ahbg to #ahdb1 the second stanza of this one4 ,the poem was published in the ,poetical ,album1 for #ahbi1 edited by ,alaric ,watts1 vol4 ii4 p4 #cj4--;,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #dai #ahbg4 444 thy 444 ,poetical ,album1 #ahbi4 #dbj ,the following second stanza occurs only in the editions #ahbg-dc-- ,to the last point of vision1 and beyond1 ,mount1 daring ,warbler6 that love-prompted strain1 7',twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond7 ,thrills not the less the bosom of the plain3 ,yet might'st thou seem1 proud privilege6 to sing ,all independent of the leafy spring4 #dba #ahbg4 444 the 444 ,poetical ,album1 #ahbi4 #dbb #ahcb4 444 rapture 444 #ahbg4 #ahbf ,the poems composed in #ahbf were six4 ,they include two referring to the month of ,may1 and two descriptive of places near ,rydal ,mount4--,,ed4 ,,ere ,,with ,,cold ,,beads ,,of ,,midnight ,,dew ,composed #ahbf4--,published #ahbg ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,suggested by the condition of a friend4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems founded on the ,affections4--,,ed4 ,ere with cold beads of midnight dew ,had mingled tears of thine1 ,i grieved1 fond ,youth6 that thou shouldst sue ,to haughty ,geraldine4 ,immoveable by generous sighs1 #e ,she glories in a train ,who drag1 beneath our native skies1 ,an oriental chain4 ,pine not like them with arms across1 ,forgetting in thy care #aj ,how the fast-rooted trees can toss ,their branches in mid air4 ,the humblest rivulet will take ,its own wild liberties2 ,and1 every day1 the imprisoned lake #ae ,is flowing in the breeze4 ,then1 crouch no more on suppliant knee1 ,but scorn with scorn outbrave2 ,a ,briton1 even in love1 should be ,a subject1 not a slave6 #bj ,,ode ,,composed ,,on ,,may ,,morning ,composed #ahbf4--,published #ahce ,this and the following poem originated in the lines1 ,how delicate the leafy veil1 etc4 ,my daughter and ,i left ,rydal ,mount upon a tour through our mountains1 with ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,carr1#dbc in the month of ,may1 #ahbf1 and as we were going up the ,vale of ,newlands ,i was struck with the appearance of the little chapel gleaming through the veil of half-opened leaves2 and the feeling which was then conveyed to my mind was expressed in the stanza referred to above4 ,as in the case of ,liberty and ,humanity1 my first intention was to write only one poem1 but subsequently ,i broke it into two1 making additions to each part so as to produce a consistent and appropriate whole4--,i4 ,f4 ,in #ahce1 included in the ,poems on ,yarrow ,revisited1 etc4 ,in #ahcg1 one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4--,,ed4 ,while from the purpling east departs ,the star that led the dawn1 ,blithe ,flora from her couch upstarts1 ,for ,may is on the lawn1#dbd ,a quickening hope1 a freshening glee1 #e ,foreran the expected ,power1 ,whose first-drawn breath1 from bush and tree1 ,shakes off that pearly shower4 ,all ,nature welcomes ,her whose sway ,tempers the year's extremes2 #aj ,who scattereth lustres o'er noon-day1 ,like morning's dewy gleams2 ,while mellow warble1 sprightly trill1 ,the tremulous heart excite2 ,and hums the balmy air to still #ae ,the balance of delight4 ,time was1 blest ,power6 when youths and maids ,at peep of dawn would rise1 ,and wander forth in forest glades ,thy birth to solemnize4 #bj ,though mute the song--to grace the rite ,untouched the hawthorn bough1 ,thy ,spirit triumphs o'er the slight2 ,man changes1 but not ,thou6 ,thy feathered ,lieges bill and wings #be ,in love's disport employ2 ,warmed by thy influence1 creeping things ,awake to silent joy3 ,queen art thou still for each gay plant ,where the slim wild deer roves2 #cj ,and served in depths where fishes haunt ,their own mysterious groves4 ,cloud-piercing peak1 and trackless heath1 ,instinctive homage pay2 ,nor wants the dim-lit cave a wreath #ce ,to honour thee1 sweet ,may6 ,where cities fanned by thy brisk airs ,behold a smokeless sky1 ,their puniest flower-pot-nursling dares ,to open a bright eye4 #dj ,and if1 on this thy natal morn1 ,the pole1 from which thy name ,hath not departed1 stands forlorn ,of song and dance and game2 ,still from the village-green a vow #de ,aspires to thee addrest1 ,wherever peace is on the brow1 ,or love within the breast4 ,yes6 where ,love nestles thou canst teach ,the soul to love the more2 #ej ,hearts also shall thy lessons reach ,that never loved before4 ,stript is the haughty one of pride1 ,the bashful freed from fear1 ,while rising1 like the ocean-tide1 #ee ,in flows the joyous year4 ,hush1 feeble lyre6 weak words refuse ,the service to prolong6 ,to yon exulting thrush the ,muse ,entrusts the imperfect song2 #fj ,his voice shall chant1 in accents clear1 ,throughout the live-long day1 ,till the first silver star appear1 ,the sovereignty of ,may4 ,,footnotes3 #dbc ,doubtless the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,carr1 of ,bolton ,abbey1 and his wife4--,,ed4 #dbd ,compare ,thoughts on the ,seasons1 written in #ahbi4--;,,ed4 ,,to ,,may#dbe ,composed #ahbf-cd4--,published #ahce ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4--,,ed4 ,though many suns have risen and set ,since thou1 blithe ,may1 wert born1 ,and ,bards1 who hailed thee1 may forget ,thy gifts1 thy beauty scorn2 ,there are who to a birthday strain #e ,confine not harp and voice1 ,but evermore throughout thy reign ,are grateful and rejoice6 ,delicious odours6 music sweet1 ,too sweet to pass away6 #aj ,oh for a deathless song to meet ,the soul's desire--a lay ,that1 when a thousand years are told1 ,should praise thee1 genial ,power6 ,through summer heat1 autumnal cold1 #ae ,and winter's dreariest hour4 ,earth1 sea1 thy presence feel--nor less1 ,if yon ethereal blue ,with its soft smile the truth express1 ,the heavens have felt it too4 #bj ,the inmost heart of man if glad ,partakes a livelier cheer2 ,and eyes that cannot but be sad ,let fall a brightened tear4 ,since thy return1 through days and weeks #be ,of hope that grew by stealth1 ,how many wan and faded cheeks ,have kindled into health6 ,the ,old1 by thee revived1 have said1 ,another year is ours2 #cj ,and wayworn ,wanderers1 poorly fed1 ,have smiled upon thy flowers4 ,who tripping lisps a merry song ,amid his playful peers8 ,the tender ,infant who was long #ce ,a prisoner of fond fears2 ,but now1 when every sharp-edged blast ,is quiet in its sheath1 ,his ,mother leaves him free to taste ,earth's sweetness in thy breath4 #dj ,thy help is with the weed that creeps ,along the humblest ground2 ,no cliff so bare but on its steeps ,thy favours may be found2 ,but most on some peculiar nook #de ,that our own hands have drest1 ,thou and thy train are proud to look1 ,and seem to love it best4 ,and yet how pleased we wander forth ,when ,may is whispering1 ,come6 #ej ,choose from the bowers of virgin earth ,the happiest for your home2 ,heaven's bounteous love through me is spread ,from sunshine1 clouds1 winds1 waves1 ,drops on the mouldering turret's head1 #ee ,and on your turf-clad graves6 ,such greeting heard1 away with sighs ,for lilies that must fade1 ,or the rathe primrose as it dies ,forsaken#dbf in the shade6 #fj ,vernal fruitions and desires ,are linked in endless chase2 ,while1 as one kindly growth retires1 ,another takes its place4 ,and what if thou1 sweet ,may1 hast known #fe ,mishap by worm and blight2 ,if expectations newly blown ,have perished in thy sight2 ,if loves and joys1 while up they sprung1 ,were caught as in a snare2 #gj ,such is the lot of all the young1 ,however bright and fair4 ,lo6 ,streams that ,april could not check ,are patient of thy rule2 ,gurgling in foamy water-break1 #ge ,loitering in glassy pool3 ,by thee1 thee only1 could be sent ,such gentle mists as glide1 ,curling with unconfirmed intent1 ,on that green mountain's side4 #hj ,how delicate the leafy veil ,through which yon house of ,god ,gleams 'mid the peace of this deep dale#dbg ,by few but shepherds trod6 ,and lowly huts1 near beaten ways1 #he ,no sooner stand attired ,in thy fresh wreaths1 than they for praise ,peep forth1 and are admired4 ,season of fancy and of hope1 ,permit not for one hour1 #ij ,a blossom from thy crown to drop1 ,nor add to it a flower6 ,keep1 lovely ,may1 as if by touch ,of self-restraining art1 ,this modest charm of not too much1 #ie ,part seen1 imagined part6 ,,footnotes3 #dbe ,some of the stanzas of this poem were composed in ,nov4 #ahcj1 on the way from ,rydal to ,cambridge4 ,see ,wordsworth's letter to ,w4 ,r4 ,hamilton1 ,nov4 #bf1 #ahcj4--;,,ed4 #dbf ,compare ,lycidas1 l4 #adb4--;,,ed4 #dbg ,newlands4 ,see the ,fenwick note1 p4 #adf4--;,,ed4 ,,once ,i ,,could ,,hail 7,,howe',,er ,,serene ,,the ,,sky7 ,composed #ahbf4--,published #ahbg ,late1 late yestreen ,i saw the new moone ,wi' the auld moone in hir arme4 ,ballad of ,sir ,patrick ,spence1 ,percy's ,reliques4--,w4 ,w4 ,no faculty yet given me to espy ,the dusky ,shape within her arms imbound4 ,afterwards1 when ,i could not avoid seeing it1 ,i wondered at this1 and the more so because1 like most children1 ,i had been in the habit of watching the moon through all her changes1 and had often continued to gaze at it when at the full till half blinded4--,i4 ,f4 ,from #ahbg to #ahdb1 one of the ,epitaphs and ,elegiac ,poems4 ,in #ahde transferred to the ,miscellaneous ,poems4--,,ed4 ,once ,i could hail 7howe'er serene the sky7 ,the ,moon re-entering her monthly round1 ,no faculty yet given me to espy ,the dusky ,shape within her arms imbound1 ,that thin memento of effulgence lost #e ,which some have named her ,predecessor's ghost4 ,young1 like the ,crescent that above me shone1 ,nought ,i perceived within it dull or dim2 ,all that appeared was suitable to ,one ,whose fancy had a thousand fields to skim2 #aj ,to expectations spreading with wild growth1 ,and hope that kept with me her plighted troth4 ,i saw 7ambition quickening at the view7 ,a silver boat launched on a boundless flood2 ,a pearly crest1 like ,dian's when it threw #ae ,its brightest splendour round a leafy wood2 ,but not a hint from under-ground1 no sign ,fit for the glimmering brow of ,proserpine4#dbh ,or was it ,dian's self#dbh that seemed to move ,before me8--nothing blemished the fair sight2 #bj ,on her ,i looked whom jocund ,fairies love1 ,cynthia1#dbh who puts the little stars to flight1 ,and by that thinning magnifies the great1 ,for exaltation of her sovereign state4 ,and when ,i learned to mark the spectral ,shape #be ,as each new ,moon obeyed the call of ,time1 ,if gloom fell on me1 swift was my escape2 ,such happy privilege hath life's gay ,prime1 ,to see or not to see1 as best may please ,a buoyant ,spirit1 and a heart at ease4 #cj ,now1 dazzling ,stranger6 when thou meet'st my glance1 ,thy dark ,associate ever ,i discern2 ,emblem of thoughts too eager to advance ,while ,i salute my joys1 thoughts sad or stern2 ,shades of past bliss1 or phantoms that1 to gain #ce ,their fill of promised lustre1 wait in vain4 ,so changes mortal ,life with fleeting years2 ,a mournful change1 should ,reason fail to bring ,the timely insight that can temper fears1 ,and from vicissitude remove its sting2 #dj ,while ,faith aspires to seats in that domain ,where joys are perfect--neither wax nor wane4 ,,footnotes3 #dbh ,terret1 lustrat1 agit1 ,proserpina1 ,luna1 ,diana2 ,ima1 suprema1 feras1 sceptro1 fulgore1 sagitta4--,,ed4 ,,the ,,massy ,,ways1 ,,carried ,,across ,,these ,,heights ,composed #ahbf4--,published #ahcedbi ,the walk is what we call the ,far-terrace1 beyond the summerhouse at ,rydal ,mount4 ,the lines were written when we were afraid of being obliged to quit the place to which we were so much attached4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,inscriptions4--,,ed4 ,the massy ,ways1 carried across these heights#dcj ,by ,roman perseverance1#dca are destroyed1 ,or hidden under ground1 like sleeping worms4 ,how venture then to hope that ,time will spare#dcb ,this humble ,walk8 ,yet on the mountain's side #e ,a ,,poet',s hand first shaped it2 and the steps ,of that same ,bard--repeated to and fro ,at morn1 at noon1#dcc and under moonlight skies ,through the vicissitudes of many a year-- ,forbade the weeds to creep o'er its grey line4 #aj ,no longer1 scattering to the heedless winds ,the vocal raptures of fresh poesy1 ,shall he frequent these precincts2 locked no more ,in earnest converse with beloved ,friends1 ,here will he gather stores of ready bliss1 #ae ,as from the beds and borders of a garden ,choice flowers are gathered6 ,but1 if ,power may spring ,out of a farewell yearning--favoured more ,than kindred wishes mated suitably ,with vain regrets--the ,exile would consign #bj ,this ,walk1 his loved possession1 to the care ,of those pure ,minds that reverence the ,muse4#dcd ,,footnotes3 #dbi ,the title of these lines in the edition of #ahce was ,inscription4--,,ed4 #dcj #ahce4 444 once carried o'er these hills ,,ms4 #dca ,referring to the ,roman ,way1 fragments of which are to be seen on ,high ,street4 ,ambleside was a ,roman station4 ,at the upper corner of ,windermere lieth the dead carcase of an ancient city1 with great ruins of walls1 and many heaps of rubbish1 one from another1 remaining of building without the walls1 yet to be seen4 ,the fortress thereof was somewhat long1 fenced with a ditch and rampire1 took up in length #acb ells1 and breadth #hj4 ,that it had been the ,romans' work is evident by the ,british bricks1 by the mortar tempered with little pieces of brick among it1 by small earthen pots or pitchers1 by small cruets or phials of glass1 by pieces of ,roman money oftentimes found1 and by round stones as big as millstones or quernstones1 of which laid and couched together they framed in old times their columns1 and by the paved ways leading to it4 ,now the ancient name is gone1 unless a man would guess at it1 and think it were that ,amboglana1 whereof the book of notices maketh mention1 seeing at this day it is called ,ambleside4--,see ,camden's ,britannia1 #fde 7edition #aeij74--;,,ed4 #dcb #ahce4 444 to hope that private claims ,will from the injuries of time protect ,,ms4 #dcc #ahce4 444 and the foot ,of that same ,bard1 by pacing to and fro ,at morn1 and noon1 444 ,,ms4 #dcd #ahce4 444 its gray line4 ,murmuring his unambitious verse alone1 ,or in sweet converse with beloved ,friends4 ,no more must he frequent it4 ,yet might power ,follow the yearnings of the spirit1 he ,reluctantly departing1 would consign ,this walk1 his heart's possession1 to the care ,of those pure ,minds that reverence the ,muse4 ,,ms4 ,,farewell ,,lines#dce ,composed #ahbf4--,published #ahdb ,these lines were designed as a farewell to ,charles ,lamb and his sister1 who had retired from the throngs of ,london to comparative solitude in the village of ,enfield--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,poems founded on the ,affections4--,,ed4 ,high bliss is only for a higher state1#dcf ,but1 surely1 if severe afflictions borne ,with patience merit the reward of peace1 ,peace ye deserve2 and may the solid good1 ,sought by a wise though late exchange1 and here #e ,with bounteous hand beneath a cottage-roof ,to you accorded1 never be withdrawn1 ,nor for the world's best promises renounced4 ,most soothing was it for a welcome ,friend1 ,fresh from the crowded city1 to behold #aj ,that lonely union1 privacy so deep1 ,such calm employments1 such entire content4 ,so when the rain is over1 the storm laid1 ,a pair of herons oft-times have ,i seen1 ,upon a rocky islet1 side by side1 #ae ,drying their feathers in the sun1 at ease2 ,and so1 when night with grateful gloom had fallen1 ,two glow-worms in such nearness that they shared1 ,as seemed1 their soft self-satisfying light1 ,each with the other1 on the dewy ground1 #bj ,where ,he that made them blesses their repose4-- ,when wandering among lakes and hills ,i note1 ,once more1 those creatures thus by nature paired1 ,and guarded in their tranquil state of life1 ,even1 as your happy presence to my mind #be ,their union brought1 will they repay the debt1 ,and send a thankful spirit back to you1 ,with hope that we1 dear ,friends6 shall meet again4 ,,footnotes3 #dce ,as ,charles ,lamb retired to ,enfield in #ahbf1 these lines cannot have been composed much later than that year1 although they were not published till #ahdb4 ,lamb wrote thus to ,wordsworth on the #fth of ,april #ahbe3 ,i came home ,,for ,,ever on ,tuesday in last week4 ,the incomprehensibleness of my condition overwhelmed me4 ,it was like passing from life into eternity4 444 ,i wandered about1 thinking ,i was happy1 but feeling ,i was not4 ,but that tumultuousness is passing off1 and ,i begin to understand the nature of the gift4 ,holidays1 even the annual month1 were always uneasy joys3 their conscious fugitiveness2 the craving after making the most of them4 ,now1 when all is holiday1 there are no holidays4 ,i can sit at home1 in rain or shine1 without a restless impulse for walkings4 ,i am daily steadying1 and shall soon find it as natural to me to be my own master1 as it has been irksome to have had a master4 ,mary wakes every morning with an obscure feeling that some good has happened to us4--,,ed4 #dcf ,see ,thomson's lines ,to the ,reverend ,patrick ,murdoch1 ,rector of ,stradishall1 in ,suffolk1 #agch1 l4 #aj4--;,,ed4 #ahbg ,the poems composed in #ahbg were for the most part sonnets4 ,but several of those first published in #ahbg evidently belong to an earlier year1 the date of which it is impossible to discover4--,,ed4 ,,on ,,seeing ,a ,,needlecase ,,in ,,the ,,form ,,of ,a ,,harp ,,the ,,work ,,of ,e4 ,m4 ,s4#dcg ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,poems of the ,fancy4--,,ed4 ,frowns are on every ,muse's face1 ,reproaches from their lips are sent1 ,that mimicry should thus disgrace ,the noble ,instrument4 ,a very ,harp in all but size6 #e ,needles for strings in apt gradation6 ,minerva's self would stigmatize ,the unclassic profanation4 ,even her own needle that subdued ,arachne's rival spirit1#dch #aj ,though wrought in ,vulcan's happiest mood1 ,such honour#dci could not merit4 ,and this1 too1 from the ,laureate's ,child1 ,a living lord of melody6 ,how will her ,sire be reconciled #ae ,to the refined indignity8 ,i spake1 when whispered a low voice1 ,bard6 moderate your ire2 ,spirits of all degrees rejoice ,in presence of the lyre4 #bj ,the ,minstrels of ,pygmean bands1#ddj ,dwarf ,genii1 moonlight-loving ,fays1 ,have shells to fit their tiny hands ,and suit their slender lays4 ,some1 still more delicate of ear1 #be ,have lutes 7believe my words7 ,whose framework is of gossamer1 ,while sunbeams are the chords4 ,gay ,sylphs,b this miniature will court1 ,made vocal by their brushing wings1 #cj ,and sullen ,gnomes#dda will learn to sport ,around its polished strings2 ,whence strains to love-sick maiden dear1 ,while in her lonely bower she tries ,to cheat the thought she cannot cheer1 #ce ,by fanciful embroideries4 ,trust1 angry ,bard6 a knowing ,sprite1 ,nor think the ,harp her lot deplores2 ,though 'mid the stars the ,lyre shine#ddb bright1 ,love stoops as fondly as he soars4#ddc #dj ,,footnotes3 #dcg ,edith ,may ,southey4--,,ed4 #dch ,arachne1 daughter of a dyer of ,colophon1 skilful with her needle1 challenged ,minerva to a trial of skill4 ,minerva defeated her1 and committing suicide1 she was changed by the goddess into a spider4--,,ed4 #dci #ahde4 ,like station 444 #ahbg4 #ddj ,pygmi1 the nation of ,lilliputian dwarfs1 fabled to dwell in ,india1 or ,ethiopia4 7,see ,ovid1 ,metamorphoses1 vi4 #ij2 ,aristotle1 ,de ,anima1 viii4 #ab47--;,,ed4 #dda ,according to medival belief1 the ,sylphs were elemental spirits of the air2 the ,gnomes the elemental spirits of the earth4 ,the ,gnomes or ,dmons of ,earth delight in mischief2 but the ,sylphs1 whose habitation is in the ,air1 are the best-condition'd creatures imaginable4--7,see ,pope1 ,rape of the ,lock1 ,preface47--,,ed4 #ddb #ahcb4 444 shines 444 #ahbg4 #ddc #ahbg4 444 as she soars4 ,,ms4 ,,miscellaneous ,,sonnets ,,dedication ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,in the cottage1 ,town-end1 ,grasmere1 one afternoon in #ahja1 my ,sister read to me the ,sonnets of ,milton4 ,i had long been well acquainted with them1 but ,i was particularly struck on that occasion by the dignified simplicity and majestic harmony that runs through most of them1--in character so totally different from the ,italian1 and still more so from ,shakespeare's fine ,sonnets4 ,i took fire1 if ,i may be allowed to say so1 and produced three ,sonnets the same afternoon1 the first ,i ever wrote except an irregular one at school4 ,of these three1 the only one ,i distinctly remember is ,i grieved for ,buonapart4 ,one was never written down3 the third1 which was1 ,i believe1 preserved1 ,i cannot particularise4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,,to ----#ddd ,happy the feeling from the bosom thrown ,in perfect shape 7whose beauty ,time shall spare ,though a breath made it7 like a bubble blown ,for summer pastime into wanton air2 ,happy the thought best likened to a stone #e ,of the sea-beach1 when1 polished with nice care1 ,veins it discovers exquisite and rare1 ,which for the loss of that moist gleam atone ,that tempted first to gather it4 ,that here1 ,o chief of ,friends6#dde such feelings ,i present1 #aj ,to thy regard1 with thoughts so fortunate1 ,were a vain notion2 but the hope is dear1#ddf ,that thou1 if not with partial joy elate1 ,wilt smile upon this gift with#ddg more than mild content6#ddh ,,footnotes3 #ddd ,this dedicatory sonnet may possibly have been inscribed to his sister1 whose reading of ,milton's sonnets in #ahja first led him 7as the ,fenwick note tells us7 to write sonnets4--,,ed4 #dde ,see the note on the previous page4--,,ed4 #ddf #ahcg4 444 gather it4 ,o chief ,of ,friends6 such feelings if ,i here present1 ,such thoughts1 with others mixed less fortunate2 ,then smile into my heart a fond belief ,that ,thou1 444 #ahbg4 #ddg #ahcg4 ,receiv'st the gift for 444 #ahbg4 #ddh ,something less than joy1 but more than dull content4 ,,countess ,,of ,,winchelsea4--,w4 ,w4 #ahcg4 ,,her ,,only ,,pilot ,,the ,,soft ,,breeze1 ,,the ,,boat ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,her only pilot the soft breeze1 the boat ,lingers1 but ,fancy is well satisfied2 ,with keen-eyed ,hope1 with ,memory1 at her side1 ,and the glad ,muse at liberty to note ,all that to each is precious1 as we float #e ,gently along2 regardless who shall chide ,if the heavens smile1 and leave us free to glide1 ,happy ,associates breathing air remote ,from trivial cares4 ,but1 ,fancy and the ,muse1 ,why have ,i crowded this small bark with you #aj ,and others of your kind1 ideal crew6 ,while here sits ,one whose brightness owes its hues ,to flesh and blood2 no ,goddess from above1 ,no fleeting ,spirit1 but my own true ,love8#ddi ,,footnotes3 #ddi ,the reminiscence of a day spent on ,grasmere ,lake with ,mrs4 ,wordsworth4 ,compare ,robert ,browning's lines-- ,no angel1 but a dearer being ,all dipt in angel instincts4--,,ed4 ,,why1 ,,minstrel1 ,,these ,,untuneful ,,murmurings ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,why1 ,minstrel1 these untuneful murmurings-- ,dull1 flagging notes that with each other jar8 ,think1 gentle ,lady1 of a ,harp so far ,from its own country1 and forgive the strings4 ,a simple answer6 but even so forth springs1 #e ,from the ,castalian fountain of the heart1#dej ,the ,poetry of ,life1 and all that ,art ,divine of words quickening insensate things4 ,from the submissive necks of guiltless men ,stretched on the block1 the glittering axe recoils2 #aj ,sun1 moon1 and stars1 all struggle in the toils ,of mortal sympathy2 what wonder then ,that#dea the poor ,harp distempered music yields ,to its sad ,lord1 far from his native fields8 ,,footnotes3 #dej ,castaly 7,castalius fons71 a fountain near ,parnassus sacred to the ,muses4 ,see ,virgil1 ,georgics1 iii4 #bic4--;,,ed4 #dea #ahcg4 ,if 444 #ahbg4 ,,to ,s4 ,h4#deb ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,excuse is needless when with love sincere ,of occupation1 not by fashion led1 ,thou turn'st the ,wheel that slept with dust o'erspread2 ,my nerves from no such murmur shrink1--tho' near1 ,soft as the ,dorhawk's to a distant ear1 #e ,when twilight shades darken#dec the mountain's head4#ded ,even ,she who toils to spin#dee our vital thread#def ,might smile on work1 ,o ,lady1 once so dear#deg ,to household virtues4 ,venerable ,art1 ,torn from the ,poor6#deh yet shall kind ,heaven protect #aj ,its own2 though ,rulers1 with undue respect1 ,trusting to crowded factory and mart#dei ,and#dfj proud discoveries of the intellect1 ,heed not#dfa the pillage of man's ancient heart4 ,,footnotes3 #deb ,sarah ,hutchinson1 ,mrs4 ,wordsworth's sister4--,,ed4 #dec #ahcg4 444 bedim 444 #ahbg4 #ded ,either ,wansfell1 or ,loughrigg4--,,ed4 #dee #ahdj4 ,she who was feigned to spin 444 #ahbg4 ,she who even toils to spin 444 ,c4 #def ,lachesis1 the second of the three ,parc1 who was supposed to spin out the actions of our life4 ,clotho colum retinet1 ,lachesis net1 et ,atropos occat4--,,ed4 #deg #ahcg4 ,might smile1 ,o ,lady6 on a task once dear #ahbg4 #deh ,referring to the introduction of steam-looms1 which displaced the hand-loom spinning of a previous generation4--,,ed4 #dei ,compare ,the ,excursion1 book viii4 ll4 #afe-ahe4--;,,ed4 #dfj #ahcg4 444 yet will kind ,heaven protect ,its own1 not left without a guiding chart1 ,if ,rulers1 trusting with undue respect ,to 444 #ahbg4 #dfa #ahcg4 ,sanction 444 #ahbg4 ,,decay ,,of ,,piety ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,attendance at church on prayer-days1 ,wednesdays and ,fridays and ,holidays1 received a shock at the ,revolution4 ,it is now1 however1 happily reviving4 ,the ancient people described in this ,sonnet were among the last of that pious class4 ,may we hope that the practice1 now in some degree renewed1 will continue to spread4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,oft have ,i seen1 ere ,time had ploughed my cheek1 ,matrons and ,sires--who1 punctual to the call ,of their loved ,church1 on fast or festival ,through the long year the ,house of ,prayer would seek3 ,by ,christmas snows1 by visitation bleak #e ,of ,easter winds1 unscared1 from hut or hall ,they came to lowly bench or sculptured stall1 ,but with one fervour of devotion meek4 ,i see the places where they once were known1 ,and ask1 surrounded even by kneeling crowds1 #aj ,is ancient ,piety for ever flown8 ,alas6 even then they seemed like fleecy clouds ,that1 struggling through the western sky1 have won ,their pensive light from a departed sun6 ,,scorn ,,not ,,the ,,sonnet2 ,,critic1 ,,you ,,have ,,frowned ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,composed1 almost extempore1 in a short walk on the western side of ,rydal ,lake4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,scorn not the ,sonnet2 ,critic1 you have frowned1 ,mindless of its just honours2 with this key ,shakspeare unlocked his heart2#dfb the melody ,of this small lute gave ease to ,petrarch's wound2#dfc ,a thousand times this pipe did ,tasso sound2#dfd #e ,with it ,camens soothed#dfe an exile's grief2#dff ,the ,sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf ,amid the cypress with which ,dante#dfg crowned ,his visionary brow3 a glow-worm lamp1 ,it cheered mild ,spenser1 called from ,faery-land #aj ,to struggle through dark ways2#dfh and1 when a damp ,fell round the path of ,milton1 in his hand ,the ,thing became a trumpet2#dfi whence he blew ,soul-animating strains--alas1 too few6#dgj ,,footnotes3 #dfb ,shakespeare's sonnets are autobiographical3 compare ,nos4 #bd1 #cj1 #ci1 #aje1 #aaf4--;,,ed4 #dfc ,petrarch's were all inspired by his devotion to ,laura4--,,ed4 #dfd ,tasso's works include two volumes of sonnets1 first published in #aeha and #aeib4--;,,ed4 #dfe #ahcg4 ,camens soothed with it 444 #ahbg4 #dff ,for his satire ,disparates na ,india1 ,camens was banished to ,macao in #aeef1 where he wrote the ,os ,lusiadas1 also many sonnets and lyric poems4--,,ed4 #dfg ,compare the ,vita ,nuova1 passim4--,,ed4 #dfh ,spenser wrote ninety-two sonnets4 ,from the eightieth sonnet it would seem that the writing of them was a relaxation1 after the labour spent upon the ,farie ,queene4 ,it is to this sonnet that ,wordsworth alludes4 ,after so long a race as ,i have run ,through ,faery land1 which these six books compile1 ,give leave to rest me1 being half foredone1 ,and gather to myself new breath awhile4--,,ed4 #dfi ,milton's twenty-three sonnets were written partly in ,english1 partly in ,italian4 ,compare ,wordsworth's sonnet1 addressed to him in #ahjb1 beginning3-- ,milton1 thou should'st be living at this hour4--,,ed4 #dgj ,compare the sonnet beginning-- ,nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room4--,,ed4 ,,fair ,,prime ,,of ,,life6 ,,were ,,it ,,enough ,,to ,,gild ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,suggested by observation of the way in which a young friend1 whom ,i do not choose to name1 misspent his time and misapplied his talents4 ,he took afterwards a better course1 and became a useful member of society1 respected1 ,i believe1 wherever he has been known4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,fair ,prime of life6 were it enough to gild ,with ready sunbeams every straggling shower2 ,and1 if an unexpected cloud should lower1 ,swiftly thereon a rainbow arch to build ,for ,fancy's errands1--then1 from fields half-tilled #e ,gathering green weeds to mix with poppy flower1 ,thee might thy ,minions crown1 and chant thy power1 ,unpitied by the wise1 all censure stilled4 ,ah6 show that worthier honours are thy due2 ,fair ,prime of life6 arouse the deeper heart2 #aj ,confirm the ,spirit glorying to pursue ,some path of steep ascent and lofty aim2 ,and1 if there be a joy that slights the claim ,of grateful memory1 bid that joy depart4 ,,retirement ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,if the whole weight of what we think and feel1 ,save only far as thought and feeling blend ,with action1 were as nothing1 patriot ,friend6 ,from thy remonstrance would be no appeal2 ,but to promote and fortify the weal #e ,of our own ,being is her paramount end2 ,a truth which they alone shall comprehend ,who shun the mischief which they cannot heal4 ,peace in these feverish times is sovereign bliss3 ,here1 with no thirst but what the stream can slake1 #aj ,and startled only by the rustling brake1 ,cool air ,i breathe2 while the unincumbered ,mind1 ,by some weak aims at services assigned ,to gentle ,natures1 thanks not ,heaven amiss4 ,,there ,,is ,a ,,pleasure ,,in ,,poetic ,,pains ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,there is a pleasure in poetic pains ,which only ,poets know2#dga--'twas rightly said2 ,whom could the ,muses else allure to tread ,their smoothest paths1 to wear their lightest chains8 ,when happiest ,fancy has inspired the strains1 #e ,how oft the malice of one luckless word ,pursues the ,enthusiast to the social board1 ,haunts him belated on the silent plains6 ,yet he repines not1 if his thought stand clear1 ,at last1 of hindrance and obscurity1 #aj ,fresh as the star that crowns the brow of morn2 ,bright1 speckless1 as a softly-moulded tear ,the moment it has left the virgin's eye1 ,or rain-drop lingering on the pointed thorn4 ,,footnotes3 #dga ,see ,cowper's ,task1 book ii4 l4 #bhe4--;,,ed4 ,,recollection ,,of ,,the ,,portrait ,,of ,,king ,,henry ,,eighth1 ,,trinity ,,lodge1 ,,cambridge#dgb ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,the imperial ,stature1 the colossal stride1 ,are yet before me2 yet do ,i behold ,the broad full visage1 chest of amplest mould1 ,the vestments 'broidered with barbaric pride3 ,and lo6 a poniard1 at the ,monarch's side1 #e ,hangs ready to be grasped in sympathy ,with the keen threatenings of that fulgent eye1 ,below the white-rimmed bonnet1 far-descried4 ,who trembles now at thy capricious mood8 ',mid those surrounding ,worthies1 haughty ,king1 #aj ,we rather think1 with grateful mind sedate1 ,how ,providence educeth1 from the spring ,of lawless will1 unlooked-for streams of good1 ,which neither force shall check nor time abate6 ,,footnotes3 #dgb ,trinity ,college1 ,cambridge1 was founded by ,king ,henry ,,viii4 in #aedf1 on the site of ,king's ,hall1 founded by ,edward ,,iii4 in #accg4 ,two of the gateways of the latter remain1 as parts of the great court of ,trinity4 ,over one of these--the ,king's or entrance gate way--the statue of ,henry ,,viii4 is erected4 ,the portrait1 described in the sonnet1 is in the ,hall of the ,college4--,,ed4 ,,when ,,philoctetes ,,in ,,the ,,lemnian ,,isle ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,when ,philoctetes in the ,lemnian isle#dgc ,like a ,form sculptured on a monument ,lay couched2 on him or his dread bow unbent#dgd ,some wild ,bird oft might settle and beguile ,the rigid features of a transient smile1 #e ,disperse the tear1 or to the sigh give vent1 ,slackening the pains of ruthless banishment ,from his lov'd home1 and from heroic toil4 ,and trust#dge that spiritual ,creatures round us move1 ,griefs to allay which#dgf ,reason cannot heal2 #aj ,yea1 veriest#dgg reptiles have sufficed to prove ,to fettered wretchedness1 that no ,bastile#dgh ,is deep enough to exclude the light of love1 ,though man for brother man has ceased to feel4 ,,footnotes3 #dgc ,the original title of this sonnet in ,,ms4 was ,suggested by the same ,incident 7referring to the previous sonnet72 and its original form1 with one line awanting1 was as follows3-- ,when ,philoctetes1 in the ,lemnian ,isle ,reclined with shaggy forehead earthward bent1 ,lay silent like a weed-grown ,monument1 ,such ,friend1 for such brief moment as a smile ,asks to be born and die in1 might beguile ,the wounded ,chief of pining discontent ,from home affections1 and heroic toil4 ,seen1 or unseen1 beneath us1 or above1 ,are ,powers that soften anguish1 if not heal2 ,and toads and spiders have sufficed to prove ,to fettered wretchedness that no ,bastile ,is deep enough to exclude the light of ,love1 ,though man for ,brother man have ceased to feel4 ,philoctetes1 one of the ,argonauts1 received from the dying ,hercules his arrows4 ,called by ,menelaus to go with the ,greeks to the ,trojan war1 he was sent to the island of ,lemnos1 owing to a wound in his foot4 ,there he remained for ten years1 till the oracle informed the ,greeks that ,troy could not be taken without the arrows of ,hercules4 ,the sonnet refers to the legend of his life in ,lemnos4--,,ed4 #dgd #ahcg4 444 isle ,lay couched2 upon that breathless ,monument1 ,on him1 or on his fearful bow unbent1 #ahbg4 #dge #ahcg4 ,from home affections1 and heroic toil4 ,nor doubt 444 #ahbg4 #dgf #ahcg4 444 that 444 #ahbg4 #dgg #ahcg4 ,and very 444 #ahbg4 #dgh ,compare the sonnet ,to ,toussaint l',ouverture 7vol4 ii4 p4 #cci74--;,,ed4 ,,while ,,anna',s ,,peers ,,and ,,early ,,playmates ,,tread ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,this is taken from the account given by ,miss ,jewsbury of the pleasure she derived1 when long confined to her bed by sickness1 from the inanimate object on which this sonnet turns4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,while ,anna's peers#dgi and early playmates tread1 ,in freedom1 mountain-turf and river's marge2#dhj ,or float with music in the festal barge2 ,rein the proud steed1 or through the dance are led2 ,her doom it is#dha to press a weary bed-- #e ,till oft her guardian ,angel1 to some charge ,more urgent called1 will stretch his wings at large1 ,and friends too rarely prop the languid head4 ,yet1 helped by ,genius--untired comforter1#dhb ,the presence even of a stuffed ,owl for her #aj ,can cheat the time2 sending her fancy out ,to ivied castles and to moonlight skies1 ,though he can neither stir a plume1 nor shout2 ,nor veil1 with restless film1 his staring eyes4 ,,footnotes3 #dgi ,anna ,jewsbury1 afterwards ,mrs4 ,william ,fletcher4 ,compare ,liberty1 in this volume1 stanza #a1 and the note 7p4 #bbb74--;,,ed4 #dhj #ahcg4 ,while they1 her ,playmates once1 light-hearted tread ,the mountain turf and river's flowery marge2 #ahbg4 ,while they1 who once were ,anna's ,playmates1 tread ,the mountain turf and river's flowery marge2 #ahcb4 #dha #ahcb4 ,is ,anna doomed 444 #ahbg4 #dhb #ahcg4 ,yet ,genius is no feeble comforter3 #ahbg4 ,,to ,,the ,,cuckoo ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,not the whole warbling grove in concert heard ,when sunshine follows shower1 the breast can thrill ,like the first summons1 ,cuckoo6 of thy bill1 ,with its twin notes inseparably paired4#dhc ,the captive 'mid damp vaults unsunned1 unaired1 #e ,measuring the periods of his lonely doom1 ,that cry can reach2 and to the sick man's room ,sends gladness1 by no languid smile declared4 ,the lordly eagle-race through hostile search ,may perish2 time may come when never more #aj ,the wilderness shall hear the lion roar2 ,but1 long as cock shall crow from household perch ,to rouse the dawn1 soft gales shall speed thy wing1 ,and thy erratic voice#dhd be faithful to the ,spring6 ,,footnotes3 #dhc ,compare ,to the ,cuckoo--#ahjb 7vol4 ii4 p4 #bij7-- ,thy twofold shout ,i hear4 ,also ,robert ,browning's ,a ,lovers' ,quarrel1 stanza #ah-- 444 that minor third ,there is none but the cuckoo knows4--,,ed4 #dhd ,compare 7vol4 ii4 p4 #bhi7-- ,o ,cuckoo6 shall ,i call thee ,bird1 ,or but a wandering ,voice8--,,ed4 ,,the ,,infant ,m---- ,m---- ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,the infant was ,mary ,monkhouse1#dhe the only daughter of my friend and cousin1 ,thomas ,monkhouse4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,unquiet ,childhood here by special grace ,forgets her nature1 opening like a flower ,that neither feeds nor wastes its vital power ,in painful struggles4 ,months each other chase1 ,and nought untunes that ,infant's voice2 no trace#dhf #e ,of fretful temper sullies her pure cheek2#dhg ,prompt1 lively1 self-sufficing1 yet so meek ,that one enrapt with gazing on her face 7,which even the placid innocence of death ,could scarcely make more placid1 heaven more bright7 ,might learn to picture1 for the eye of faith1 #aa ,the ,virgin1 as she shone with kindred light2 ,a nursling couched upon her mother's knee1 ,beneath some shady palm of ,galilee4 ,,footnotes3 #dhe ,afterwards ,mrs4 ,henry ,dew of ,whitney ,rectory1 ,herefordshire4--,,ed4 #dhf #ahcg4 444 a trace #ahbg4 #dhg #ahcg4 444 sullies not her cheek2 #ahbg4 ,,to ,,rotha ,q---- ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,rotha1 the daughter of my son-in-law1 ,mr4 ,quillinan4--,i4 ,f4 ,rotha1 my ,spiritual ,child6 this head was grey ,when at the sacred font for thee ,i stood2 ,pledged till thou reach the verge of womanhood1 ,and shalt become thy own sufficient stay3 ,too late1 ,i feel1 sweet ,orphan1 was the day #e ,for stedfast hope the contract to fulfil2 ,yet shall my blessing hover o'er thee still1 ,embodied in the music of this ,lay1 ,breathed forth beside the peaceful mountain ,stream#dhh ,whose murmur soothed thy languid ,mother's ear #aj ,after her throes1 this ,stream of name more dear ,since thou dost bear it1--a memorial theme#dhi ,for others2 for thy future self1 a spell ,to summon fancies out of ,time's dark cell4#dij ,,footnotes3 #dhh ,the river ,rotha1 which flows into ,windermere from the lakes of ,grasmere and ,rydal4--,,ed4 #dhi #ahbg4 444 whose name is thine to bear ,hanging around thee a memorial theme ,,ms4 #dij ,compare the poem on the ,borrowdale ,yew ,trees4--,,ed4 ,,to ----1 ,,in ,,her ,,seventieth ,,year#dia ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,lady ,fitzgerald1 as described to me by ,lady ,beaumont4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,such age how beautiful6 ,o ,lady bright1 ,whose mortal lineaments seem all refined ,by favouring ,nature and a saintly ,mind ,to something purer and more exquisite ,than flesh and blood2 whene'er thou meet'st my sight1 ,when ,i behold thy blanched unwithered cheek1 #f ,thy temples fringed with locks of gleaming white1 ,and head that droops because the soul is meek1 ,thee with the welcome ,snowdrop ,i compare2 ,that child of winter1 prompting thoughts that climb #aj ,from desolation toward#dib the genial prime2 ,or with the ,moon conquering earth's misty air1 ,and filling more and more with crystal light ,as pensive ,evening deepens into night4#dic ,,footnotes3 #dia #ahcb4 ,to ----1 #ahbg4 #dib #ahcb4 444 tow'rds 444 #ahbg4 #dic ,another version of this sonnet is given in a letter from ,mrs4 ,wordsworth to ,lady ,beaumont3-- ,lady1 what delicate graces may unite ,in age--so often comfortless and bleak6 ,though from thy unenfeebled eye-balls break ,those saintly emanations of delight1 ,a snow-drop let me name thee2 pure1 chaste1 white1 ,too pure for flesh and blood2 with smooth1 blanch'd cheek1 ,and head that droops because the soul is meek1 ,and not that ,time presses with weary weight4 ,hope1 ,love1 and ,joy are with thee fresh as fair2 ,a ,child of ,winter prompting thoughts that climb ,from desolation towards the genial prime3 ,or1 like the moon1 conquering the misty air ,and filling more and more with chrystal light1 ,as pensive evening deepens into night4--,,ed4 ,,in ,,my ,,mind',s ,,eye ,a ,,temple1 ,,like ,a ,,cloud ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,in my mind's eye a ,temple1 like a cloud ,slowly surmounting some invidious hill1 ,rose out of darkness3 the bright ,work stood still2 ,and might of its own beauty have been proud1 ,but it was fashioned and to ,god was vowed #e ,by ,virtues that diffused1 in every part1 ,spirit divine through forms of human art3 ,faith had her arch--her arch1 when winds blow loud1 ,into the consciousness of safety thrilled2 ,and ,love her towers of dread foundation laid #aj ,under the grave of things2 ,hope had her spire ,star-high1 and pointing still to something higher2 ,trembling ,i gazed1 but heard a voice--it said1 ,hell-gates are powerless ,phantoms when we build4 ,,go ,,back ,,to ,,antique ,,ages1 ,,if ,,thine ,,eyes ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,poems dedicated to ,national ,independence and ,liberty4--,,ed4 ,go back to antique ages1 if thine eyes ,the genuine mien and character would trace ,of the rash ,spirit that still holds her place1 ,prompting the world's audacious vanities6 ,go back1 and see#did the ,tower of ,babel rise2 #e ,the pyramid extend its monstrous base1 ,for some ,aspirant of our short-lived race1 ,anxious an aery name to immortalize4 ,there1 too1 ere wiles and politic dispute ,gave specious colouring to aim and act1 #aj ,see the first mighty ,hunter leave the brute-- ,to chase mankind1 with men in armies packed ,for his field-pastime high and absolute1 ,while1 to dislodge his game1 cities are sacked6 ,,footnotes3 #did #ahcg4 ,see1 at her call1 444 #ahbg4 ,,if ,,thou ,,indeed ,,derive ,,thy ,,light ,,from ,,heaven ,published #ahbg ,these verses were written some time after we had become residents at ,rydal ,mount1 and ,i will take occasion from them to observe upon the beauty of that situation1 as being backed and flanked by lofty fells1 which bring the heavenly bodies to touch1 as it were1 the earth upon the mountain-tops1 while the prospect in front lies open to a length of level valley1 the extended lake1 and a terminating ridge of low hills2 so that it gives an opportunity to the inhabitants of the place of noticing the stars in both the positions here alluded to1 namely1 on the tops of the mountains1 and as winter-lamps at a distance among the leafless trees4--,i4 ,f4 ,if thou indeed derive thy light from ,heaven1 ,then1 to the measure of that heaven-born light1 ,shine1 ,poet6#die in thy place1 and be content3-- ,the stars pre-eminent in magnitude1 ,and they that from the zenith dart their beams1#dif #e 7,visible though they#dig be to half the earth1 ,though half a sphere be conscious of their brightness7 ,are#dih yet of no diviner origin1 ,no purer essence1 than the one that burns1 ,like an untended watch-fire1 on the ridge #aj ,of some dark mountain2 or than those which seem ,humbly to hang1 like twinkling winter lamps1 ,among the branches of the leafless trees2 ,all are the undying offspring of one ,sire3 ,then1 to the measure of the light vouchsafed1 #ae ,shine1 ,poet6 in thy place1 and be content4#dii ,these lines1 first published in #ahbg1 found a place in the edition of that year1 amongst the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4 ,in the edition of #ahde they appeared as a ,preface to the entire volume of ,poems4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #die #ahcg4 444 from ,heaven1 ,shine1 ,poet1 444 #ahbg4 #dif #ahcg4 ,the ,star that from the zenith darts its beams1 #ahbg4 #dig #ahcg4 444 it 444 #ahbg4 #dih #ahcg4 444 its brightness1 ,is 444 #ahbg4 #dii ,the last three lines were added in #ahcg4--;,,ed4 ,,in ,,the ,,woods ,,of ,,rydal#ejj ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,wild ,redbreast6#eja hadst them at ,jemima's lip#ejb ,pecked1 as at mine1 thus boldly1 ,love might say#ejc ,a half-blown rose had tempted thee to sip ,its glistening dews3 but hallowed is the clay ,which the ,muse warms2 and ,i1 whose head is grey1#ejd #e ,am not unworthy of thy fellowship2 ,nor could ,i let one thought--one motion--slip ,that might thy sylvan confidence betray4 ,for are we not all ,his without whose care ,vouchsafed no sparrow falleth to the ground8#eje #aj ,who gives his ,angels wings to speed through air1 ,and rolls the planets through the blue profound2 ,then peck or perch1 fond ,flutterer6 nor forbear ,to trust a ,poet in still musings bound4#ejf ,,footnotes3 #ejj ,the original title 7in ,,ms47 was ,to a ,redbreast4 ,in the ,woods of ,rydal was added in #ahcf4--;,,ed4 #eja ,this ,sonnet1 as ,poetry1 explains itself1 yet the scene of the incident having been a wild wood1 it may be doubted1 as a point of natural history1 whether the bird was aware that his attentions were bestowed upon a human1 or even a living creature4 ,but a ,redbreast will perch upon the foot of a gardener at work1 and alight on the handle of the spade when his hand is half upon it1--this ,i have seen4 ,and under my own roof ,i have witnessed affecting instances of the creature's friendly visits to the chambers of sick persons1 as described in the verses to the ,redbreast4 ,one of these welcome intruders used frequently to roost upon a nail in the wall1 from which a picture had hung1 and was ready1 as morning came1 to pipe his song in the hearing of the ,invalid1 who had been long confined to her room4 ,these attachments to a particular person1 when marked and continued1 used to be reckoned ominous2 but the superstition is passing away4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbg4 #ejb ,jemima ,quillinan4--,,ed4 #ejc #ahcg4 ,strange visitation6 at ,jemima's lip ,thus hadst thou pecked1 wild ,redbreast6 ,love might say1 #ahbg4 #ejd #ahbg4 ,that the ,muse warms2 and ,i1 though old and grey1 ,,ms4 #eje ,compare ,the ,ancient ,mariner1 ,part vii41 stanza #bc4--;,,ed4 #ejf #ahcg4 444 vision bound4 #ahbg4 ,,conclusion ,,to ----#ejg ,composed #ahbg4--,published #ahbg ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,if these brief ,records1 by the ,muses' art ,produced as lonely ,nature or the strife ,that animates the scenes of public life#ejh ,inspired1 may in thy leisure claim a part2 ,and if these ,transcripts of the private heart #e ,have gained a sanction from thy falling tears2 ,then ,i repent not4 ,but my soul hath fears ,breathed from eternity2 for as a dart ,cleaves the blank air1 ,life flies3 now every day ,is but a glimmering spoke in the swift wheel #aj ,of the revolving week4 ,away1 away1 ,all fitful cares1 all transitory zeal6 ,so timely ,grace the immortal wing may heal1 ,and honour rest upon the senseless clay4 ,,footnotes3 #ejg ,i have been unable to discover to whom this ,conclusion was addressed4 ,it may have been to his daughter4--,,ed4 #ejh ,this line alludes to ,sonnets which will be found in another ,class4--,w4 ,w4 #ahcg4 ,he refers to the sonnets on ,liberty1 etc4--,,ed4 #ahbh ,the poems belonging to #ahbh include ,a ,morning ,exercise1 ,the ,triad1 two on ,the ,wishing-,gate1 ,the ,gleaner1 a sonnet1 two short pieces suggested during the fortnight which ,wordsworth spent on the ,rhine with his daughter and ,s4 ,t4 ,coleridge in that year1 and the ode on ,the ,power of ,sound4--,,ed4 ,a ,,morning ,,exercise ,composed #ahbh4--,published #ahcb ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,i could wish the last five stanzas of this to be read with the poem addressed to the skylark4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,fancy4--,,ed4 ,fancy1 who leads the pastimes of the glad1 ,full oft is pleased a wayward dart to throw2 ,sending sad shadows after things not sad1 ,peopling the harmless fields with signs of woe3 ,beneath her sway1 a simple forest cry #e ,becomes an echo of man's misery4 ,blithe ravens croak of death2 and when the owl ,tries his two voices for a favourite strain-- ,tu-whit--,tu-whoo6 the unsuspecting fowl ,forebodes mishap or seems but to complain2 #aj ,fancy1 intent to harass and annoy1 ,can thus pervert the evidence of joy4 ,through border wilds where naked ,indians stray1 ,myriads of notes attest her subtle skill2 ,a feathered task-master cries1 ,,work ,,away6 #ae ,and1 in thy iteration1 ,,whip ,,poor ,,will6#eji ,is heard the spirit of a toil-worn slave1 ,lashed out of life1 not quiet in the grave4 ,what wonder8 at her bidding1 ancient lays ,steeped in dire grief the voice of ,philomel2 #bj ,and that fleet messenger of summer days1 ,the ,swallow1 twittered subject to like spell2 ,but ne'er could ,fancy bend the buoyant ,lark ,to melancholy service--hark6 ,o hark6 ,the daisy sleeps upon the dewy lawn1 #be ,not lifting yet the head that evening bowed2 ,but ,he is risen1 a later star of dawn1 ,glittering and twinkling near yon rosy cloud2 ,bright gem instinct with music1 vocal spark2 ,the happiest bird that sprang out of the ,ark6 #cj ,hail1 blest above all kinds6--,supremely skilled ,restless with fixed to balance1 high with low1 ,thou leav'st the halcyon free her hopes to build ,on such forbearance as the deep may show2 ,perpetual flight1 unchecked by earthly ties1 #ce ,leav'st to the wandering bird of paradise4 ,faithful1 though swift as lightning1 the meek dove2 ,yet more hath ,nature reconciled in thee2 ,so constant with thy downward eye of love1 ,yet1 in arial singleness1 so free2#eaj #dj ,so humble1 yet so ready to rejoice ,in power of wing and never-wearied voice4#eaa ,to the last point of vision1 and beyond1 ,mount1 daring warbler6--that love-prompted strain1 7',twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond7 #de ,thrills not the less the bosom of the plain3 ,yet might'st thou seem1 proud privilege6 to sing ,all independent of the leafy spring4#eab ,how would it please old ,ocean to partake1 ,with sailors longing for a breeze in vain1 #ej ,the harmony thy notes most gladly make#eac ,where earth resembles most his own domain6#ead ,urania's self#eae might welcome with pleased ear ,these matins mounting towards her native sphere4 ,chanter by heaven attracted1 whom no bars #ee ,to daylight known deter from that pursuit1 ',tis well that some sage instinct1 when the stars ,come forth at evening1 keeps ,thee still and mute2 ,for not an eyelid could to sleep incline ,wert thou among them1 singing as they shine6#eaf #fj ,,footnotes3 #eji ,see ,waterton's ,wanderings in ,south ,america4--,w4 ,w4 #ahcb4 ,compare the reference to the ,melancholy ,muccawiss in ,the ,excursion1 book iii4 l4 #idg 7vol4 v4 p4 #adj71 and the note dagger in that page1 with the appendix note ,c1 p4 #cic4--;,,ed4 #eaj ,compare the two last lines of the poem ,to a ,skylark1 #ahbe-- ,type of the wise who soar1 but never roam2 ,true to the kindred points of ,heaven and ,home6--,,ed4 #eaa ,compare in ,shelley's ,ode to the ,skylark1 stanza ii4-- ,and singing still dost soar1 and soaring ever singest4--,,ed4 #eab ,this stanza was included in the ,morning ,exercise1 for the first time1 in #ahde4 ,it had been previously the second stanza of the poem ,to a ,skylark1 composed in #ahbe1 and first published in #ahbg4--;,,ed4 #eac #ahcf4 ,the harmony that thou best lovest to make #ahcb4 #ead #ahcf4 444 his blank domain6 #ahcb4 #eae ,the muse who presided over astronomy4--,,ed4 #eaf ,compare1 in ,addison's hymn in ,the ,spectator1 ,no4 #dfe 7,august #bc71 stanza iii4 l4 #g-- ,for ever singing as they shine4--,,ed4 ,,the ,,triad#eag ,composed #ahbh4--,published #ahbi 7in ,the ,keepsake7 ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,the girls1 ,edith ,southey1 my daughter ,dora1 and ,sara ,coleridge4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,imagination4--,,ed4 ,show me the noblest ,youth of present time1 ,whose trembling fancy would to love give birth2 ,some ,god or ,hero1 from the ,olympian clime ,returned1 to seek a ,consort upon earth2 ,or1 in no doubtful prospect1 let me see #e ,the brightest star of ages yet to be1 ,and ,i will mate and match him blissfully4 ,i will not fetch a ,naiad from a flood ,pure as herself--7song lacks not mightier power7 ,nor leaf-crowned ,dryad from a pathless wood1 #aj ,nor ,sea-nymph glistening from her coral bower2 ,mere ,mortals bodied forth in vision still1 ,shall with ,mount ,ida's triple lustre fill#eah ,the chaster coverts of a ,british hill4 ,appear6--obey my lyre's command6 #ae ,come1 like the ,graces1 hand in hand6#eai ,for ye1 though not by birth allied1 ,are ,sisters in the bond of love2 ,nor shall the tongue of envious pride ,presume those interweavings to reprove #bj ,in you1 which that fair progeny of ,jove1 ,learned#ebj from the tuneful spheres that glide ,in endless union1 earth and sea above4 --,i sing#eba in vain2--the pines have hushed their waving3 ,a peerless ,youth expectant at my side1 #be ,breathless as they1 with unabated craving ,looks to the earth1 and to the vacant air2 ,and1 with a wandering eye that seems to chide1 ,asks of the clouds what occupants they hide3-- ,but why solicit more than sight could bear1 #cj ,by casting on a moment all we dare8 ,invoke we those bright ,beings one by one2 ,and what was boldly promised1 truly shall be done4 ,fear not a constraining measure6 --,yielding to this gentle spell1#ebb #ce ,lucida6#ebc from domes of pleasure1 ,or from cottage-sprinkled dell1 ,come to regions solitary1 ,where the eagle builds her aery1 ,above the hermit's long-forsaken cell6 #dj --,she comes6--behold ,that ,figure1 like a ship with snow-white sail6#ebd ,nearer she draws2 a breeze uplifts her veil2 ,upon her coming wait ,as pure a sunshine and as soft a gale #de ,as e'er1 on herbage covering earthly mold1 ,tempted the bird of ,juno#ebe to unfold ,his richest splendour--when his veering gait ,and every motion of his starry train ,seem governed by a strain #ej ,of music1 audible to him alone4 ,o ,lady1 worthy of earth's proudest throne6 ,nor less1 by excellence of nature1 fit ,beside an unambitious hearth to sit ,domestic queen1 where grandeur is unknown2 #ee ,what living man could fear ,the worst of ,fortune's malice1 wert ,thou near1 ,humbling that lily-stem1 thy sceptre meek1 ,that its fair flowers may from his cheek ,brush the too happy tear8#ebf #fj ---- ,queen1 and handmaid lowly6 ,whose skill can speed the day with lively cares1 ,and banish melancholy ,by all that mind invents or hand prepares2 ,o ,thou1 against whose lip1 without its smile #fe ,and in its silence even1 no heart is proof2 ,whose goodness1 sinking deep1 would reconcile ,the softest ,nursling of a gorgeous palace ,to the bare life beneath the hawthorn-roof ,of ,sherwood's ,archer1#ebg or in caves of ,wallace-- ,who that hath seen thy beauty could content #ga ,his soul with but a glimpse of heavenly day8 ,who that hath loved thee1 but would lay ,his strong hand on the wind1 if it were bent ,to take thee in thy majesty away8 #ge --,pass onward 7even the glancing deer ,till we depart intrude not here27 ,that mossy slope1 o'er which the woodbine throws ,a canopy1 is smoothed for thy repose6 ,glad moment is it#ebh when the throng #hj ,of warblers in full concert strong ,strive1 and not vainly strive1 to rout ,the lagging shower1 and force coy ,phoebus out1 ,met by the rainbow's form divine1 ,issuing from her cloudy shrine2-- #he ,so may the thrillings of the lyre ,prevail to further our desire1 ,while to these shades a sister ,nymph ,i call4 ,come1 if the notes thine ear may pierce1 ,come1 youngest of the lovely ,three1#ebi #ij ,submissive to the might of verse ,and the dear voice of harmony1 ,by none#ecj more deeply felt than ,thee6 --,i sang2 and lo6 from pastimes virginal ,she hastens to the tents #ie ,of nature1 and the lonely elements4 ,air sparkles round her with a dazzling sheen2 ,but#eca mark her glowing cheek1 her vesture green6 ,and1 as if wishful to disarm ,or to repay the potent ,charm1 #ajj ,she bears the stringd lute of old romance1 ,that cheered the trellised arbour's privacy1 ,and soothed war-wearied knights in raftered hall4 ,how vivid1 yet#ecb how delicate1 her glee6 ,so tripped the ,muse1 inventress of the dance2 #aje ,so1 truant in waste woods1 the blithe ,euphrosyne6#ecc ,but the ringlets of that head ,why are they ungarlanded8 ,why bedeck her temples less ,than the simplest shepherdess8 #aaj ,is it not a brow inviting ,choicest flowers#ecd that ever breathed1 ,which the myrtle would delight in ,with ,idalian rose enwreathed8 ,but her humility is well content #aae ,with one wild floweret 7call it not forlorn7 ,,flower ,,of ,,the ,,winds1#ece beneath her bosom worn-- ,yet#ecf more for love than ornament4 ,open1 ye thickets6 let her fly1 ,swift as a ,thracian ,nymph o'er field and height6 #abj ,for ,she1 to all but those who love her1 shy1 ,would gladly vanish from a ,stranger's sight2 ,though where she is beloved and loves1 ,light as the wheeling butterfly she moves2 ,her happy spirit as a bird is free1 #abe ,that rifles blossoms on a tree1#ecg ,turning them inside out with arch audacity4 ,alas6 how little can a moment show ,of an eye where feeling plays ,in ten thousand dewy rays2 #acj ,a face o'er which a thousand shadows go6 --,she stops--is fastened to that rivulet's side2 ,and there 7while1 with sedater mien1 ,o'er timid waters that have scarcely left ,their birth-place in the rocky cleft #ace ,she bends7 at leisure may be seen ,features to old ideal grace allied1#ech ,amid their smiles and dimples dignified-- ,fit countenance for the soul of primal truth2 ,the bland composure of eternal youth6 #adj ,what more changeful than the sea8 ,but over his great tides ,fidelity presides2 ,and this light-hearted ,maiden constant is as he4 ,high is her aim as heaven above1 #ade ,and wide as ether her good-will2 ,and1 like the lowly reed1 her love ,can drink its nurture from the scantiest rill3 ,insight as keen as frosty star ,is to her charity no bar1 #aej ,nor interrupts her frolic graces ,when she is1 far from these wild places1 ,encircled by familiar faces4 ,o the charm that manners draw1 ,nature1 from thy genuine law6#eci #aee ,if from what her hand would do1 ,her voice would utter1 aught ensue ,untoward#edj or unfit2 ,she1 in benign affections pure1 ,in self-forgetfulness secure1 #afj ,sheds round the transient harm or vague mischance ,a light unknown to tutored elegance3#eda ,her's is not a cheek shame-stricken1 ,but her blushes are joy-flushes2 ,and the fault 7if fault it be7 #afe ,only ministers to quicken ,laughter-loving gaiety1 ,and kindle sportive wit--- ,leaving this ,daughter of the mountains free#edb ,as if she knew that ,oberon king of ,faery#edc #agj ,had crossed her purpose with some quaint vagary1 ,and heard his viewless bands ,over their mirthful triumph clapping hands4 ,last of the ,three1 though eldest born1#edd ,reveal thyself1 like pensive ,morn #age ,touched by the skylark's earliest note1 ,ere humbler gladness be afloat4 ,but whether in the semblance drest ,of ,dawn--or ,eve1 fair vision of the west1 ,come with each anxious hope subdued #ahj ,by woman's gentle fortitude1 ,each grief1 through meekness1 settling into rest4 --,or ,i would hail thee when some high-wrought page ,of a closed volume lingering in thy hand ,has raised thy spirit to a peaceful stand #ahe ,among the glories of a happier age4 ,her brow hath opened on me--see it there1 ,brightening the umbrage of her hair2 ,so gleams the crescent moon1 that loves ,to be descried through shady groves4 #aij ,tenderest bloom is on her cheek2 ,wish not for a richer streak2 ,nor dread the depth of meditative eye2 ,but let thy love1 upon that azure field ,of thoughtfulness and beauty1 yield #aie ,its homage offered up in purity4 ,what would'st thou more8 ,in sunny glade1 ,or under leaves of thickest shade1 ,was such a stillness e'er diffused ,since earth grew calm while angels mused8 #bjj ,softly she treads1 as if her foot were loth ,to crush the mountain dew-drops--soon to melt ,on the flower's breast2 as if she felt ,that flowers themselves1 whate'er their hue1 ,with all their fragrance1 all their glistening1 #bje ,call to the heart for inward listening-- ,and though for bridal wreaths and tokens true ,welcomed wisely2 though a growth ,which the careless shepherd sleeps on1 ,as fitly spring from turf the mourner weeps on-- ,and without wrong are cropped the marble tomb to strew4 #baa ,the ,charm is over2#ede the mute ,phantoms gone1 ,nor will return--but droop not1 favoured ,youth2 ,the apparition that before thee shone ,obeyed a summons covetous of truth4 #bae ,from these wild rocks thy footsteps ,i will guide ,to bowers in which thy fortune may be tried1 ,and one of the bright ,three become thy happy ,bride4 ,the ,triad was first published in ,the ,keepsake1 in #ahbi1 and next in the #ahcb edition of the ,poems4 ,see the criticism passed upon it by one of the three described1 viz41 ,sara ,coleridge1 in her ,memoirs1 vol4 ii4 pp4 #dji-aj4 ,of this poem ,mr4 ,aubrey de ,vere writes1 perhaps the most accomplished of ,wordsworth's works1 and the most unlike his earlier manner4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #eag ,this poem is called ,the ,promise1 in a letter written upon its publication in ,the ,keepsake4--,,ed4 #eah ,the ,phrygian ,ida was a many-branched range of mountains2 two subordinate ranges1 parting from the principal summit1 enclosed ,troy as with a crescent4 ,the ,cretan ,ida terminated in three snowy peaks4 ,there may be a reference to ,skiddaw's triple summit in the ,british hill4--,,ed4 #eai ,the ,charites--,aglaia1 ,thalia1 and ,euphrosyne--were usually represented with hands joined1 as a token of graciousness and friendship4--,,ed4 #ebj #ahcf4 ,and not the boldest tongue of envious pride ,in you those interweavings could reprove ,which ,they1 the progeny of ,jove1 ,learnt 444 #ahbi4 #eba #ahcf4 --,i speak 444 #ahbi4 #ebb #ahcf4 444 this constraining measure6 ,drawn by a poetic spell1 #ahbi4 #ebc ,edith ,southey4--,,ed4 #ebd #ahde4 444 with silver sail6 #ahcb4 #ebe ,the peacock4--,,ed4 #ebf #ahde4 444 may brush from off his cheek ,the too1 too happy tear6 #ahcb4 #ebg ,robin ,hood4--,,ed4 #ebh ,the following version of ll4 #hj-aja1 is given in a ,,ms4 letter3-- ,like notes of birds that after showers ,in ,april concert try their powers1 ,and with a tumult and a rout ,of warbling1 force coy ,phoebus out2 ,or bid some dark cloud's bosom show ,that form divine1 the many-coloured ,bow4 ,e'en so the thrillings of the ,lyre ,prevail to further our desire1 ,while to these shades a ,nymph ,i call4 ,the youngest of the lovely three2 ,with glowing cheeks from pastimes virginal ,behold her hastening to the tents ,of ,nature1 and the lonely elements6 ,and as if wishful to disarm ,or to repay the tuneful charm ,she bears the stringed lute of old ,romance1--,,ed4 #ebi ,dora ,wordsworth4--,,ed4 #ecj #ahcf4 444 a ,nymph ,i call1 ,the youngest of the lovely ,three4-- ,come1 if the notes thine ear may pierce1 ,submissive to the might of verse1 ,by none 444 #ahbj4 #eca #ahcf4 ,and 444 #ahbi4 #ecb #ahcf4 ,how light her air6444 #ahbi4 #ecc ,compare ,l',allegro1 ll4 #aa-ac-- ,thou ,goddess fair and free ,in heaven yclept ,euphrosyne1 ,and by men heart-easing ,mirth4--,,ed4 #ecd #ahcb4 ,choicest flower 444 #ahbi4 #ece ,the wild anemone4--,,ed4 #ecf #ahcf4 ,yet is it 444 #ahbi4 #ecg #ahcf4 ,though where she is beloved and loves1 as free ,as bird that rifles blossoms on a tree1 #ahbi4 #ech ,according to ,sara ,coleridge this was an allusion to a likeness supposed to have been found in the poet's daughter's countenance to the ,memnon ,head in the ,british ,museum4 ,see ,sara ,coleridge's ,memoirs1 vol4 ii4 p4 #daj4--;,,ed4 #eci #ahdj4 444 the genuine law4 #ahcf4 #edj #ahde4 444 there ensue ,aught untoward 444 #ahcb4 #eda #ahcb4 ,nature1 from thy perfect law6 ,through benign affections pure ,in the light of self secure1 ,if from what her hand would do ,or tongue utter1 there ensue ,aught untoward or unfit1 ,transient mischief1 vague mischance ,shunned by guarded elegance4 #ahbi4 #edb #ahbi4 ,only minister to quicken ,sallies of instinctive wit2 ,unchecked in laughter-loving gaiety ,in all the motions of her spirit free4 ,,ms4 #edc #ahcb4 444 that ,oberon the fairy #ahbi4 #edd ,sara ,coleridge4--,,ed4 #ede ,compare in ,the ,wishing-,gate ,destroyed1 stanza #d-- 444 the charm is fled4--,,ed4 ,,the ,,wishing-,,gate ,composed #ahbh4--,published #ahbi ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,see also ,wishing-gate ,destroyed4--,i4 ,f4 ,in the vale of ,grasmere1 by the side of the old high-way leading to ,ambleside1 is a gate1 which1 time out of mind1 has been called the ,wishing-gate1 from a belief that wishes formed or indulged there have a favourable issue4--,w4 ,w4 #ahbh4edf ,one of the ,poems of the ,imagination4--,,ed4 ,hope rules a land for ever green3 ,all powers that serve the bright-eyed ,queen ,are confident and gay2 ,clouds at her bidding disappear2 ,points she to aught8--the bliss draws near1 #e ,and ,fancy smooths the way4 ,not such the land of ,wishes--there ,dwell fruitless day-dreams1 lawless prayer1 ,and thoughts with things at strife2 ,yet how forlorn1 should ye depart1 #aj ,ye superstitions of the heart1 ,how poor1 were human life6 ,when magic lore abjured its might1 ,ye did not forfeit one dear right1 ,one tender claim abate2 #ae ,witness this symbol of your sway1 ,surviving near the public way1 ,the rustic ,wishing-gate6 ,inquire not if the faery race ,shed kindly influence on the place1 #bj ,ere northward they retired2 ,if here a warrior left a spell1 ,panting for glory as he fell2 ,or here a saint expired4 ,enough that all around is fair1 #be ,composed with ,nature's finest care1 ,and in her fondest love-- ,peace to embosom and content-- ,to overawe the turbulent1 ,the selfish to reprove4 #cj ,yea6#edg even the ,stranger from afar1 ,reclining on this moss-grown bar1 ,unknowing1 and unknown1 ,the infection of the ground partakes1 ,longing for his ,belov'd--who makes #ce ,all happiness her own4 ,then why should conscious ,spirits fear ,the mystic stirrings that are here1 ,the ancient faith disclaim8 ,the local ,genius ne'er befriends #dj ,desires whose course in folly ends1 ,whose just reward is shame4 ,smile if thou wilt1 but not in scorn1 ,if some1 by ceaseless pains outworn1 ,here crave an easier lot2 #de ,if some have thirsted to renew ,a broken vow1 or bind a true1 ,with firmer1 holier knot4 ,and not in vain1 when thoughts are cast ,upon the irrevocable past1 #ej ,some ,penitent sincere ,may for a worthier future sigh1 ,while trickles from his downcast eye ,no unavailing tear4 ,the ,worldling1 pining to be freed #ee ,from turmoil1 who would turn or speed ,the current of his fate1 ,might stop before this favoured scene1 ,at ,nature's call1 nor blush to lean ,upon the ,wishing-gate4 #fj ,the ,sage1 who feels how blind1 how weak ,is man1 though loth such help to seek1 ,yet1 passing1 here might pause1 ,and thirst#edh for insight to allay ,misgiving1 while the crimson day #fe ,in quietness withdraws2 ,or when the church-clock's knell profound#edi ,to ,time's first step across the bound ,of midnight makes reply2 ,time pressing on with starry crest1 #gj ,to filial sleep upon the breast ,of dread eternity4 ,the ,wishing-gate was first published in ,the ,keepsake in #ahbi1 and next in the #ahcb edition of the ,poems4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #edf ,having been told1 upon what ,i thought good authority1 that this gate had been destroyed1 and the opening where it hung walled up1 ,i gave vent immediately to my feelings in these stanzas4 ,but going to the place some time after1 ,i found1 with much delight1 my old favourite unmolested4--,w4 ,w4 #ahcb4 ,the same triumphant power attributed to the ,wishing-gate is fancifully attributed to an image of ,st4 ,bridget in the ruined ,franciscan convent at ,adare4 7,mr4 ,aubrey de ,vere47 #edg #ahcb4 ,yes6 even 444 #ahbi4 #edh #ahcf4 ,and yearn 444 #ahbi4 #edi ,grasmere ,church4--,,ed4 ,,the ,,wishing-,,gate ,,destroyed ,composed #ahbh4--,published #ahdb ,one of the ,poems of the ,imagination4--,,ed4 ',tis gone--with old belief and dream ,that round it clung1 and tempting scheme ,released from fear and doubt2 ,and the bright landscape too must lie1 ,by this blank wall1 from every eye1 #e ,relentlessly shut out4 ,bear witness ye who seldom passed ,that opening--but a look ye cast ,upon the lake below1 ,what spirit-stirring power it gained #aj ,from faith which here was entertained1 ,though reason might say no4 ,blest is that ground1 where1 o'er the springs ,of history1 ,glory claps her wings1 ,fame sheds the exulting tear2 #ae ,yet earth is wide1 and many a nook ,unheard of is1 like this1 a book ,for modest meanings dear4 ,it was in sooth a happy thought ,that grafted1 on so fair a spot1 #bj ,so confident a token ,of coming good2--the charm is fled2 ,indulgent centuries spun a thread1 ,which one harsh day has broken4 ,alas6 for him who gave the word2 #be ,could he no sympathy afford1 ,derived from earth or heaven1 ,to hearts so oft by hope betrayed2 ,their very wishes wanted aid ,which here was freely given8 #cj ,where1 for the love-lorn maiden's wound1 ,will now so readily be found ,a balm of expectation8 ,anxious for far-off children1 where ,shall mothers breathe a like sweet air #ce ,of home-felt consolation8 ,and not unfelt will prove the loss ',mid trivial care and petty cross ,and each day's shallow grief2 ,though the most easily beguiled #dj ,were oft among the first that smiled ,at their own fond belief4 ,if still the reckless change we mourn1 ,a reconciling thought may turn ,to harm that might lurk here1 #de ,ere judgment prompted from within ,fit aims1 with courage to begin1 ,and strength to persevere4 ,not ,fortune's slave is ,man3 our state ,enjoins1 while firm resolves await #ej ,on wishes just and wise1 ,that strenuous action follow both1 ,and life be one perpetual growth ,of heaven-ward enterprise4 ,so taught1 so trained1 we boldly face #ee ,all accidents of time and place2 ,whatever props may fail1 ,trust in that sovereign law can spread ,new glory o'er the mountain's head1 ,fresh beauty through the vale4 #fj ,that truth informing mind and heart1 ,the simplest cottager may part1 ,ungrieved1 with charm and spell2 ,and yet1 lost ,wishing-gate1 to thee ,the voice of grateful memory #fe ,shall bid a kind farewell6 ,agate--though not the moss-grown bar of #ahbh--still stands at the old place1 where ,wordsworth tells us one had stood time out of mind2 so that a blank wall does not now shut out the bright landscape1 at the old1 and classic1 spot4 ,long may this gate stand1 defying wind and weather6--,,ed4 ,a ,,jewish ,,family 7,,in ,a ,,small ,,valley ,,opposite ,,st4 ,,goar1 ,,upon ,,the ,,rhine7 ,composed #ahbh4--,published #ahce ,coleridge1 my daughter1 and ,i1 in #ahbh1 passed a fortnight upon the banks of the ,rhine1 principally under the hospitable roof of ,mr4 ,aders of ,gotesburg1 but two days of the time we spent at ,st4 ,goar in rambles among the neighbouring valleys4 ,it was at ,st4 ,goar that ,i saw the ,jewish family here described4 ,though exceedingly poor1 and in rags1 they were not less beautiful than ,i have endeavoured to make them appear4 ,we had taken a little dinner with us in a basket1 and invited them to partake of it1 which the mother refused to do1 both for herself and children1 saying it was with them a fast-day2 adding1 diffidently1 that whether such observances were right or wrong1 she felt it her duty to keep them strictly4 ,the ,jews1 who are numerous on this part of the ,rhine1 greatly surpass the ,german peasantry in the beauty of their features and in the intelligence of their countenances4 ,but the lower classes of the ,german peasantry have1 here at least1 the air of people grievously opprest4 ,nursing mothers1 at the age of seven or eight-and-twenty1 often look haggard and far more decayed and withered than women of ,cumberland and ,westmoreland twice their age4 ,this comes from being under-fed and over-worked in their vineyards in a hot and glaring sun4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,imagination4--,,ed4 ,genius of ,raphael6 if thy wings ,might bear thee to this glen1 ,with faithful memory left of things#eej ,to pencil dear and pen1 ,thou would'st forego the neighbouring ,rhine1 #e ,and all his majesty-- ,a studious forehead to incline ,o'er#eea this poor family4 ,the ,mother--her thou must have seen1 ,in spirit1 ere she came #aj ,to dwell these rifted rocks between1 ,or found on earth a name2 ,an image1 too1 of that sweet ,boy1#eeb ,thy inspirations give-- ,of playfulness1#eec and love1 and joy1 #ae ,predestined here to live4 ,downcast1 or shooting glances far1 ,how beautiful his eyes1 ,that blend the nature of the star ,with that of summer skies6 #bj ,i speak as if of sense beguiled2 ,uncounted months are gone1 ,yet am ,i with the ,jewish ,child1 ,that exquisite ,saint ,john4 ,i see the dark-brown curls1 the brow1 #be ,the smooth transparent skin1 ,refined1 as with intent to show ,the holiness within2#eed ,the grace of parting ,infancy ,by blushes yet untamed2 #cj ,age faithful to the mother's knee1 ,nor of her arms ashamed4 ,two lovely ,sisters1 still and sweet ,as flowers1 stand side by side2 ,their soul-subduing looks#eee might cheat #ce ,the ,christian of his pride3 ,such beauty hath the ,eternal poured ,upon them not forlorn1#eef ,though of a lineage once abhorred1 ,nor yet redeemed from scorn4 #dj ,mysterious safeguard1 that1 in spite ,of poverty and wrong1 ,doth here preserve a living light1 ,from ,hebrew fountains sprung2 ,that gives this ragged group to cast #de ,around the dell a gleam ,of ,palestine1 of glory past1 ,and proud ,jerusalem6 ,the title given to this poem by ,dorothy ,wordsworth1 in the letter to ,lady ,beaumont in which the different ,,ms4 readings occur1 is ,a ,jewish ,family1 met with in a ,dingle near the ,rhine4 ,during the ,continental ,tour of #ahbj1--;in which ,wordsworth was accompanied by his wife and sister and other friends1--they went up the ,rhine 7see the notes to the poems recording that ,tour74 ,an extract from ,mrs4 ,wordsworth's ,journal1 referring to the road from ,st4 ,goar to ,bingen1 may illustrate this poem1 written in #ahbh4 ,from ,st4 ,goar to ,bingen1 castles commanding innumerable small fortified villages4 ,nothing could exceed the delightful variety1 and at first the postilions whisked us too fast through these scenes2 and afterwards1 the same variety so often repeated1 we became quite exhausted1 at least ,d4 and ,i were2 and1 beautiful as the road continued to be1 we could scarcely keep our eyes open2 but1 on my being roused from one of these slumbers1 no eye wide-awake ever beheld such celestial pictures as gleamed before mine1 like visions belonging to dreams4 ,the castles seemed now almost stationary1 a continued succession always in sight1 rarely without two or three before us at once4 ,there they rose from the craggy cliffs1 out of the centre of the stately river1 from a green island1 or a craggy rock1 etc41 etc4 ,in ,dorothy ,wordsworth's record of the same ,tour1 the following occurs3--,july #bd4--,we looked down into one of the vales tributary to the ,rhine1 which1 in memory of the mountain recesses of ,ullswater1 ,i named ,deep-dale1 a green quiet place1 spotted with villages and single houses1 and enlivened by a sinuous brook4 444 ,a lovely dell runs behind one of these hills4 ,at its opening1 where it pours out its stream into the ,rhine1 we espied a one-arched ,borrowdale bridge2 and1 behind the bridge1 a village almost buried between the abruptly rising steeps4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #eej #ahce4 ,with memory left of shapes and things ,,ms4 written by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #eea #ahce4 ,on 444 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #eeb #ahce4 444 this sweet ,boy1 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #eec #ahce4 ,in playfulness1 444 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #eed ,compare ,the ,russian ,fugitive1 ll4 #a-d4--;,,ed4 #eee #ahce4 ,fair ,creatures1 in this lone retreat ,by happy chance espied1 ,your soul-subduing looks 444 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #eef #ahce4 ,upon you--not forlorn1 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 ,,incident ,,at ,,brug,s ,composed #ahbh4--,published #ahce ,this occurred at ,brugs in #ahbh4 ,mr4 ,coleridge1 my daughter1 and ,i made a tour together in ,flanders1 upon the ,rhine1 and returned by ,holland4 ,dora and ,i1 while taking a walk along a retired part of the town1 heard the voice as here described1 and were afterwards informed it was a convent in which were many ,english4 ,we were both much touched1 ,i might say affected1 and ,dora moved as appears in the verses4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,memorials of a ,tour on the ,continent4--,,ed4 ,in ,brugs town is many a street ,whence busy life hath fled2#eeg ,where1 without hurry1 noiseless feet1 ,the grass-grown pavement tread4 ,there heard we1 halting in the shade #e ,flung from a ,convent-tower1 ,a harp that tuneful prelude made ,to a voice of thrilling power4#eeh ,the measure1 simple truth to tell1 ,was fit for some gay throng2 #aj ,though from the same grim turret fell ,the shadow and the song4 ,when silent were both voice and chords1 ,the strain seemed doubly dear1 ,yet sad as sweet1--for ,english words #ae ,had fallen upon the ear4#eei ,it was a breezy hour of eve2 ,and#efj pinnacle and spire ,quivered and seemed almost to heave1 ,clothed with innocuous fire2 #bj ,but1 where we stood1 the setting sun ,showed little of his state2 ,and1 if the glory reached the ,nun1 ',twas through an iron grate4#efa ,not always is the heart unwise1#efb #be ,nor pity idly born1 ,if even#efc a passing ,stranger sighs ,for them who do not mourn4 ,sad is thy doom1 self-solaced dove1 ,captive1 whoe'er thou be6#efd #cj ,oh6 what is beauty1 what is love1 ,and opening life to thee8 ,such feeling pressed upon my soul1 ,a feeling sanctified ,by one soft trickling tear that stole #ce ,from the ,maiden at my side2 ,less tribute could she pay than this1 ,borne gaily o'er the sea1 ,fresh from the beauty and the bliss ,of ,english liberty8 #dj ,in the final arrangement of the poems1 this one was published amongst the ,memorials of a ,tour on the ,continent 7#ahbj71 where it followed the two sonnets on ,brugs4 ,the poems suggested by the shorter ,tour of #ahbh are here published together1 in their chronological order4 ,in an undated letter of ,dorothy ,wordsworth's to ,lady ,beaumont1 before copying out this poem and ,a ,jewish ,family1 she says1 ,the two following poems were taken from incidents recorded in ,dora's journal of her tour with her father and ,s4 ,t4 ,coleridge4 ,as ,i well recollect1 she has related the incidents very pleasingly1 and ,i hope you will agree with me in thinking that the poet has made good use of them4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #eeg #ahce4 444 is fled1 ,,ms4 written by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #eeh #ahce4 ,to a voice like bird in bower4 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 444 birds 444 ,,ms4 by ,mrs4 ,wordsworth4 #eei #ahce4 ,like them who think they hear1 ,we listened still2 for ,english words ,had dropped upon the ear4 ,,ms4 by ,mrs4 ,wordsworth4 ,the strain seemed doubly dear1 ,yea passing sweet--for ,english words ,had dropt upon the ear4 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #efj #ahce4 ,when 444 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #efa ,compare the ,sonnet-- ,it is a beauteous evening1 calm and free1 ,the holy time is quiet as a ,nun4--,,ed4 #efb #ahce4 ,the restless heart is not unwise1 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #efc #ahce4 ,when even 444 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #efd #ahce4 ,sad is thy doom1 imprisoned dove1 ,whoe'er thou mayest be4 ,,ms4 by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 ,a ,,grave-,,stone ,,upon ,,the ,,floor ,,in ,,the ,,cloisters ,,of ,,worcester ,,cathedral ,composed #ahbh4efe--,published #ahbi 7in ,the ,keepsake7 ,miserrimus4 ,many conjectures have been formed as to the person who lies under this stone4 ,nothing appears to be known for a certainty4 ,query--,the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,morris1 a non-conformist1 a sufferer for conscience-sake2 a worthy man who1 having been deprived of his benefice after the accession of ,william ,,iii41 lived to an old age in extreme destitution1 on the alms of charitable ,jacobites4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,miserrimus6 and neither name nor date1 ,prayer1 text1 or symbol1 graven upon the stone2#eff ,nought but that word assigned to the unknown1 ,that solitary word--to separate ,from all1 and cast a cloud around the fate #e ,of him who lies beneath4 ,most wretched one1 ,who chose his epitaph8--,himself alone ,could thus have dared the grave to agitate1 ,and claim1 among the dead1 this awful crown2 ,nor doubt that ,he marked also for his own #aj ,close to these cloistral steps a burial-place1 ,that every foot might fall with heavier tread1 ,trampling upon his vileness4 ,stranger1 pass ,softly6--,to save the contrite1 ,jesus bled4 ,,footnotes3 #efe ,this1 and the following sonnet on the tradition of ,oker ,hill1 first published in ,the ,keepsake of #ahbi1 appeared in the #ahcb edition of the ,poetical ,works4--,,ed4 #eff ,the stone is in the cloisters of ,worcester ,cathedral1 at the north-west corner of the quadrangle1 just below the doorway leading into the nave of the cathedral4 ,it is a small stone1 two feet1 by one and a half4 ,the ,reverend ,thomas ,maurice 7or ,morris7--a minor canon of ,worcester1 and vicar of ,clains--refused to take the oath of allegiance at the ,revolution ,settlement1 and was accordingly deprived of his benefice4 ,he lived to the age of #hh1 on the generosity of the richer non-jurors1 and died #agdh4 7,see ,murray's ,guide to ,warwickshire1 and ,richard ,king's ,handbook to the ,cathedral of ,worcester47--,,ed4 ,,the ,,gleaner 7,,suggested ,,by ,a ,,picture7 ,composed #ahbh4--,published #ahbi ,this poem was first printed in the annual called ,the ,keepsake4 ,the painter's name ,i am not sure of1 but ,i think it was ,holmes4#efg--;,i4,f4 ,in #ahcb one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4 ,transferred in #ahde to ,miscellaneous ,poems4--,,ed4 ,that happy gleam of vernal eyes1 ,those locks from summer's golden skies1 ,that o'er thy brow are shed2 ,that cheek--a kindling of the morn1 ,that lip--a rose-bud from the thorn1 #e ,i saw2 and ,fancy sped ,to scenes ,arcadian1 whispering1 through soft air1 ,of bliss that grows without a care1 ,and#efh happiness that never flies-- 7,how can it where love never dies87 #aj ,whispering of promise1#efi where no blight ,can reach the innocent delight2 ,where pity1 to the mind conveyed ,in pleasure1 is the darkest shade ,that ,time1 unwrinkled grandsire1 flings #ae ,from his smoothly gliding wings4 ,what mortal form1 what earthly face ,inspired the pencil1 lines to trace1 ,and mingle colours1 that should breed ,such rapture1 nor want power to feed2 #bj ,for had thy charge been idle flowers1 ,fair ,damsel6 o'er my captive mind1 ,to truth and sober reason blind1 ',mid that soft air1 those long-lost bowers1 ,the sweet illusion might have hung1 for hours4 #be ,thanks to this tell-tale sheaf of corn1 ,that touchingly bespeaks thee born ,life's daily tasks with them to share ,who1 whether from their lowly bed ,they rise1 or rest the weary head1 #cj ,ponder the blessing#egj they entreat ,from ,heaven1 and feel what they repeat1 ,while they give utterance to the prayer ,that asks for daily bread4 ,the year of the publication of this poem in ,the ,keepsake was #ahbi4 ,it then appeared under the title of ,the ,country ,girl1 and it was afterwards included in the #ahcb edition of the poems4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #efg ,the painter was ,j4 ,holmes1 and his picture was engraved by ,c4 ,heath4--,,ed4 #efh #ahcg4 ,of 444 #ahbi4 #efi #ahcg4 ,of promise whispering1 444 #ahcb4 #egj #ahcb4 ,do weigh the blessing 444 #ahbi4 ,,on#ega ,,the ,,power ,,of ,,sound ,composed ,december #ahbh4--,published #ahce ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,i have often regretted that my tour in ,ireland1 chiefly performed in the short days of ,october in a carriage-and-four 7,i was with ,mr4 ,marshall71 supplied my memory with so few images that were new1 and with so little motive to write4 ,the lines however in this poem1 ,thou too be heard1 lone eagle6 were suggested near the ,giants' ,causeway1 or rather at the promontory of ,fairhead1 where a pair of eagles wheeled above our heads and darted off as if to hide themselves in a blaze of sky made by the setting sun4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,imagination4-,,ed4 ,,argument ,the ,ear addressed1 as occupied by a spiritual functionary1 in communion with sounds1 individual1 or combined in studied harmony4--,sources and effects of those sounds 7to the close of #fth ,stanza74--,the power of music1 whence proceeding1 exemplified in the idiot4--,origin of music1 and its effect in early ages--how produced 7to the middle of #ajth ,stanza74--,the mind recalled to sounds acting casually and severally4--,wish uttered 7#aath ,stanza7 that these could be united into a scheme or system for moral interests and intellectual contemplation4--7,stanza #abth47 ,the ,pythagorean theory of numbers and music1 with their supposed power over the motions of the universe--imaginations consonant with such a theory4--,wish expressed 7in #aath ,stanza7 realised1 in some degree1 by the representation of all sounds under the form of thanksgiving to the ,creator4--7,last ,stanza7 the destruction of earth and the planetary system--the survival of audible harmony1 and its support in the ,divine ,nature1 as revealed in ,holy ,writ4 ,i ,thy functions are ethereal1 ,as if within thee dwelt a glancing mind1 ,organ of vision6 ,and a ,spirit arial ,informs the cell of ,hearing1 dark and blind2 ,intricate labyrinth1 more dread for thought #e ,to enter than oracular cave2 ,strict passage1 through which sighs are brought1 ,and whispers for the heart1 their slave2 ,and shrieks1 that revel in abuse ,of shivering flesh2 and warbled air1 #aj ,whose piercing sweetness can unloose ,the chains of frenzy1 or entice a smile ,into the ambush of despair2 ,hosannas pealing down the long-drawn aisle1#egb ,and requiems answered by the pulse that beats #ae ,devoutly1 in life's last retreats6 ,,ii ,the headlong streams and fountains ,serve ,thee1 invisible ,spirit1 with untired powers2 ,cheering the wakeful tent on ,syrian mountains1 ,they lull perchance ten thousand thousand flowers4 #bj ,that roar1 the prowling lion's ,here ,i am1 ,how fearful to the desert wide6 ,that bleat1 how tender6 of the dam ,calling a straggler to her side4 ,shout1 cuckoo6--let the vernal soul #be ,go with thee to the frozen zone2 ,toll from thy loftiest perch1 lone bell-bird1 toll6 ,at the still hour to ,mercy dear1 ,mercy from her twilight throne ,listening to nun's faint throb of holy fear1 #cj ,to sailor's prayer breathed from a darkening sea1 ,or widow's cottage-lullaby4 ,,iii ,ye ,voices1 and ye ,shadows ,and ,images of voice--to hound and horn ,from rocky steep and rock-bestudded meadows #ce ,flung back1 and1 in the sky's blue caves1 reborn-- ,on with your pastime6 till the church-tower bells ,a greeting give of measured glee2 ,and milder echoes from their cells ,repeat the bridal symphony4 #dj ,then1 or far earlier1 let us rove ,where mists are breaking up or gone1 ,and from aloft look down into a cove ,besprinkled with a careless quire1 ,happy milk-maids1 one by one #de ,scattering a ditty each to her desire1 ,a liquid concert matchless by nice ,art1 ,a stream as if from one full heart4 ,,iv ,blest be the song that brightens ,the blind man's gloom1 exalts the veteran's mirth2 #ej ,unscorned the peasant's whistling breath1 that lightens ,his duteous toil of furrowing the green earth4 ,for the tired slave1 ,song lifts the languid oar1 ,and bids it aptly fall1 with chime ,that beautifies the fairest shore1 #ee ,and mitigates the harshest clime4 ,yon pilgrims see--in lagging file ,they move2 but soon the appointed way ,a choral ,ave ,marie shall beguile1 ,and to their hope the distant shrine #fj ,glisten with a livelier ray3 ,nor friendless he1 the prisoner of the mine1 ,who from the well-spring of his own clear breast ,can draw1 and sing his griefs to rest4 ,v ,when civic renovation #fe ,dawns on a kingdom1 and for needful haste ,best eloquence avails not1 ,inspiration ,mounts with a tune1 that travels like a blast ,piping through cave and battlemented tower2 ,then starts the sluggard1 pleased to meet #gj ,that voice of ,freedom1 in its power ,of promises1 shrill1 wild1 and sweet6 ,who1 from a martial pageant1 spreads ,incitements of a battle-day1 #gd ,thrilling the unweaponed crowd with plumeless heads8-- ,even ,she whose ,lydian airs inspire#egc ,peaceful striving1 gentle play ,of timid hope and innocent desire ,shot from the dancing ,graces1 as they move ,fanned by the plausive wings of ,love4 #hj ,,vi ,how oft along thy mazes1 ,regent of sound1 have dangerous ,passions trod6 ,o ,thou1 through whom the temple rings with praises1 ,and blackening clouds in thunder speak of ,god1 ,betray not by the cozenage of sense#egd #he ,thy votaries1 wooingly resigned ,to a voluptuous influence ,that taints the purer1 better1 mind2 ,but lead sick ,fancy to a harp ,that hath in noble tasks been tried2 #ij ,and1 if the virtuous feel a pang too sharp1 ,soothe it into patience1--stay ,the uplifted arm of ,suicide2 ,and let some mood of thine in firm array ,knit every thought the impending issue needs1 #ie ,ere martyr burns1 or patriot bleeds6 ,,vii ,as ,conscience1 to the centre ,of being1 smites with irresistible pain ,so shall a solemn cadence1 if it enter ,the mouldy vaults of the dull idiot's brain1 #ajj ,transmute him to a wretch from quiet hurled-- ,convulsed as by a jarring din2 ,and then aghast1 as at the world ,of reason partially let in ,by concords winding with a sway #aje ,terrible for sense and soul6 ,or1 awed he weeps1 struggling to quell dismay4 ,point not these mysteries to an ,art ,lodged above the starry pole2 ,pure modulations flowing from the heart #aaj ,of divine ,love1 where ,wisdom1 ,beauty1 ,truth ,with ,order dwell1 in endless youth8 ,,viii ,oblivion may not cover ,all treasures hoarded by the miser1 ,time4 ,orphean ,insight6 truth's undaunted lover1 #aae ,to the first leagues of tutored passion climb1 ,when ,music deigned within this grosser sphere ,her subtle essence to enfold1 ,and voice and shell drew forth a tear ,softer than ,nature's self could mould4 #abj ,yet strenuous was the infant ,age3 ,art1 daring because souls could feel1 ,stirred nowhere but an urgent equipage ,of rapt imagination sped her march ,through the realms of woe and weal3 #abe ,hell to the lyre bowed low2 the upper arch ,rejoiced that clamorous spell and magic verse ,her wan disasters could disperse4#ege ,,ix ,the ,,gift to king ,amphion ,that walled a city with its melody #acj ,was for belief no dream3#egf--thy skill1 ,arion6 ,could humanise the creatures of the sea1 ,where men were monsters4#egg ,a last grace he craves1 ,leave for one chant2--the dulcet sound ,steals from the deck o'er willing waves1 #ace ,and listening dolphins gather round4#egh ,self-cast1 as with a desperate course1 ',mid that strange audience1 he bestrides ,a proud ,one docile as a managed horse2 ,and singing1 while the accordant hand #adj ,sweeps his harp1 the ,master rides2 ,so shall he touch at length a friendly strand1 ,and he1 with his preserver1 shine star-bright ,in memory1 through silent night4 ,x ,the pipe of ,pan1 to shepherds #ade ,couched in the shadow of ,mnalian pines1#egi ,was passing sweet2 the eyeballs of the leopards1 ,that in high triumph drew the ,lord of vines1 ,how did they sparkle to the cymbal's clang6 ,while ,fauns and ,satyrs beat the ground #aej ,in cadence1#ehj--;and ,silenus swang ,this way and that1 with wild-flowers crowned4#eha ,to life1 to life give back thine ear3 ,ye who are longing to be rid ,of fable1 though to truth subservient1 hear #aee ,the little sprinkling of cold earth that fell ,echoed from the coffin-lid2 ,the convict's summons in the steeple's knell2 ,the vain distress-gun1#ehb from a leeward shore1 ,repeated-heard1 and heard no more6 #afj ,,xi ,for terror1 joy1 or pity1 ,vast is the compass and the swell of notes3 ,from the babe's first cry to voice of regal city1 ,rolling a solemn sea-like bass1 that floats ,far as the woodlands--with the trill to blend #afe ,of that shy songstress1#ehc whose love-tale ,might tempt an angel to descend1 ,while hovering o'er the moonlight vale4 ,ye wandering ,utterances1#ehd has earth no scheme1 ,no scale of moral music--to unite #agj ,powers that survive but in the faintest dream#ehe ,of memory8-,o that ye#ehf might stoop to bear ,chains1 such precious chains of sight ,as laboured minstrelsies through ages wear6 ,o for a balance fit the truth to tell #age ,of the ,unsubstantial1 pondered well6 ,,xii ,by one pervading spirit ,of tones and numbers all things are controlled1 ,as sages taught1 where faith was found to merit ,initiation in that mystery old4#ehgehh #ahj ,the heavens1 whose aspect makes our minds as still ,as they themselves appear to be1 ,innumerable voices fill ,with everlasting harmony2 ,the towering headlands1 crowned with mist1 #ahe ,their feet among the billows1 know ,that ,ocean is a mighty harmonist2#ehi ,thy pinions1 universal ,air1 ,ever waving to and fro1 ,are delegates of harmony1 and bear #aij ,strains that support the ,seasons in their round2 ,stern ,winter loves a dirge-like sound4 ,,xiii ,break forth into thanksgiving1 ,ye banded instruments of wind and chords2 ,unite1 to magnify the ,ever-living1#eij #aie ,your inarticulate notes with the voice of words6 ,nor hushed be service from the lowing mead1 ,nor mute the forest hum of noon2 ,thou too be heard1 lone eagle6#eia freed ,from snowy peak and cloud1 attune #bjj ,thy hungry barkings to the hymn ,of joy1 that from her utmost walls ,the six-days' ,work1#eib by flaming ,seraphim ,transmits to ,heaven6 ,as ,deep to ,deep ,shouting through one valley calls1 #bje ,all worlds1 all natures1 mood and measure keep ,for praise and ceaseless gratulation1 poured ,into the ear of ,god1 their ,lord6 ,,xiv ,a ,voice to ,light gave ,being2#eic ,to ,time1 and ,man his earth-born chronicler2 #baj ,a ,voice shall finish doubt and dim foreseeing1 ,and sweep away life's visionary stir2 ,the trumpet 7we1 intoxicate with pride1 ,arm at its blast for deadly wars7 ,to archangelic lips applied1 #bae ,the grave shall open1 quench the stars4#eid ,o ,silence6 are ,man's noisy years ,no more than moments of thy life8#eie ,is ,harmony1 blest queen of smiles and tears1 ,with her smooth tones and discords just1 #bbj ,tempered into rapturous strife1 ,thy destined bond-slave8 ,no6 though earth be dust ,and vanish1 though the heavens dissolve1 her stay ,is in the ,,word1 that shall not pass away4#eif ,,footnotes3 #ega #ahcf4 ,,stanzas ,,on 444 #ahce4 #egb ,compare ,gray's ,elegy1 l4 #ci4--;,,ed4 #egc ,compare ,l',allegro1 ,,ii4 #ace-cg-- ,and ever1 against eating cares1 ,lap me in soft ,lydian airs1 ,married to immortal verse4 ,,ed4 #egd ,the deception of the senses4--,,ed4 #ege ,orpheus1 is search of his lost ,eurydice1 gained admittance with his lyre to the infernal regions4 ,pluto was charmed with his music1 the wheel of ,ixion stopped1 the stone of ,sisyphus stood still1 ,tantalus forgot his thirst1 and the ,furies relented1 while ,pluto and ,proserpine consented to restore ,eurydice4 ,the sequel is well known4--,,ed4 #egf ,the fable of ,amphion moving stones and raising the walls of ,thebes by his melody is explained by supposing him gifted with an eloquence and power of persuasion that roused the savage people to rise and build the town of ,thebes4--,,ed4 #egg ,the story of ,arion1 lyric poet and musician of ,lesbos1 was that having gone into ,italy1 settled there1 and grown rich1 he wished to revisit his native country1 taking some of his fortune with him4 ,the sailors of the ship determined to murder him1 and steal his treasure4 ,he asked1 as a last favour1 that he might play a tune on his lyre4 ,as soon as he began he attracted the creatures of the deep1 and leaping into the sea1 one of the dolphins carried him1 lyre in hand1 to the shore4--,,ed4 #egh ,compare ,a ,midsummer ,night's ,dream1 act ,,ii4 scene i4 l4 #aej4--;,,ed4 #egi ,mnalus1 a mountain in ,arcadia1 sacred to ,pan1 covered with pine trees1 a favourite haunt of shepherds4--,see ,virgil1 ,eclogues1 viii4 #bd2 ,georgics1 i4 #ag2 ,ovid1 ,metamorphoses1 i4 #baf4--;,,ed4 #ehj ,compare ,gray's ,progress of ,poesy1 ll4 #cc-ce4--;,,ed4 #eha ,in his expedition to the ,east1 ,bacchus was clothed in a panther's skin4 ,he was accompanied by all the ,satyrs1 and by ,silenus crowned with flowers and almost always intoxicated4--,,ed4 #ehb ,i have been unable to trace this quotation4--,,ed4 #ehc ,the nightingale4--,,ed4 #ehd ,compare ,to the ,cuckoo1 vol4 ii4 p4 #bhi-- ,a wandering ,voice4--,,ed4 #ehe #ahcf4 ,o for some soul-affecting scheme ,of moral music1 to unite ,wanderers whose portion is the faintest dream #ahce4 #ehf #ahcf 444 they 444 #ahce4 #ehg #ahce4 ,there is a world of spirit1 ,by tones and numbers guided and controlled2 ,and glorious privilege have they who merit ,initiation in that mystery old4 ,,ms4 copy by ,dorothy ,wordsworth4 #ehh ,the fundamental idea1 both in the intellectual and moral philosophy of the ,pythagoreans1 was that of harmony or proportion4 ,their natural science or cosmology was dominated by the same idea1 that as the world and all spheres within the universe were constructed symmetrically1 and moved around a central focus1 the forms and the proportions of things were best expressed by number4 ,all good was due to the principle of order2 all evil to disorder4 ,in accordance with the mathematical conception of the universe which ruled the ,pythagoreans1 justice was equality 7isots71 that is to say it consisted in each one receiving equally according to his deserts4 ,friendship too was equality of feeling and relationship2 harmony being the radical idea1 alike in the ethics and in the cosmology of the school4--,,ed4 #ehi ,compare ,keats1 in a letter to his friend ,bailey1 in #ahag3 ,the great elements we know of are no mean comforters2 the open sky sits upon our senses like a sapphire crown2 the air is our robe of state2 the earth is our throne2 and the sea a mighty minstrel playing before it4--,,ed4 #eij ,compare ,the ,excursion1 book iv4 l4 #aafc 7vol4 v4 p4 #ahh7-- 444 choral song1 or burst ,sublime of instrumental harmony1 ,to glorify the ,eternal6--,,ed4 #eia ,see the ,fenwick note prefixed to this poem4--,,ed4 #eib ,genesis i4--,,ed4 #eic ,and ,god said1 ,let there be light1 and there was light 7,genesis i4 #c74 ,,ed4 #eid #a ,corinthians xv4 #eb4--;,,ed4 #eie ,compare ,ode1 ,intimations of ,immortality1 in stanza ix4-- ,our noisy years seem moments in the being ,of the eternal ,silence4--,,ed4 #eif ,st4 ,luke xxi4 #cc4--;,,ed4 #ahbi ,the ,poems of #ahbi were few2 and were1 for the most part1 suggested by incidents or occurrences at ,rydal ,mount4--,,ed4 ,,gold ,,and ,,silver ,,fishes ,,in ,a ,,vase ,composed #ahbi4--,published #ahce ,they were a present from ,miss ,jewsbury1 of whom mention is made in the note at the end of the next poem4 ,the fish were healthy to all appearance in their confinement for a long time1 but at last1 for some cause we could not make out1 they languished1 and1 one of them being all but dead1 they were taken to the pool under the old pollard-oak4 ,the apparently dying one lay on its side unable to move4 ,i used to watch it1 and about the tenth day it began to right itself1 and in a few days more was able to swim about with its companions4 ,for many months they continued to prosper in their new place of abode2 but one night by an unusually great flood they were swept out of the pool1 and perished to our great regret4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,poems4--,,ed4 ,the soaring lark is blest as proud ,when at heaven's gate she sings2#eig ,the roving bee proclaims aloud ,her flight by vocal wings2 ,while ,ye1 in lasting durance pent1 #e ,your silent lives employ ,for something more than dull content1 ,though haply less than joy4#eih ,yet might your glassy prison seem ,a place where joy is known1 #aj ,where golden flash and silver gleam ,have meanings of their own2 ,while1 high and low1 and all about1 ,your motions1 glittering ,elves6 ,ye weave--no danger from without1 #ae ,and peace among yourselves4 ,type of a sunny human breast ,is your transparent cell2 ,where ,fear is but a transient guest1 ,no sullen ,humours dwell2 #bj ,where1 sensitive of every ray ,that smites this tiny sea1 ,your scaly panoplies repay ,the loan with usury4 ,how beautiful6--,yet none knows why #be ,this ever-graceful change1 ,renewed--renewed incessantly-- ,within your quiet range4 ,is it that ye with conscious skill ,for mutual pleasure glide2 #cj ,and sometimes1 not without your will1 ,are dwarfed1 or magnified8 ,fays1 ,genii of gigantic size6 ,and now1 in twilight dim1 ,clustering like constellated eyes1 #ce ,in wings of ,cherubim1 ,when the fierce orbs abate their glare2--#eii ,whate'er your forms express1 ,whate'er ye seem1 whate'er ye are-- ,all leads to gentleness4 #dj ,cold though your nature be1 'tis pure2 ,your birthright is a fence ,from all that haughtier kinds endure ,through tyranny of sense4 ,ah6 not alone by colours bright #de ,are ,ye to heaven allied1 ,when1 like essential ,forms of light1 ,ye mingle1 or divide4 ,for day-dreams soft as e'er beguiled ,day-thoughts while limbs repose2 #ej ,for moonlight fascinations mild1 ,your gift1 ere shutters close-- ,accept1 mute ,captives6 thanks and praise2 ,and may this tribute prove ,that gentle admirations raise #ee ,delight resembling love4 ,,footnotes3 #eig ,compare ,cymbeline1 act ,,ii4 scene iii4 l4 #ba4--;,,ed4 #eih ,see note #ddh to p4 #afj4--;,,ed4 #eii #ahcg4 ,when they abate their fiery glare3 #ahce4 ,,liberty 7,,sequel ,,to ,,the ,,above7#fjj ,,addressed ,,to ,a ,,friend2 ,,the ,,gold ,,and ,,silver ,,fishes ,,having ,,been ,,removed ,,to ,a ,,pool ,,in ,,the ,,pleasure-,,ground ,,of ,,rydal ,,mount4 ,composed #ahbi4--,published #ahce ,the liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made for themselves1 under whatever form it be of government4 ,the liberty of a private man1 in being master of his own time and actions1 as far as may consist with the laws of ,god and of his country4 ,of this latter we are here to discourse4--,,cowley4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,poems4--,,ed4 ,those breathing ,tokens of your kind regard1 7,suspect not1 ,anna1#fja that their fate is hard2 ,not soon does aught to which mild fancies cling ,in lonely spots1 become a slighted thing27 ,those silent ,inmates now no longer share1 #e ,nor do they need1 our hospitable care1 ,removed in kindness from their glassy ,cell ,to the fresh waters of a living ,well--#fjb ,an elfin pool so sheltered that its rest ,no winds disturb2#fjc the mirror of whose breast #aj ,is smooth as clear1 save where with dimples small#fjd ,a fly may settle1 or a blossom fall4#fje --,there swims1 of blazing sun and beating shower ,fearless 7but how obscured67 the golden ,power1 ,that from his bauble prison used to cast #ae ,gleams by the richest jewel unsurpast2 ,and near him1 darkling like a sullen ,gnome1 ,the silver ,tenant of the crystal dome2 ,dissevered both from all the mysteries ,of hue and altering shape that charmed all eyes4 #bj ,alas6 they pined1#fjf they languished while they shone2 ,and1 if not so1 what matters beauty gone ,and admiration lost1 by change of place ,that brings to the inward creature no disgrace8 ,but if the change restore his birth-right1 then1 #be ,whate'er the difference1 boundless is the gain4 ,who can divine what impulses from ,god ,reach the caged lark1 within a town-abode1 ,from his poor inch or two of daisied sod8 ,o yield him back his privilege6--,no sea #cj ,swells like the bosom of a man set free2 ,a wilderness is rich with liberty4 ,roll on1 ye spouting whales1 who die or keep ,your independence in the fathomless ,deep6 ,spread1 tiny nautilus1 the living sail2 #ce ,dive1 at thy choice1 or brave the freshening gale6 ,if unreproved the ambitious eagle mount ,sunward to seek the daylight in its fount1#fjg ,bays1 gulfs1 and ocean's ,indian width1 shall be1 ,till the world perishes1 a field for thee6 #dj ,while musing here ,i sit in shadow cool1 ,and watch these mute ,companions1 in the pool1 7,among reflected boughs of leafy trees7 ,by glimpses caught--disporting at their ease1 ,enlivened1 braced1 by hardy luxuries1 #de ,i ask what warrant fixed them 7like a spell ,of witchcraft fixed them7 in the crystal cell2 ,to wheel with languid motion round and round1 ,beautiful1 yet in mournful durance bound4 ,their peace1 perhaps1 our lightest footfall marred2 #ej ,on their quick sense our sweetest music jarred2 ,and whither could they dart1 if seized with fear8 ,no sheltering stone1 no tangled root was near4 ,when fire or taper ceased to cheer the room1 ,they wore away the night in starless gloom2 #ee ,and1 when the sun first dawned upon the streams1 ,how faint their portion of his vital beams6 ,thus1 and unable to complain1 they fared1 ,while not one joy of ours by them was shared4 ,is there a cherished bird 7,i venture now #fj ,to snatch a sprig from ,chaucer's reverend brow7--#fjh ,is there a brilliant fondling of the cage1 ,though sure of plaudits on his costly stage1 ,though fed with dainties from the snow-white hand ,of a kind mistress1 fairest of the land1 #fe ,but gladly would escape2 and1 if need were1 ,scatter the colours from the plumes that bear ,the emancipated captive through blithe air ,into strange woods1 where he at large may live ,on best or worst which they and ,nature give8 #gj ,the beetle loves his unpretending track1 ,the snail the house he carries on his back2 ,the far-fetched worm with pleasure would disown ,the bed we give him1 though of softest down2 ,a noble instinct2 in all kinds the same1 #ge ,all ranks6 ,what ,sovereign1 worthy of the name1 ,if doomed to breathe against his lawful will ,an element that flatters him--to kill1 ,but would rejoice to barter outward show ,for the least boon that freedom can bestow8 #hj ,but most the ,bard is true to inborn right1 ,lark of the dawn1 and ,philomel of night1 ,exults in freedom1 can with rapture vouch ,for the dear blessings of a lowly couch1 #hd ,a natural meal--days1 months1 from ,nature's hand2 ,time1 place1 and business1 all at his command6-- ,who bends to happier duties1 who more wise ,than the industrious ,poet1 taught to prize1 ,above all grandeur1 a pure life uncrossed ,by cares in which simplicity is lost8 #ij ,that life--the flowery path that#fji winds by stealth-- ,which ,horace needed for his spirit's health2#faj ,sighed for1 in heart and genius1 overcome ,by noise and strife1 and questions wearisome1 ,and the vain splendours of ,imperial ,rome8--#faa #ie ,let easy mirth his social hours inspire1 ,and fiction animate his sportive lyre1 ,attuned to verse that1 crowning light ,distress ,with garlands1 cheats her into happiness2 ,give me the humblest note of those sad strains #ajj ,drawn forth by pressure of his gilded chains1 ,as a chance-sunbeam from his memory fell ,upon the ,sabine farm he loved so well2#fab ,or when the prattle of ,blandusia's spring#fac ,haunted his ear--he only listening-- #aje ,he proud to please1 above all rivals1 fit ,to win the palm of gaiety and wit2 ,he1 doubt not1 with involuntary dread1 ,shrinking from each new favour to be shed1 ,by the world's ,ruler1 on his honoured head6 #aaj ,in a deep vision's intellectual scene1 ,such earnest longings and regrets as keen ,depressed the melancholy ,cowley1 laid ,under a fancied yew-tree's luckless shade2 ,a doleful bower for penitential song1 #aae ,where ,man and ,muse complained of mutual wrong2 ,while ,cam's ideal current glided by1 ,and antique towers nodded their foreheads high1 ,citadels dear to studious privacy4 ,but ,fortune1 who had long been used to sport #abj ,with this tried ,servant of a thankless ,court1 ,relenting met his wishes2 and to you ,the remnant of his days at least was true2 ,you1 whom1 though long deserted1 he loved best2 ,you1 ,muses1 books1 fields1 liberty1 and rest6#fad #abe ,far#fae happier they who1 fixing hope and aim ,on the humanities of peaceful fame1 ,enter betimes with more than martial fire ,the generous course1 aspire1 and still aspire2 ,upheld by warnings heeded not too late #acj ,stifle the contradictions of their fate1 ,and to one purpose cleave1 their ,being's godlike mate6 ,thus1 gifted ,friend1 but with the placid brow ,that woman ne'er should forfeit1 keep thy vow2 ,with modest scorn reject whate'er would blind #ace ,the ethereal eyesight1 cramp the wingd mind6 ,then1 with a blessing granted from above ,to every act1 word1 thought1 and look of love1 ,life's book for ,thee may lie unclosed1 till age ,shall with a thankful tear bedrop its latest page4#faf #adj ,,footnotes3 #fjj #ahce4 ,,sequel ,,to ,,the ,,preceding #ahcg4 ,the text of #aheg returns to that of #ahce4 #fja ,see the ,sonnet 7p4 #afh7 beginning-- ,while ,anna's peers and early playmates tread4 ,,ed4 #fjb ,see ,the ,farie ,queene1 book i4 canto #b1 stanza #dc-- ,till we be bathed in a living well4 ,,ed4 #fjc ,this elfin pool1 to which the gold and silver fishes were removed1 still exists beneath the pollard oak tree in ,dora's ,field1 at ,rydal ,mount4 ,the field is now the property of ,mr4 ,gordon ,wordsworth4--,,ed4 #fjd #ahde4 444 ,well2 ,that spreads into an elfin pool opaque ,of which close boughs a glimmering mirror make1 ,on whose smooth breast with dimples light and small #ahce4 #fje #ahde4 ,the fly may settle1 leaf or blossom fall4 #ahce4 ,the fly may settle1 or the blossom fall4 #ahcg4 #fjf #ahde4 ,they pined1 perhaps1 444 #ahce4 #fjg ,see the reference to the ,eagle in ,the ,power of ,sound 7p4 #bab71 and in the ,poems composed or suggested during a ,tour in the ,summer of #ahcc1 ,the ,dunolly ,eagle4--,,ed4 #fjh ,see1 in ,the ,canterbury ,tales1 ,the ,squire's ,tale1 ll4 #eih-faa4--;,,ed4 #fji #ahcg4 444 which 444 #ahce4 #faj ,these last five lines are amongst the best instances of ,wordsworth's appreciation of one of his great predecessors4 ,compare the second of the two poems ,september #ahai4--;,,ed4 #faa ,the ,sabine farm was situated in the valley of ,ustica1 thirty miles from ,rome and twelve miles from ,tivoli4 ,it possessed the attraction1 no small one to ,horace1 of being very secluded3 yet1 at the same time1 within an easy distance of ,rome4 ,when his spirits wanted the stimulus of society or the bustle of the capital1 which they often did1 his ambling mule would speedily convey him thither2 and when jaded1 on the other hand1 by the noise and racket and dissipations of ,rome1 he could1 in the same homely way1 bury himself in a few hours among the hills1 and there1 under the shadow of his favourite ,lucretilis1 or by the banks of the clear-flowing and ice-cold ,digentia1 either stretch himself to dream upon the grass1 lulled by the murmurs of the stream1 or do a little farming in the way of clearing his fields of stones1 or turning over a furrow here and there with the hoe4 7,see ,sir ,theodore ,martin's ,horace1 p4 #fh47--;,,ed4 #fab ,see ,horace1 ,odes1 ,,ii4 #ah-- ,satis beatus unicis ,sabinis4 ,with what ,i have completely blest1 ,my happy little ,sabine nest4--,,ed4 #fac ,see ,odes1 ,,iii4 #ac4--;,,ed4 #fad ,abraham ,cowley 7born #afah71 educated at ,westminster and ,trinity ,college1 ,cambridge1 a ,royalist1 and therefore expelled from ,cambridge1 settled in ,st4 ,john's ,college1 ,oxford1 crossed over with the ,queen ,mother to ,france for twelve years1 returned at the ,restoration1 but was neglected at ,court1 and retired to a farm at ,chertsey1 on the ,thames1 where he lived for some years1 the melancholy ,cowley4--,,ed4 #fae #ahcg4 ,but 444 #ahce4 #faf ,there is now1 alas6 no possibility of the anticipation1 with which the above ,epistle concludes1 being realised3 nor were the verses ever seen by the ,individual for whom they were intended4 ,she accompanied her husband1 the ,rev4 ,wm4 ,fletcher1 to ,india1 and died of cholera1 at the age of thirty-two or thirty-three years1 on her way from ,shalapore to ,bombay1 deeply lamented by all who knew her4 ,her enthusiasm was ardent1 her piety steadfast2 and her great talents would have enabled her to be eminently useful in the difficult path of life to which she had been called4 ,the opinion she entertained of her own performances1 given to the world under her maiden name1 ,jewsbury1 was modest and humble1 and1 indeed1 far below their merits2 as is often the case with those who are making trial of their powers1 with a hope to discover what they are best fitted for4 ,in one quality1 viz41 quickness in the motions of her mind1 she had1#fag within the range of the ,author's acquaintance1 no equal4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #fag #ahcg4 ,she was in the author's estimation unequalled4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,,humanity#fah ,composed #ahbi4--,published #ahce ,not from his fellows only man may learn ,rights to compare and duties to discern3 ,all creatures and all objects1 in degree1 ,are friends and patrons of humanity4--,,ms4 #ahce4 ,the ,rocking-stones1 alluded to in the beginning of the following verses1 are supposed to have been used1 by our ,british ancestors1 both for judicial and religious purposes4 ,such stones are not uncommonly found1 at this day1 both in ,great ,britain and in ,ireland4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,these verses and those entitled ,liberty were composed as one piece1 which ,mrs4 ,wordsworth complained of as unwieldy and ill-proportioned2 and accordingly it was divided into two1 on her judicious recommendation4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4--,,ed4 ,what though the ,accused1 upon his own appeal ,to righteous ,gods when man has ceased to feel1 ,or at a doubting ,judge's stern command1 ,before the ,,stone ,,of ,,power no longer stand-- ,to take his sentence from the balanced ,block1 #e ,as1 at his touch1 it rocks1 or seems to rock2#fai ,though1 in the depths of sunless groves1 no more ,the ,druid-priest the hallowed ,oak adore2 ,yet1 for the ,initiate1 rocks and whispering trees ,do still perform mysterious offices6 #aj ,and functions dwell in beast and bird that sway ,the reasoning mind1 or with the fancy play1 ,inviting1 at all seasons1 ears and eyes ,to watch for undelusive auguries3--#fbj ,not uninspired appear their simplest ways2 #ae ,their voices mount symbolical of praise-- ,to mix with hymns that ,spirits make and hear2 ,and to fallen man their innocence is dear4 ,enraptured ,art draws from those sacred springs ,streams that reflect the poetry of things6 #bj ,where christian ,martyrs stand in hues portrayed1 ,that1 might a wish avail1 would never fade1 ,borne in their hands the lily and the palm ,shed round the altar a celestial calm2 ,there1 too1 behold the lamb and guileless dove #be ,prest in the tenderness of virgin love ,to saintly bosoms6--,glorious in the blending ,of right affections climbing or descending ,along a scale of light and life1 with cares ,alternate2 carrying holy thoughts and prayers #cj ,up to the sovereign seat of the ,most ,high2 ,descending to the worm in charity2#fba ,like those good ,angels whom a dream of night ,gave1 in the field of ,luz1 to ,jacob's sight#fbb ,all1 while he slept1 treading the pendent stairs #ce ,earthward or heavenward1 radiant messengers1 ,that1 with a perfect will in one accord ,of strict obedience1 serve#fbc the ,almighty ,lord2 ,and with untired humility forbore ,to speed their errand by#fbd the wings they wore4 #dj ,what a fair world were ours for verse to paint1 ,if ,power could live at ease with self-restraint6 ,opinion bow before the naked sense ,of the great ,vision1--faith in ,providence2 ,merciful over all his creatures1 just#fbe #de ,to the least particle of sentient dust2#fbf ,but1#fbg fixing by immutable decrees1 ,seedtime and harvest for his purposes6 ,then would be closed the restless oblique eye ,that looks for evil like a treacherous spy2 #ej ,disputes would then relax1 like stormy winds ,that into breezes sink2 impetuous minds ,by discipline endeavour to grow meek ,as ,truth herself1 whom they profess to seek4 ,then ,genius1 shunning fellowship with ,pride1 #ee ,would braid his golden locks at ,wisdom's side2 ,love ebb and flow untroubled by caprice2 ,and not alone harsh tyranny would cease1 ,but unoffending creatures find release ,from qualified oppression1 whose defence #fj ,rests on a hollow plea of recompense2 ,thought-tempered wrongs1 for each humane respect ,oft worse to bear1 or deadlier in effect4 ,witness those glances of indignant scorn ,from some high-minded ,slave1 impelled to spurn #fe ,the kindness that would make him less forlorn2 ,or1 if the soul to bondage be subdued1 ,his look of pitiable gratitude6 ,alas for thee1 bright ,galaxy of ,isles1 ,whose#fbh day departs in pomp1 returns with smiles-- ,to greet the flowers and fruitage of a land1 #ga ,as the sun mounts1 by sea-born breezes fanned2 ,a land whose azure mountain-tops are seats ,for ,gods in council1 whose green vales1 retreats ,fit for the shades of heroes1 mingling there #ge ,to breathe ,elysian peace in upper air4 ,though cold as winter1 gloomy as the grave1 ,stone-walls a prisoner make1 but not a slave4#fbi ,shall man assume a property in man8 ,lay on the moral will a withering ban8 #hj ,shame that our laws at distance still protect#fcj ,enormities1 which they at home reject6 ,slaves cannot breathe in ,england#fca--yet that boast ,is but a mockery6 when#fcb from coast to coast1 ,though fettered slave be none1 her floors and soil #he ,groan underneath a weight of slavish toil1 ,for the poor ,many1 measured out by rules ,fetched with cupidity from heartless schools1 ,that to an ,idol1 falsely called#fcc the ,wealth ,of ,nations1#fcd sacrifice a ,people's health1 #ij ,body and mind and soul2 a thirst so keen#fce ,is ever urging on the vast machine ,of sleepless ,labour1 'mid whose dizzy wheels ,the ,power least prized is that which thinks and feels4 ,then1 for the pastimes of this delicate age1 #ie ,and all the heavy or light vassalage ,which for their sakes we fasten1 as may suit ,our varying moods1 on human kind or brute1 ',twere well in little1 as in great1 to pause1 ,lest ,fancy trifle with eternal laws4 #ajj ,not from his fellows only man may learn ,rights to compare and duties to discern6 ,all creatures and all objects1 in degree1 ,are friends and patrons of humanity4 ,there are to whom the#fcf garden1 grove1 and field1 #aje ,perpetual lessons of forbearance yield2 ,who would not lightly violate the grace ,the lowliest flower possesses in its place2 ,nor shorten the sweet life1 too fugitive1 #aji ,which nothing less than ,infinite ,power could give4#fcg ,,footnotes3 #fah #ahcg4 ,,humanity4 7,,written ,,in ,,the ,,year #ahbi47 #ahce4 #fai ,there are several1 so-called1 rocking-stones in ,yorkshire and ,lancashire1 in ,derbyshire1 in ,cornwall1 and in ,wales4 ,there are one or two in ,scotland1 and there used to be several in the ,lake ,district4 ,some are natural2 others artificial4--,,ed4 #fbj #ahcg4 444 offices6 ,and still in beast and bird a function dwells1 ,that1 while we look and listen1 sometimes tells ,upon the heart1 in more authentic guise ,than ,oracles1 or winged ,auguries1 ,spake to the ,science of the ancient wise4 #ahce4 #fba ,the author is indebted1 here1 to a passage in one of ,mr4 ,digby's valuable works4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,see his ,of ,bodies1 and of man's ,soul4--,,ed4 #fbb ,genesis xxviii4 #ab4--;,,ed4 #fbc #ahde4 444 served 444 #ahce4 #fbd #ahcg4 ,the ready service of 444 #ahce4 #fbe #ahdj4 ,merciful over all existence1 just #ahce4 #fbf #ahcg4 ,compassionate to all that suffer1 just ,in the end to every creature born of dust4 ,c4 #fbg #ahdj4 ,and1 444 #ahce4 #fbh #ahcg4 ,where 444 #ahce4 #fbi ,compare ,richard ,lovelace1 ,to ,althea1 from ,prison-- ,stone walls do not a prison make1 ,nor iron bars a cage4 ,minds innocent and quiet take ,that for a hermitage4--,,ed4 #fcj #ahcg4 444 should protect #ahce4 #fca ,compare ,cowper's ,task1 book ii4 l4 #dj4--;,,ed4 #fcb #ahcg4 444--a proud boast6 ,and yet a mockery6 if1 444 #ahce4 #fcc ,that to a monstrous idol1 called 444 ,c4 #fcd ,compare ,the ,prelude1 book xiii4 ll4 #gg1 #gh-- 444 that idol proudly named ,the ,wealth of ,nations4--,,ed4 #fce ,the weal of body and soul2 so keen a thirst ,c4 ,the weal of body1 mind1 and soul2 so keen ,a thirst urging 444 ,c4 #fcf #ahcg4 444 eternal laws4 ,there are to whom even 444 #ahce4 #fcg ,compare the closing lines of the ,ode1 ,intimations of ,immortality-- ,to me the meanest flower that blows can give ,thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears4--,,ed4 ,,this ,,lawn1 ,a ,,carpet ,,all ,,alive ,composed #ahbi4--,published #ahce ,this ,lawn is the sloping one approaching the kitchen-garden1 and was made out of it4 ,hundreds of times have ,i watched the dancing of shadows amid a press of sunshine1 and other beautiful appearances of light and shade1 flowers and shrubs4 ,what a contrast between this and the cabbages and onions and carrots that used to grow there on a piece of ugly-shaped unsightly ground6 ,no reflection1 however1 either upon cabbages or onions2 the latter we know were worshipped by the ,egyptians1 and he must have a poor eye for beauty who has not observed how much of it there is in the form and colour which cabbages and plants of that genus exhibit through the various stages of their growth and decay4 ,a richer display of colour in vegetable nature can scarcely be conceived than ,coleridge1 my sister1 and ,i saw in a bed of potato-plants in blossom near a hut upon the moor between ,inversneyd and ,loch ,katrine4#fch ,these blossoms were of such extraordinary beauty and richness that no one could have passed them without notice4 ,but the sense must be cultivated through the mind before we can perceive these inexhaustible treasures of ,nature1 for such they really are1 without the least necessary reference to the utility of her productions1 or even to the laws whereupon1 as we learn by research1 they are dependent4 ,some are of opinion that the habit of analysing1 decomposing1 and anatomising1 is inevitably unfavourable to the perception of beauty4 ,people are led into this mistake by overlooking the fact that such processes being to a certain extent within the reach of a limited intellect1 we are apt to ascribe to them that insensibility of which they are in truth the effect and not the cause4 ,admiration and love1 to which all knowledge truly vital must tend1 are felt by men of real genius in proportion as their discoveries in natural ,philosophy are enlarged2 and the beauty in form of a plant or an animal is not made less but more apparent as a whole by more accurate insight into its constituent properties and powers4 ,a ,savant who is not also a poet in soul and a religionist in heart is a feeble and unhappy creature4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4--,,ed4 ,this ,lawn1 a carpet all alive ,with shadows flung from leaves--to strive ,in dance1 amid a press ,of sunshine1 an apt emblem yields ,of ,worldlings revelling in the fields #e ,of strenuous idleness2#fci ,less quick the stir when tide and breeze ,encounter1 and to narrow seas ,forbid a moment's rest2 ,the medley less when boreal ,lights #aj ,glance to and fro1 like aery ,sprites ,to feats of arms addrest6 ,yet1 spite of all this eager strife1 ,this ceaseless play1 the genuine life ,that serves the stedfast hours1 #ae ,is in the grass beneath1 that grows ,unheeded1 and the mute repose ,of sweetly-breathing flowers4 ,,footnotes3 #fch ,in #ahjc1 ,miss ,wordsworth thus records it3--,we passed by one patch of potatoes that a florist might have been proud of2 no carnation-bed ever looked more gay than this square plot of ground on the waste common4 ,the flowers were in very large bunches1 and of an extraordinary size1 and of every conceivable shade of colouring from snow-white to deep purple4 ,it was pleasing in that place1 where perhaps was never yet a flower cultivated by man for his own pleasure1 to see these blossoms grow more gladly than elsewhere1 making a summer garden near the mountain dwellings4 7,recollections of a ,tour made in ,scotland in #ahjc1 p4 #he74--;,,ed4 #fci ,compare ,the ,prelude1 book iv4 l4 #cgh4--;,,ed4 ,,thoughts#fdj ,,on ,,the ,,seasons ,composed #ahbi4--,published #ahce ,written at ,rydal ,mount4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4--,,ed4 ,flattered with promise of escape ,from every hurtful blast1 ,spring takes1 ,o sprightly ,may6 thy shape1 ,her loveliest and her last4#fda ,less fair is summer riding high #e ,in fierce solstitial power1 ,less fair than when a lenient sky ,brings on her parting hour4 ,when earth repays with golden sheaves ,the labours of the plough1 #aj ,and ripening fruits and forest leaves ,all brighten on the bough2 ,what pensive beauty autumn shows1 ,before she hears the sound ,of winter rushing in1 to close #ae ,the emblematic round6 ,such be our ,spring1 our ,summer such2 ,so may our ,autumn blend ,with hoary ,winter1 and ,life touch1 ,through heaven-born hope1 her end6 #bj ,,footnotes3 #fdj #ahej4 ,,thought 444 #ahce4 ,the text of #aheg returns to that of #ahce4 #fda ,compare ,ode1 composed on ,may ,morning1 #ahbf 7p4 #adf72 also ,to ,may1 #ahbf 7p4 #adh74--;,,ed4 ,a ,,tradition ,,of ,,oker ,,hill ,,in ,,darley ,,dale1 ,,derbyshire#fdb ,composed #ahbi4--,published #ahbifdc ,this pleasing tradition was told me by the coachman at whose side ,i sate while he drove down the dale1 he pointing to the trees on the hill as he related the story4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ',tis said that to the brow of yon fair hill ,two ,brothers clomb1 and1 turning face from face1 ,nor one look more exchanging1 grief to still ,or feed1 each planted on that lofty place ,a chosen ,tree2#fdd then1 eager to fulfil #e ,their courses1 like two new-born rivers1 they ,in opposite directions urged their way ,down from the far-seen mount4 ,no blast might kill ,or blight that fond memorial2--the trees grew1 ,and now entwine their arms2 but ne'er again #aj ,embraced those ,brothers upon earth's wide plain2 ,nor aught of mutual joy or sorrow knew ,until their spirits mingled in the sea ,that to itself takes all1 ,eternity4 ,,footnotes3 #fdb #ahcg4 ,a ,,tradition ,,of ,,darley ,,dale1 ,,derbyshire4 #ahcb4 #fdc ,in ,the ,keepsake4--,,ed4 #fdd ,mr4 ,t4 ,w4 ,shore 7,southampton71 writes to me3 ,the two trees referred to by the poet are still on the hill1 and called the ,shore ,trees4 ,the family of ,shore is an ancient one in ,derbyshire1 extending back to the reign of ,richard ,,ii4 ,in the time of ,charles ,i1 several members of the family impoverished themselves in support of the ,royalist cause4444 ,the trees on ,oker ,hill are supposed to have been planted by those who remembered the family misfortunes1 or who succeeded the family which took part in the #agth century struggle4--,,ed4 ,,filial ,,piety 7,,on ,,the ,,wayside ,,between ,,preston ,,and ,,liverpool7 ,composed #ahbi 7probably74--,published #ahcb ,this was also communicated to me by a coachman in the same way4#fde ,in the course of my many coach rambles and journeys1 which1 during the day-time always1 and often in the night1 were taken on the outside of the coach1 ,i had good and frequent opportunities of learning the characteristics of this class of men4 ,one remark ,i made that is worth recording2 that whenever ,i had occasion especially to notice their well-ordered1 respectful and kind behaviour to women1 of whatever age1 ,i found them1 ,i may say almost always1 to be married men4--,i4,f4 ,this happened near ,ormskirk4 ,thomas ,scarisbrick was killed by a flash of lightning1 whilst building a turf-stack in #agii4 ,his son ,james completed the work1 and kept it intact during his life-time4 ,james was buried ,april #bast1 #ahbd4 ,wordsworth was therefore wrong as to the fifty winters4--,,ed4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,untouched through all severity of cold2 ,inviolate1 whate'er the cottage hearth ,might need for comfort1 or for festal mirth2 ,that ,pile of ,turf is half a century old3 ,yes1 ,traveller6 fifty winters have been told #e ,since suddenly the dart of death went forth ',gainst him who raised it1--his last work on earth3 ,thence has it1 with the ,son1 so strong a hold ,upon his ,father's memory1 that his hands1 ,through reverence1 touch it only to repair#fdf #aj ,its waste4--,though crumbling with each breath of air1 ,in annual renovation thus it stands-- ,rude ,mausoleum6 but wrens nestle there1 ,and red-breasts warble when sweet sounds are rare4 ,,footnotes3 #fde ,compare the ,fenwick note to ,a ,tradition of ,oker ,hill in ,darley ,dale1 ,derbyshire1 p4 #bcj4--;,,ed4 #fdf #ahcg4 ,thence by his ,son more prized than aught which gold ,could purchase--watched1 preserved by his own hands1 ,that1 faithful to the ,structure1 still repair #ahcb4 #ahcj ,the ,poems written in #ahcj include1 ,the ,armenian ,lady's ,love1 ,the ,russian ,fugitive1 ,the ,egyptian ,maid1 the ,elegiac ,stanzas on ,sir ,george ,beaumont1 and several minor pieces4--,,ed4 ,,the ,,armenian ,,lady',s ,,love ,composed #ahcj4--,published #ahce ,the subject of the following poem is from the ,orlandus of the author's friend1 ,kenelm ,henry ,digby3 and the liberty is taken of inscribing it to him as an acknowledgment1 however unworthy1 of pleasure and instruction derived from his numerous and valuable writings1 illustrative of the piety and chivalry of the olden time4--,w4 ,w4 ,written at ,rydal ,mount4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems founded on the ,affections4--,,ed4 ,i ,you have heard a ,spanish ,lady ,how she wooed an ,english man2#fdg ,hear now of a fair ,armenian1 ,daughter of the proud ,soldn2 ,how she loved a ,christian ,slave1 and told her pain #e ,by word1 look1 deed1 with hope that he might love again4 ,,ii ,pluck that rose1 it moves my liking1 ,said she1 lifting up her veil2 ,pluck it for me1 gentle gardener1 ,ere it wither and grow pale4 #aj ,princess fair1 ,i till the ground1 but may not take ,from twig or bed an humbler flower1 even for your sake6 ,,iii ,grieved am ,i1 submissive ,christian6 ,to behold thy captive state2 ,women1 in your land1 may pity #ae 7,may they not87 the unfortunate4 ,yes1 kind ,lady6 otherwise man could not bear ,life1 which to every one that breathes is full of care4 ,,iv ,worse than idle is compassion ,if it end in tears and sighs2 #bj ,thee from bondage would ,i rescue ,and from vile indignities2 ,nurtured1 as thy mien bespeaks1 in high degree1 ,look up--and help a hand that longs to set thee free4 ,v ,lady6 dread the wish1 nor venture #be ,in such peril to engage2 ,think how it would stir against you ,your most loving father's rage3 ,sad deliverance would it be1 and yoked with shame1 ,should troubles overflow on her from whom it came4 #cj ,,vi ,generous ,frank6 the just in effort ,are of inward peace secure3 ,hardships for the brave encountered1 ,even the feeblest may endure3 ,if almighty grace through me thy chains unbind #ce ,my father for slave's work may seek a slave in mind4 ,,vii ,princess1 at this burst of goodness1 ,my long-frozen heart grows warm6 ,yet you make all courage fruitless1 ,me to save from chance of harm3 #dj ,leading such companion ,i that gilded dome1 ,yon minarets1 would gladly leave for his worst home4 ,,viii ,feeling tunes your voice1 fair ,princess6 ,and your brow is free from scorn1 ,else these words would come like mockery1 #de ,sharper than the pointed thorn4 ,whence the undeserved mistrust8 ,too wide apart ,our faith hath been1--,o would that eyes could see the heart6 ,,ix ,tempt me not1 ,i pray2 my doom is ,these base implements to wield2 #ej ,rusty lance1 ,i ne'er shall grasp thee1 ,ne'er assoil my cobwebb'd shield6 ,never see my native land1 nor castle towers1 ,nor ,her who thinking of me there counts widowed hours4 ,x ,prisoner6 pardon youthful fancies2 #ee ,wedded8 ,if you can1 say no6 ,blessed is and be your consort2 ,hopes ,i cherished--let them go6 ,handmaid's privilege would leave my purpose free1 ,without another link to my felicity4 #fj ,,xi ,wedded love with loyal ,christians1 ,lady1 is a mystery rare2 ,body1 heart1 and soul in union1 ,make one being of a pair4 ,humble love in me would look for no return1 #fe ,soft as a guiding star that cheers1 but cannot burn4 ,,xii ,gracious ,allah6 by such title ,do ,i dare to thank the ,god1 ,him who thus exalts thy spirit1 ,flower of an unchristian sod6 #gj ,or hast thou put off wings which thou in heaven dost wear8 ,what have ,i seen1 and heard or dreamt8 where am ,i8 where8 ,,xiii ,here broke off the dangerous converse3 ,less impassioned words might tell ,how the pair escaped together1 #ge ,tears not wanting1 nor a knell ,of sorrow in her heart while through her father's door1 ,and from her narrow world1 she passed for evermore4 ,,xiv ,but affections higher1 holier1 ,urged her steps2 she shrunk from trust #hj ,in a sensual creed that trampled ,woman's birthright into dust4 ,little be the wonder then1 the blame be none1 ,if she1 a timid ,maid1 hath put such boldness on4 ,,xv ,judge both ,fugitives with knowledge3 #he ,in those old romantic days ,mighty were the soul's commandments ,to support1 restrain1 or raise4 ,foes might hang upon their path1 snakes rustle near1 ,but nothing from their inward selves had they to fear4 #ij ,,xvi ,thought infirm ne'er came between them1 ,whether printing desert sands ,with accordant steps1 or gathering ,forest-fruit with social hands2 #id ,or whispering like two reeds that in the cold moonbeam ,bend with the breeze their heads1 beside a crystal stream4 ,,xvii ,on a friendly deck reposing ,they at length for ,venice steer2 ,there1 when they had closed their voyage1 ,one1 who daily on the pier #ajj ,watched for tidings from the ,east1 beheld his ,lord1 ,fell down and clasped his knees for joy1 not uttering word4 ,,xviii ,mutual was the sudden transport2 ,breathless questions followed fast1 ,years contracting to a moment1 #aje ,each word greedier than the last2 ,hie thee to the ,countess1 friend6 return with speed1 ,and of this ,stranger speak by whom her lord was freed4 ,,xix ,say that ,i1 who might have languished1 ,drooped and pined till life was spent1 #aaj ,now before the gates of ,stolberg#fdh ,my ,deliverer would present ,for a crowning recompense1 the precious grace ,of her who in my heart still holds her ancient place4 ,,xx ,make it known that my ,companion #aae ,is of royal eastern blood1 ,thirsting after all perfection1 ,innocent1 and meek1 and good1 ,though with misbelievers bred2 but that dark night ,will holy ,church disperse by beams of gospel-light4 #abj ,,xxi ,swiftly went that grey-haired ,servant1 ,soon returned a trusty ,page ,charged with greetings1 benedictions1 ,thanks and praises1 each a gage ,for a sunny thought to cheer the ,stranger's way1 #abe ,her virtuous scruples to remove1 her fears allay4 ,,xxii ,and how blest the ,reunited1 ,while beneath their castle-walls1 ,runs a deafening noise of welcome6-- ,blest1 though every tear that falls #acj ,doth in its silence of past sorrow tell1 ,and makes#fdi a meeting seem most like a dear farewell4 ,,xxiii ,through a haze of human nature1 ,glorified by heavenly light1 ,looked the beautiful ,deliverer #ace ,on that overpowering sight1 ,while across her virgin cheek pure blushes strayed1 ,for every tender sacrifice her heart had made4 ,,xxiv ,on the ground the weeping ,countess ,knelt1 and kissed the ,stranger's hand2 #adj ,act of soul-devoted homage1 ,pledge of an eternal band3 ,nor did aught of future days that kiss belie1 ,which1 with a generous shout1 the crowd did ratify4 ,,xxv ,constant to the fair ,armenian1 #ade ,gentle pleasures round her moved1 ,like a tutelary spirit ,reverenced1 like a sister1 loved4 ,christian meekness smoothed for all the path of life1 #adi ,who1 loving most1 should wiseliest love1 their only strife4 ,,xxvi ,mute memento of that union ,in a ,saxon church survives1 ,where a cross-legged ,knight lies sculptured ,as between two wedded ,wives-- ,figures with armorial signs of race and birth1 #aee ,and the vain rank the pilgrims bore while yet on earth4 ,,footnotes3 #fdg ,see1 in ,percy's ,reliques1 that fine old ballad1 ,the ,spanish ,lady's ,love2 from which ,poem the form of stanza1 as suitable to dialogue1 is adopted4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #fdh ,a small town in ,prussian-,saxony1 the residence of the ,counts of ,stolberg-,stolberg4--,,ed4 #fdi #ahcf4 ,fancy 7while1 to banners floating ,high on ,stolberg's ,castle walls1 ,deafening noise of welcome mounted1 ,trumpets1 ,drums1 and ,atabals17 ,the devout embraces still1 while such tears fell ,as made 444 #ahce4 ,,the ,,russian ,,fugitive#fej ,composed #ahcj4--,published #ahce ,early in life this story had interested me1 and ,i often thought it would make a pleasing subject for an opera or musical drama4--,i4 ,f4 ,in #ahcg this poem was placed among those grouped as ,yarrow revisited1 etc4 ,in #ahde it was transferred to the ,miscellaneous ,poems4--,,ed4 ,,part ,i ,enough of rose-bud lips1 and eyes ,like harebells bathed in dew1 ,of cheek that with carnation vies1 ,and veins of violet hue2#fea ,earth wants not beauty that may scorn #e ,a likening to frail flowers2 ,yea1 to the stars1 if they were born#feb ,for seasons and for hours4 ,through ,moscow's gates1 with gold unbarred1#fec ,stepped ,one at dead of night1 #aj ,whom such high beauty could not guard ,from meditated blight2 ,by stealth she passed1 and fled as fast ,as doth the hunted fawn1 ,nor stopped1 till in the dappling east #ae ,appeared unwelcome dawn4 ,seven days she lurked in brake and field1 ,seven nights her course renewed1 ,sustained by what her scrip might yield1 ,or berries of the wood2 #bj ,at length1 in darkness travelling on1 ,when lowly doors were shut1 ,the haven of her hope she won1 ,her ,foster-mother's hut4 ,to put your love to dangerous proof #be ,i come1 said she1 from far2 ,for ,i have left my ,father's roof1 ,in terror of the ,czar4 ,no answer did the ,matron give1 ,no second look she cast1 #cj ,but hung upon the ,fugitive1#fed ,embracing and embraced4 ,she led the ,lady#fee to a seat ,beside the glimmering fire1 ,bathed duteously her wayworn feet1 #ce ,prevented each desire3-- ,the cricket chirped1 the house-dog dozed1 ,and on that simple bed1 ,where she in childhood had reposed1 ,now rests her weary head4 #dj ,when she1 whose couch had been the sod1 ,whose curtain1 pine or thorn1 ,had breathed a sigh of thanks to ,god1 ,who comforts the forlorn2 ,while over her the ,matron bent #de ,sleep sealed her eyes1 and stole ,feeling from limbs with travel spent1 ,and trouble from the soul4 ,refreshed1 the ,wanderer rose at morn1 ,and soon again was dight #ej ,in those unworthy vestments worn ,through long and perilous flight2 ,and ,o beloved ,nurse1 she said1 ,my thanks with silent tears ,have unto ,heaven and ,you been paid3 #ee ,now listen to my fears6 ,have you forgot--and here she smiled-- ,the babbling flatteries ,you lavished on me when a child ,disporting round your knees8 #fj ,i was your lambkin1 and your bird1 ,your star1 your gem1 your flower2 ,light words1 that were more lightly heard ,in many a cloudless hour6 ,the blossom you so fondly praised #fe ,is come to bitter fruit2 ,a mighty ,one upon me gazed2 ,i spurned his lawless suit1 ,and must be hidden from his wrath3#fef ,you1 ,foster-father dear1 #gj ,will guide me in my forward path2 ,i may not tarry here6 ,i cannot bring to utter woe ,your proved fidelity4---- ,dear ,child1 sweet ,mistress1 say not so6 #ge ,for you we both would die4 ,nay1 nay1 ,i come with semblance feigned ,and cheek embrowned by art2 ,yet1 being inwardly unstained1 ,with courage will depart4 #hj ,but whither would you1 could you1 flee8 ,a poor ,man's counsel take2 ,the ,holy ,virgin gives to me ,a thought for your dear sake2 ,rest1 shielded by our ,lady's grace1 #he ,and soon shall you be led ,forth to a safe abiding-place1 ,where never foot doth tread4 ,,part ,,ii ,the dwelling of this faithful pair ,in a straggling village stood1 ,for ,one who breathed unquiet air ,a dangerous neighbourhood2 ,but wide around lay forest ground #e ,with thickets rough and blind2 ,and pine-trees made a heavy shade ,impervious to the wind4 ,and there1 sequestered from the sight1 ,was spread a treacherous swamp1 #aj ,on which the noon-day sun shed light ,as from a lonely lamp2 ,and midway in the unsafe morass1 ,a single ,island rose ,of firm dry ground1 with healthful grass #ae ,adorned1 and shady boughs4 ,the ,woodman knew1 for such the craft ,this ,russian vassal plied1 ,that never fowler's gun1 nor shaft ,of archer1 there was tried2 #bj ,a sanctuary seemed the spot ,from all intrusion free2 ,and there he planned an artful ,cot ,for perfect secrecy4 ,with earnest pains unchecked by dread #be ,of ,power's far-stretching hand1 ,the bold good ,man his labour sped ,at nature's pure command2 ,heart-soothed1 and busy as a wren1 ,while1 in a hollow nook1 #cj ,she moulds her sight-eluding den ,above a murmuring brook4 ,his task accomplished to his mind1 ,the twain ere break of day ,creep forth1 and through the forest wind #ce ,their solitary way2 ,few words they speak1 nor dare to slack ,their pace from mile to mile1 ,till they have crossed the quaking marsh1 ,and reached the lonely ,isle4 #dj ,the sun above the pine-trees showed ,a bright and cheerful face2 ,and ,ina looked for her abode1 ,the promised hiding-place2 ,she sought in vain1 the ,woodman smiled2 #de ,no threshold could be seen1 ,nor roof1 nor window2--all seemed wild ,as it had ever been4 ,advancing1 you might guess an hour1 ,the front with such nice care #ej ,is masked1 if house it be or bower1 ,but in they entered are2 ,as shaggy as were wall and roof ,with branches intertwined1 ,so smooth was all within1 air-proof1 #ee ,and delicately lined3 ,and hearth was there1 and maple dish1 ,and cups in seemly rows1 ,and couch--all ready to a wish ,for nurture or repose2 #fj ,and ,heaven doth to her virtue grant ,that there#feg she may abide ,in solitude1 with every want ,by cautious love supplied4 ,no queen1 before a shouting crowd1 #fe ,led on in bridal state1 ,e'er struggled with a heart so proud1 ,entering her palace gate2 ,rejoiced to bid the world farewell1 ,no saintly anchoress #gj ,e'er took possession of her cell ,with deeper thankfulness4 ,father of all1 upon thy care ,and mercy am ,i thrown2 ,be thou my safeguard6--such her prayer #ge ,when she was left alone1 ,kneeling amid the wilderness ,when joy had passed away1 ,and smiles1 fond efforts of distress ,to hide what they betray6#feh #hj ,the prayer is heard1 the ,saints have seen1 ,diffused through form and face1 ,resolves devotedly serene2 ,that monumental grace ,of ,faith1 which doth#fei all passions tame #he ,that ,reason should control2 ,and shows in the untrembling frame ,a statue of the soul4 ,,part ,,iii ,tis sung in ancient minstrelsy ,that ,phoebus wont to wear ,the leaves of any pleasant tree ,around his golden hair2#ffj ,till ,daphne1 desperate with pursuit #e ,of his imperious love1 ,at her own prayer transformed1 took root1 ,a laurel in the grove4 ,then did the ,penitent adorn ,his brow with laurel green2 #aj ,and 'mid his bright locks never shorn ,no meaner leaf was seen2 ,and poets sage1 through every age1 ,about their temples wound ,the bay2 and conquerors thanked the ,gods1 #ae ,with laurel chaplets crowned4 ,into the mists of fabling ,time ,so far runs back the praise ,of ,beauty1 that disdains to climb ,along forbidden ways2 #bj ,that scorns temptation2 power defies ,where mutual love is not2 ,and to the tomb for rescue flies ,when life would be a blot4 ,to this fair ,votaress1 a fate #be ,more mild doth ,heaven ordain ,upon her ,island desolate2 ,and words1 not breathed in vain1 ,might tell what intercourse she found1 ,her silence to endear2 #cj ,what birds she tamed1 what flowers the ground ,sent forth her peace to cheer4 ,to one mute ,presence1 above all1 ,her soothed affections clung1 ,a picture on the cabin wall #ce ,by ,russian usage hung-- ,the ,mother-maid1#ffa whose countenance bright ,with love abridged the day2 ,and1 communed with by taper light1 ,chased spectral fears away4 #dj ,and oft1 as either ,guardian came1 ,the joy in that retreat ,might any common friendship shame1 ,so high their hearts would beat2 ,and to the lone ,recluse1 whate'er #de ,they brought1 each visiting ,was like the crowding of the year ,with a new burst of spring4 ,but1 when she of her ,parents thought1 ,the pang was hard to bear2 #ej ,and1 if with all things not enwrought1 ,that trouble still is near4 ,before her flight she had not dared ,their constancy to prove1 ,too much the heroic ,daughter feared #ee ,the weakness of their love4 ,dark is the past to them1 and dark ,the future still must be1 ,till pitying ,saints conduct her bark ,into a safer sea-- #fj ,or gentle ,nature close her eyes1 ,and set her ,spirit free ,from the altar of this sacrifice1 ,in vestal purity4 ,yet1 when above the forest-glooms #fe ,the white swans southward passed1 ,high as the pitch of their swift plumes ,her fancy rode the blast2 ,and bore her toward the fields of ,france1 ,her ,father's native land1 #gj ,to mingle in the rustic dance1 ,the happiest of the band6 ,of those belovd fields she oft ,had heard her ,father tell ,in phrase that now with echoes soft #ge ,haunted her lonely cell2 ,she saw the hereditary bowers1 ,she heard the ancestral stream2 ,the ,kremlin#ffb and its haughty towers ,forgotten like a dream6 #hj ,,part ,,iv ,the ever-changing ,moon had traced ,twelve times her monthly round1 ,when through the unfrequented ,waste ,was heard a startling sound2 ,a shout thrice sent from one who chased #e ,at speed a wounded deer1 ,bounding through branches interlaced1 ,and where the wood was clear4 ,the fainting creature took the marsh1 ,and toward the ,island fled1 #aj ,while plovers screamed with tumult harsh ,above his antlered head2 ,this1 ,ina saw2 and1 pale with fear1 ,shrunk to her citadel2 ,the desperate deer rushed on1 and near #ae ,the tangled covert fell4 ,across the marsh1 the game in view1 ,the ,hunter followed fast1 ,nor paused1 till o'er the stag he blew ,a death-proclaiming blast2 #bj ,then1 resting on her upright mind1 ,came forth the ,maid--,in me ,behold1 she said1 a stricken ,hind ,pursued by destiny6 ,from your deportment1 ,sir6 ,i deem #be ,that you have worn a sword1 ,and will not hold in light esteem ,a suffering woman's word2 ,there is my covert1 there perchance ,i might have lain concealed1 #cj ,my fortunes hid1 my countenance ,not even to you revealed4 ,tears might be shed1 and ,i might pray1 ,crouching and terrified1 ,that what has been unveiled to-day1 #ce ,you would in mystery hide2 ,but ,i will not defile with dust ,the knee that bends to adore ,the ,god in heaven2--attend1 be just2 ,this ask ,i1 and no more6 #dj ,i speak not of the winter's cold1 ,for summer's heat exchanged1 ,while ,i have lodged in this rough hold1 ,from social life estranged2 ,nor yet of trouble and alarms3 #de ,high ,heaven is my defence2 ,and every season has soft arms ,for injured ,innocence4 ,from ,moscow to the ,wilderness ,it was my choice to come1 #ej ,lest virtue should be harbourless1 ,and honour want a home2 ,and happy were ,i1 if the ,czar ,retain his lawless will1 ,to end life here like this poor deer1 #ee ,or a lamb on a green hill4 ,are you the ,maid1 the ,stranger cried1 ,from ,gallic parents sprung1 ,whose vanishing was rumoured wide1 ,sad theme for every tongue2 #fj ,who foiled an ,emperor's eager quest8 ,you1 ,lady1 forced to wear ,these rude habiliments1 and rest ,your head in this dark lair6 ,but wonder1 pity1 soon were quelled2 #fe ,and in her face and mien ,the soul's pure brightness he beheld ,without a veil between3 ,he loved1 he hoped1--a holy flame ,kindled 'mid rapturous tears2 #gj ,the passion of a moment came ,as on the wings of years4 ,such bounty is no gift of chance1 ,exclaimed he2 righteous ,heaven1 ,preparing your deliverance1 #ge ,to me the charge hath given4 ,the ,czar full oft in words and deeds ,is stormy and self-willed2 ,but1 when the ,lady ,catherine pleads1 ,his violence is stilled4 #hj ,leave open to my wish the course1 ,and ,i to her will go2 ,from that humane and heavenly source1 ,good1 only good1 can flow4 ,faint sanction given1 the ,cavalier #he ,was eager to depart1 ,though question followed question1 dear ,to the ,maiden's filial heart4#ffc ,light was his step1--his hopes1 more light1 ,kept pace with his desires2 #ij ,and the fifth#ffd morning gave him sight ,of ,moscow's glittering spires4 ,he sued3--heart-smitten by the wrong1 ,to the lorn ,fugitive ,the ,emperor sent a pledge as strong #ie ,as sovereign power could give4 ,o more than mighty change6 ,if e'er ,amazement rose to pain1 ,and joy's excess#ffe produced a fear ,of something void and vain2 #ajj ',twas when the ,parents1 who had mourned ,so long the lost as dead1 ,beheld their only ,child returned1 ,the household floor to tread4 ,soon gratitude gave way to love #aje ,within the ,maiden's breast3 ,delivered and ,deliverer move ,in bridal garments drest2 ,meek ,catherine had her own reward2 ,the ,czar bestowed a dower2 #aaj ,and universal ,moscow shared ,the triumph of that hour4 ,flowers strewed the ground2 the nuptial feast ,was held with costly state2 ,and there1 'mid many a noble guest1 #aae ,the ,foster-parents sate2 ,encouraged by the imperial eye1 ,they shrank not into shade2 ,great was their bliss1 the honour high ,to them and nature paid6 #abj ,,footnotes3 #fej ,peter ,henry ,bruce1 having given in his entertaining ,memoirs the substance of this ,tale1#fff affirms that1 besides the concurring reports of others1 he had the story from the lady's own mouth4 ,the ,lady ,catherine1 mentioned towards the close1 is#ffg the famous ,catherine1 then bearing that name as the acknowledged ,wife of ,peter the ,great4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,the title of this poem in the ,,ms4 copy by ,mrs4 ,wordsworth is-- ,,ina1 ,,or1 ,,the ,,lodge ,,in ,,the ,,forest1 ,a ,russian ,tale4 ,,ed4 #fea ,compare ,s4 ,t4 ,coleridge's verses1 ,to a ,lady-- ',tis not the lily-brow ,i prize1 ,nor roseate cheeks1 nor sunny eyes1 ,enough of lilies and of roses6 ,a thousand-fold more dear to me ,the gentle look that ,love discloses1-- ,the look that ,love alone can see6 ,and ,keats' lines beginning-- ,woman6 when ,i behold thee flippant1 vain4 ,also ,wordsworth's ,jewish ,family1 ,,ii4 #be-bh4--;,,ed4 #feb #ahce4 ,yea1 to the stars themselves1 if born ,c4 #fec #ahce4 444 by gold unbarred1 ,,ms4 copy by ,mrs4 ,wordsworth4 #fed #ahcg4 ,she hung upon 444 #ahce4 #fee #ahcg4 ,she led her ,lady 444 #ahce4 #fef #ahce4 ,and ,i must hide me from his wrath4 ,,ms4 #feg #ahej4 ,that here 444 #ahce4 #feh #ahce4 ,and smiles1 the sunshine of distress1 ,that hide-yet more betray4 ,,ms4 #fei #ahce4 444 serene2 ,exalting lowly grace1 ,a ,faith which does 444 ,,ms4 #ffj ,in the edition of #ahce the two preceding lines were placed within quotation marks1 and the following added ,from ,golding's ,translation of ,ovid's ,metamorphoses4 ,see also his ,dedicatory ,epistle prefixed to the same work4-,,ed4 #ffa ,not a ,russian house1 ,bruce tells us1 was1 at his time1 without a picture of the ,virgin4 7,,ms4 note to a copy of this poem1 in ,mrs4 ,wordsworth's handwriting47--,,ed4 #ffb ,the ,royal ,palace at ,moscow4--,,ed4 #ffc #ahce4 444 the ,cavalier ,recounted all he knew1 ,the sufferer's filial heart to cheer2 ,then hastily withdrew4 ,,ms4 #ffd #ahcg4 444 third 444 #ahce4 #ffe #ahcg4 ,and over-joy 444 #ahce4 #fff #ahde4 of the following ,tale #ahce4 #ffg #ahcg4 was #ahce4 ,,the ,,egyptian ,,maid ,,or1 ,,the ,,romance ,,of ,,the ,,water ,,lily ,composed #ahcj4--,published #ahce ,for the names and persons in the following poem1 see the ,history of the renowned ,prince ,arthur and his ,knights of the ,round ,table2 for the rest the ,author is answerable2 only it may be proper to add1 that the ,lotus1 with the bust of the ,goddess appearing to rise out of the full-blown flower1 was suggested by the beautiful work of ancient art1 once included among the ,townley ,marbles1 and now in the ,british ,museum4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,in addition to the short notice prefixed to this poem1 it may be worth while here to say1 that it rose out of a few words casually used in conversation by my nephew1 ,henry ,hutchinson4 ,he was describing with great spirit the appearance and movement of a vessel which he seemed to admire more than any other he had ever seen1 and said her name was the ,water ,lily4 ,this plant has been my delight from my boyhood1 as ,i have seen it floating on the lake2 and that conversation put me upon constructing and composing the poem4 ,had ,i not heard those words1 it would never have been written4 ,the form of the stanza is new1 and is nothing but a repetition of the first five lines as they were thrown off1 and is not perhaps well suited to narrative1 and certainly would not have been trusted to had ,i thought at the beginning that the poem would have gone to such a length4--,i4 ,f4 ,in the editions of #ahce and #ahcg this poem was assigned a place of its own4 ,in #ahde it was placed among the ,memorials of a ,tour in ,italy1 #ahcg4--;,,ed4 ,while ,merlin paced the ,cornish sands1 ,forth-looking toward the rocks of ,scilly1 ,the pleased ,enchanter was aware ,of a bright ,ship that seemed to hang in air1 ,yet was she work of mortal hands1 #e ,and took from men her name--,,the ,,water ,,lily4 ,soft was the wind1 that landward blew2 ,and1 as the ,moon1 o'er some dark hill ascendant1 ,grows from a little edge of light ,to a full orb1 this ,pinnace bright #aj ,became1 as nearer to the coast she drew1 ,more glorious1 with spread sail and streaming pendant4 ,upon this wingd ,shape so fair ,sage ,merlin gazed with admiration3 ,her lineaments1 thought he1 surpass #ae ,aught that was ever shown in magic glass2 ,was ever built with patient care2 ,or1 at a touch1 produced by happiest transformation4#ffh ,now1 though a ,mechanist1 whose skill ,shames the degenerate grasp of modern science1 #bj ,grave ,merlin 7and belike the more ,for practising occult and perilous lore7 ,was subject to a freakish will ,that sapped good thoughts1 or scared them with defiance4 ,provoked to envious spleen1 he cast #be ,an altered look upon the advancing ,stranger ,whom he had hailed with joy1 and cried1 ,my ,art shall help to tame her pride-- ,anon the breeze became a blast1 ,and the waves rose1 and sky portended danger4 #cj ,with thrilling word1 and potent sign ,traced on the beach1 his work the ,sorcerer urges2 ,the clouds in blacker clouds are lost1 ,like spiteful ,fiends that vanish1 crossed ,by ,fiends of aspect more malign2 #ce ,and the winds roused the ,deep with fiercer scourges4 ,but worthy of the name she bore ,was this ,sea-flower1 this buoyant ,galley3 ,supreme in loveliness and grace ,of motion1 whether in the embrace #dj ,of trusty anchorage1 or scudding o'er ,the main flood roughened into hill and valley4 ,behold1 how wantonly she laves ,her sides1 the ,wizard's craft confounding2 ,like something out of ,ocean sprung #de ,to be for ever fresh and young1 ,breasts the sea-flashes1 and huge waves ,top-gallant high1 rebounding and rebounding6 ,but ,ocean under magic heaves1 ,and cannot spare the ,thing he cherished3 #ej ,ah6 what avails that she was fair1 ,luminous1 blithe1 and debonair8 ,the storm has stripped her of her leaves2 ,the ,lily floats no longer6--,she hath perished4 ,grieve for her1--she deserves no less2 #ee ,so like1 yet so unlike1 a living ,creature6 ,no heart had she1 no busy brain2 ,though loved1 she could not love again2 ,though pitied1 feel her own distress2 ,nor aught that troubles us1 the fools of ,nature4 #fj ,yet is there cause for gushing tears2 ,so richly was this ,galley laden1 ,a fairer than herself she bore1 ,and1 in her struggles1 cast ashore2 ,a lovely ,one1 who nothing hears #fe ,of wind or wave--a meek and guileless ,maiden4 ,into a cave had ,merlin fled ,from mischief1 caused by spells himself had muttered2 ,and while1 repentant all too late1 ,in moody posture there he sate1 #gj ,he heard a voice1 and saw1 with half-raised head1 ,a ,visitant by whom these words were uttered2 ,on ,christian service this frail ,bark ,sailed 7hear me1 ,merlin67 under high protection1 ,though on her prow a sign of heathen power #ge ,was carved--a ,goddess with a ,lily flower1 ,the old ,egyptian's emblematic mark ,of joy immortal and of pure affection4 ,her course was for the ,british strand2 ,her freight1 it was a ,damsel peerless2 #hj ,god reigns above1 and ,spirits strong ,may gather to avenge this wrong ,done to the ,princess1 and her ,land ,which she in duty left1 sad but not cheerless4#ffi ,and to ,caerleon's loftiest tower #he ,soon will the ,knights of ,arthur's ,table ,a cry of lamentation send2 ,and all will weep who there attend1 ,to grace that ,stranger's bridal hour1 ,for whom the sea was made unnavigable4 #ij ,shame6 should a ,child of royal line ,die through the blindness of thy malice8 ,thus to the ,necromancer spake ,nina1 the ,lady of the ,lake1 ,a gentle ,sorceress1 and benign1 #ie ,who ne'er embittered any good man's chalice4 ,what boots1 continued she1 to mourn8 ,to expiate thy sin endeavour3 ,from the bleak isle where she is laid1 ,fetched by our art1 the ,egyptian ,maid #ajj ,may yet to ,arthur's court be borne ,cold as she is1 ere life be fled for ever4 ,my pearly ,boat1 a shining ,light1 ,that brought me down that sunless river1 ,will bear me on from wave to wave1 #aje ,and back with her to this sea-cave2-- ,then ,merlin6 for a rapid flight ,through air1 to thee my ,charge will ,i deliver4 ,the very swiftest of thy cars ,must1 when my part is done1 be ready2 #aaj ,meanwhile1 for further guidance1 look ,into thy own prophetic book2 ,and1 if that fail1 consult the ,stars ,to learn thy course2 farewell6 be prompt and steady4 ,this scarcely spoken1 she again #aae ,was seated in her gleaming shallop1 ,that1 o'er the yet-distempered ,deep1 ,pursued its way with bird-like sweep1 ,or like a steed1 without a rein1 ,urged o'er the wilderness in sportive gallop4 #abj ,soon did the gentle ,nina reach ,that ,isle without a house or haven2 ,landing1 she found not what she sought1 ,nor saw of wreck or ruin aught ,but a carved ,lotus cast upon the beach#fgj #abe ,by the fierce waves1 a flower in marble graven4 ,sad relique1 but how fair the while6 ,for gently each from each retreating ,with backward curve1 the leaves revealed ,the bosom half1 and half concealed1 #acj ,of a ,divinity1 that seemed to smile ,on ,nina1 as she passed1 with hopeful greeting4 ,no quest was hers of vague desire1 ,of tortured hope and purpose shaken2 ,following the margin of a bay1 #ace ,she spied the lonely ,cast-away1 ,unmarred1 unstripped of her attire1 ,but with closed eyes1--of breath and bloom forsaken4 ,then ,nina1 stooping down1 embraced1 ,with tenderness and mild emotion1 #adj ,the ,damsel1 in that trance embound2 ,and1 while she raised her from the ground1 ,and in the pearly shallop placed1 ,sleep fell upon the air1 and stilled the ocean4 ,the turmoil hushed1 celestial springs #ade ,of music opened1 and there came a blending ,of fragrance1 underived from earth1 ,with gleams that owed not to the sun their birth1 ,and that soft rustling of invisible wings#fga ,which ,angels make1 on works of love descending4 #aej ,and ,nina heard a sweeter voice ,than if the ,goddess of the flower had spoken3 ,thou hast achieved1 fair ,dame6 what none ,less pure in spirit could have done2 ,go1 in thy enterprise rejoice6 #aee ,air1 earth1 sea1 sky1 and heaven1 success betoken4 ,so cheered1 she left that ,island bleak1 ,a bare rock of the ,scilly cluster1 ,and1 as they traversed the smooth brine1 ,the self-illumined ,brigantine #afj ,shed1 on the ,slumberer's cold wan cheek ,and pallid brow1 a melancholy lustre4 ,fleet was their course1 and when they came ,to the dim cavern1 whence the river ,issued into the salt-sea flood1 #afe ,merlin1 as fixed in thought he stood1 ,was thus accosted by the ,dame2 ,behold to thee my ,charge ,i now deliver6 ,but where attends thy chariot--where8-- ,quoth ,merlin1 ,even as ,i was bidden1 #agj ,so have ,i done2 as trusty as thy barge ,my vehicle shall prove--,o precious ,charge6 ,if this be sleep1 how soft6 if death1 how fair6 ,much have my books disclosed1 but the end is hidden4 ,he spake2 and gliding into view #age ,forth from the grotto's dimmest chamber ,came two mute ,swans1 whose plumes of dusky white ,changed1 as the pair approached the light1 ,drawing an ebon car1 their hue 7,like clouds of sunset7 into lucid amber4 #ahj ,once more did gentle ,nina lift ,the ,princess1 passive to all changes3 ,the car received her3--then up-went ,into the ethereal element ,the ,birds with progress smooth and swift #ahe ,as thought1 when through bright regions memory ranges4 ,sage ,merlin1 at the ,slumberer's side1 ,instructs the ,swans their way to measure2 ,and soon ,caerleon's towers appeared1 ,and notes of minstrelsy were heard #aij ,from rich pavilions spreading wide1 ,for some high day of long-expected pleasure4 ,awe-stricken stood both ,knights and ,dames ,ere on firm ground the car alighted2 ,eftsoons astonishment was past1 #aie ,for in that face they saw the last ,last lingering look of clay1 that tames ,all pride2 by which all happiness is blighted4 ,said ,merlin1 ,mighty ,king1 fair ,lords1 ,away with feast and tilt and tourney6 #bjj ,ye saw1 throughout this royal ,house1 ,ye heard1 a rocking marvellous ,of turrets1 and a clash of swords ,self-shaken1 as ,i closed my airy journey4 ,lo6 by a destiny well known #bje ,to mortals1 joy is turned to sorrow2 ,this is the wished-for ,bride1 the ,maid ,of ,egypt1 from a rock conveyed ,where she by shipwreck had been thrown2 ,ill sight6 but grief may vanish ere the morrow4 #baj ,though vast thy power1 thy words are weak1 ,exclaimed the ,king1 a mockery hateful2 ,dutiful ,child1 her lot how hard6 ,is this her piety's reward8 ,those watery locks1 that bloodless cheek6 #bae ,o winds without remorse6 ,o shore ungrateful6 ,rich robes are fretted by the moth2 ,towers1 temples1 fall by stroke of thunder2 ,will that1 or deeper thoughts1 abate ,a ,father's sorrow for her fate8 #bbj ,he will repent him of his troth2 ,his brain will burn1 his stout heart split asunder4 ,alas6 and ,i have caused this woe2 ,for1 when my prowess from invading ,neighbours ,had freed his ,realm1 he plighted word #bbe ,that he would turn to ,christ our ,lord1 ,and his dear ,daughter on a ,knight bestow ,whom ,i should choose for love and matchless labours4 ,her birth was heathen2 but a fence ,of holy ,angels round her hovered3 #bcj ,a ,lady added to my court ,so fair1 of such divine report ,and worship1 seemed a recompense ,for fifty kingdoms by my sword recovered4 ,ask not for whom1 ,o ,champions true6 #bce ,she was reserved by me her life's betrayer2 ,she who was meant to be a bride ,is now a corse3 then put aside ,vain thoughts1 and speed ye1 with observance due ,of ,christian rites1 in ,christian ground to lay her4 #bdj ,the tomb1 said ,merlin1 may not close ,upon her yet1 earth hide her beauty2 ,not froward to thy sovereign will ,esteem me1 ,liege6 if ,i1 whose skill ,wafted her hither1 interpose #bde ,to check this pious haste of erring duty4 ,my books command me to lay bare ,the secret thou art bent on keeping3 ,here must a high attest be given1 #bdi ,what ,bridegroom was for her ordained by ,heaven3 ,and in my glass significants there are ,of things that may to gladness turn this weeping4 ,for this1 approaching1 ,one by ,one1 ,thy ,knights must touch the cold hand of the ,virgin2 ,so1 for the favoured ,one1 the ,flower may bloom #bee ,once more3 but1 if unchangeable her doom1 ,if life departed be for ever gone1 ,some blest assurance1 from this cloud emerging1 ,may teach him to bewail his loss2 ,not with a grief that1 like a vapour1 rises #bfj ,and melts2 but grief devout that shall endure1 ,and a perpetual growth secure ,of purposes which no false thought shall cross1 ,a harvest of high hopes and noble enterprises4 ,so be it1 said the ,king2--anon1 #bfe ,here1 where the ,princess lies1 begin the trial2 ,knights each in order as ye stand ,step forth4--,to touch the pallid hand ,sir ,agravaine advanced2 no sign he won ,from ,heaven or earth2--,sir ,kaye had like denial4 #bgj ,abashed1 ,sir ,dinas turned away2 ,even for ,sir ,percival was no disclosure2 ,though he1 devoutest of all ,champions1 ere ,he reached that ebon car1 the bier ,whereon diffused like snow the ,damsel lay1 #bge ,full thrice had crossed himself in meek composure4 ,imagine 7but ye ,saints6 who can87 ,how in still air the balance trembled-- ,the wishes1 peradventure the despites ,that overcame some not ungenerous ,knights2 #bhj ,and all the thoughts that lengthened out a span ,of time to ,lords and ,ladies thus assembled4 ,what patient confidence was here6 ,and there how many bosoms panted6 ,while drawing toward the car ,sir ,gawaine1 mailed #bhe ,for tournament1 his beaver vailed1 ,and softly touched2 but1 to his princely cheer ,and high expectancy1 no sign was granted4 ,next1 disencumbered of his harp1 ,sir ,tristram1 dear to thousands as a brother1 #bij ,came to the proof1 nor grieved that there ensued ,no change2--the fair ,izonda he had wooed ,with love too true1 a love with pangs too sharp1 ,from hope too distant1 not to dread another4 ,not so ,sir ,launcelot2 from ,heaven's grace #bie ,a sign he craved1 tired slave of vain contrition2 ,the royal ,guinever looked passing glad4 ,when his touch failed4--,next came ,sir ,galahad2 ,he paused1 and stood entranced by that still face ,whose features he had seen in noontide vision4 #cjj ,for late1 as near a murmuring stream ,he rested 'mid an arbour green and shady1 ,nina1 the good ,enchantress1 shed ,a light around his mossy bed2 ,and1 at her call1 a waking dream #cje ,prefigured to his sense the ,egyptian ,lady4 ,now1 while his bright-haired front he bowed1 ,and stood1 far-kenned by mantle furred with ermine1 ,as o'er the insensate ,body hung ,the enrapt1 the beautiful1 the young1 #caj ,belief sank deep into the crowd ,that he the solemn issue would determine4 ,nor deem it strange2 the ,youth had worn ,that very mantle on a day of glory1 ,the day when he achieved that matchless feat1 #cae ,the marvel of the ,,perilous ,,seat1 ,which whosoe'er approached of strength was shorn1 ,though ,king or ,knight the most renowned in story4 ,he touched with hesitating hand-- ,and lo6 those ,birds1 far-famed through ,love's dominions1 #cbj ,the ,swans1 in triumph clap their wings2 ,and their necks play1 involved in rings1 ,like sinless snakes in ,eden's happy land2-- ,mine is she1 cried the ,knight2--again they clapped their pinions4 ,mine was she--mine she is1 though dead1 #cbe ,and to her name my soul shall cleave in sorrow2 ,whereat1 a tender twilight streak ,of colour dawned upon the ,damsel's cheek2 ,and her lips1 quickening with uncertain red1 ,seemed from each other a faint warmth to borrow4 #ccj ,deep was the awe1 the rapture high1 ,of love emboldened1 hope with dread entwining1 ,when1 to the mouth1 relenting ,death ,allowed a soft and flower-like breath1 ,precursor to a timid sigh1 #cce ,to lifted eyelids1 and a doubtful shining4 ,in silence did ,king ,arthur gaze ,upon the signs that pass away or tarry2 ,in silence watched the gentle strife ,of ,nature leading back to life2 #cdj ,then eased his soul at length by praise ,of ,god1 and ,heaven's pure ,queen--the blissful ,mary4 ,then said he1 ,take her to thy heart1 ,sir ,galahad6 a treasure1 that ,god giveth1 ,bound by indissoluble ties to thee #cde ,through mortal change and immortality2 ,be happy and unenvied1 thou who art ,a goodly ,knight that hath no peer that liveth6 ,not long the ,nuptials were delayed2 ,and sage tradition still rehearses #cej ,the pomp1 the glory of that hour ,when toward the altar from her bower ,king ,arthur led the ,egyptian ,maid1 ,and ,angels carolled these far-echoed verses2-- ,who shrinks not from alliance #cee ,of evil with good ,powers1 ,to ,god proclaims defiance1 ,and mocks whom he adores4 ,a ,ship to ,christ devoted ,from the ,land of ,nile did go2 #cfj ,alas6 the bright ,ship floated1 ,an ,idol at her prow4 ,by magic domination1 ,the ,heaven-permitted vent ,of purblind mortal passion1 #cfe ,was wrought her punishment4 ,the ,flower1 the ,form within it1 ,what served they in her need8 ,her port she could not win it1 ,nor from mishap be freed4 #cgj ,the tempest overcame her1 ,and she was seen no more2 ,but gently1 gently blame her-- ,she cast a ,pearl ashore4 ,the ,maid to ,jesu hearkened1 #cge ,and kept to him her faith1 ,till sense in death was darkened1 ,or sleep akin to death4 ,but ,angels round her pillow ,kept watch1 a viewless band2 #chj ,and1 billow favouring billow1 ,she reached the destined strand4 ,blest ,pair6 whate'er befal you1 ,your faith in ,him approve ,who from frail earth can call you #che ,to bowers of endless love6 ,,footnotes3 #ffh #ahcg4 444 set forth with wondrous transformation4 #ahce4 #ffi #ahcg4 444 though sad not cheerless4 #ahce4 #fgj #ahcg4 444 shore #ahce4 #fga ,compare ,paradise ,lost1 book i4 l4 #gfh4--;,,ed4 ,,the ,,poet ,,and ,,the ,,caged ,,turtledove#fgb ,composed #ahcj4--,published #ahce ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,this dove was one of a pair that had been given to my daughter by our excellent friend1 ,miss ,jewsbury1#fgc who went to ,india with her husband1 ,mr4 ,fletcher1 where she died of cholera4 ,the dove survived its mate many years1 and was killed1 to our great sorrow1 by a neighbour's cat that got in at the window and dragged it partly out of the cage4 ,these verses were composed extempore1 to the letter1 in the ,terrace ,summer-house before spoken of4 ,it was the habit of the bird to begin cooing and murmuring whenever it heard me making my verses4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,fancy4--,,ed4 ,as often as ,i murmur here ,my half-formed melodies1 ,straight from her osier mansion near1 ,the ,turtledove replies3 ,though silent as a leaf before1 #e ,the captive promptly coos2 ,is it to teach her own soft lore1 ,or second my weak ,muse8 ,i rather think1 the gentle ,dove ,is murmuring a reproof1 #aj ,displeased that ,i from lays of love ,have dared to keep aloof2 ,that ,i1 a ,bard of hill and dale1 ,have carolled1 fancy free1#fgd ,as if nor dove nor nightingale1 #ae ,had heart or voice for me4 ,if such thy meaning1 ,o forbear1 ,sweet ,bird6 to do me wrong2 ,love1 blessed ,love1 is every where ,the spirit of my song3 #bj ',mid grove1 and by the calm fireside1 ,love animates my lyre-- ,that coo again6--'tis not to chide1 ,i feel1 but to inspire4 ,,footnotes3 #fgb ,in a ,,ms4 letter to ,sir ,george ,beaumont ,i find the poem entitled ,twenty minutes ,exercise on the ,terrace last night1 but ,scene within doors4--,,ed4 #fgc ,compare the ,sonnet beginning-- ,while ,anna's peers and early playmates tread 7p4 #afh47--;,,ed4 #fgd ,compare ,a ,midsummer ,night's ,dream1 act ,,ii4 scene i4 l4 #afd4--;,,ed4 ,,presentiments ,composed #ahcj4--,published #ahce ,written at ,rydal ,mount4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,imagination4--,,ed4 ,presentiments6 they judge not right ,who deem that ye from open light ,retire in fear of shame2 ,all heaven-born ,instincts shun the touch ,of vulgar sense1--and1 being such1 #e ,such privilege ye claim4 ,the tear whose source ,i could not guess1 ,the deep sigh that seemed fatherless1 ,were mine in early days2 ,and now1 unforced by time to part #aj ,with fancy1 ,i obey my heart1 ,and venture on your praise4 ,what though some busy foes to good1 ,too potent over nerve and blood1 ,lurk near you--and combine #ae ,to taint the health which ye infuse2 ,this hides not from the moral ,muse ,your origin divine4 ,how oft from you1 derided ,powers6 ,comes ,faith that in auspicious hours #bj ,builds castles1 not of air3 ,bodings unsanctioned by the will ,flow from your visionary skill1 ,and teach us to beware4 ,the bosom-weight1 your stubborn gift1 #be ,that no philosophy can lift1 ,shall vanish1 if ye please1 ,like morning mist3 and1 where it lay1 ,the spirits at your bidding play ,in gaiety and ease4 #cj ,star-guided contemplations move ,through space1 though calm1 not raised above ,prognostics that ye rule2 ,the naked ,indian of the wild1 ,and haply1 too1 the cradled ,child1 #ce ,are pupils of your school4 ,but who can fathom your intents1 ,number their signs or instruments8 ,a rainbow1 a sunbeam1 ,a subtle smell that ,spring unbinds1 #dj ,dead pause abrupt of midnight winds1 ,an echo1 or a dream4#fge ,the laughter of the ,christmas hearth ,with sighs of self-exhausted mirth ,ye feelingly reprove2 #de ,and daily1 in the conscious breast1 ,your visitations are a test ,and exercise of love4 ,when some great change gives boundless scope ,to an exulting ,nation's hope1 #ej ,oft1 startled and made wise ,by your low-breathed interpretings1 ,the simply-meek foretaste the springs ,of bitter contraries4 ,ye daunt the proud array of war1 #ee ,pervade the lonely ocean far ,as sail hath been unfurled2 ,for dancers in the festive hall ,what ghastly partners hath your call ,fetched from the shadowy world4 #fj ',tis said1 that warnings ye dispense1 ,emboldened by a keener sense2 ,that men have lived for whom1 ,with dread precision1 ye made clear ,the hour that in a distant year #fe ,should knell them to the tomb4 ,unwelcome insight6 ,yet there are ,blest times when mystery is laid bare1 ,truth shows a glorious face1 ,while on that isthmus which commands #gj ,the councils of both worlds1 she stands1 ,sage ,spirits6 by your grace4 ,god1 who instructs the brutes to scent ,all changes of the element1 ,whose wisdom fixed the scale #ge ,of natures1 for our wants provides ,by higher1 sometimes humbler1 guides1 ,when lights of reason fail4 ,,footnotes3 #fge ,compare ,robert ,browning's ,bishop ,blougram's ,apology1 ll4 #aia-aig-- 444 there's a sunset-touch1 ,a fancy from a flower-bell1 some one's death1 ,a chorus-ending from ,euripides1--4 ,and that's enough for fifty hopes and fears ,as old and new at once as ,nature's self1 ,to rap and knock and enter in our soul1 ,take hands and dance there1 a fantastic ring1 etc4--,,ed4 ,,in ,,these ,,fair ,,vales ,,hath ,,many ,a ,,tree ,composed #ahcj4--,published #ahce ,engraven1 during my absence in ,italy1 upon a brass plate inserted in the ,stone4--,i4 ,f4 ,this poem was classed among the ,inscriptions4 ,in #ahce its title was ,inscription intended for a ,stone in the grounds of ,rydal ,mount4 ,in #ahde1 and afterwards1 the first line of the poem was its only title4--,,ed4 ,in these fair vales hath many a ,tree ,at ,wordsworth's suit been spared2 ,and from the builder's hand this ,stone1 ,for some rude beauty of its own1 ,was rescued by the ,bard3 #e ,so let it rest2 and time will come ,when here the tender-hearted ,may heave a gentle sigh for him1 ,as one of the departed4 ,the inscription is still preserved on the brass plate inserted in the stone1 within the grounds at ,rydal ,mount4--,,ed4 ,,elegiac ,,musings ,,in ,,the ,,grounds ,,of ,,coleorton ,,hall1 ,,the ,,seat ,,of ,,the ,,late#fgf ,,sir ,g4,h4 ,,beaumont1 ,,bart4 ,composed #ahcj4--,published #ahce ,in these grounds stands the ,parish ,church1 wherein is a mural monument bearing an inscription which1#fgg in deference to the earnest request of the deceased1 is confined to name1 dates1 and these words3--,enter not into judgment with thy servant1 ,o ,lord6--,w4 ,w4 ,these verses were in part composed on horseback during a storm1 while ,i was on my way from ,colcorton to ,cambridge3 they are alluded to elsewhere4#fgh--;,i4,f4 ,one of the ,epitaphs and ,elegiac ,pieces4--,,ed4 ,with copious eulogy in prose or rhyme#fgi ,graven on the tomb we struggle against ,time1 ,alas1 how feebly6 but our feelings rise ,and still we struggle when a good man dies3 ,such offering ,,beaumont dreaded and forbade1 #e ,a spirit meek in self-abasement clad4 ,yet here at least1 though few have numbered days ,that shunned so modestly the light of praise1 ,his graceful manners1 and the temperate ray ,of that arch fancy which would round him play1 #aj ,brightening a converse never known to swerve ,from courtesy and delicate reserve2 ,that sense1 the bland philosophy of life1 ,which checked discussion ere it warmed to strife2 ,those rare accomplishments1#fhj and varied powers1 #ae ,might have their record among sylvan bowers4 ,oh1 fled for ever6 vanished like a blast ,that shook the leaves in myriads as it passed2-- ,gone from this world of earth1 air1 sea1 and sky1 ,from all its spirit-moving imagery1 #bj ,intensely studied with a painter's eye1 ,a poet's heart2 and1 for congenial view1 ,portrayed with happiest pencil1 not untrue ,to common recognitions while the line ,flowed in a course of sympathy divine2-- #be ,oh6 severed1 too abruptly1 from delights ,that all the seasons shared with equal rights2-- ,rapt in the grace of undismantled age1 ,from soul-felt music1 and the treasured page ,lit by that evening lamp which loved to shed #cj ,its mellow lustre round thy honoured head2 ,while ,friends beheld thee give with eye1 voice1 mien1 ,more than theatric force to ,shakspeare's scene2--#fha ,if thou hast heard me--if thy ,spirit know #cd ,aught of these powers and whence their pleasures flow2 ,if things in our remembrance held so dear1 ,and thoughts and projects fondly cherished here1 ,to thy exalted nature only seem ,time's vanities1 light fragments of earth's dream-- ,rebuke us not6#fhb--,the mandate is obeyed #dj ,that said1 ,let praise be mute where ,i am laid2 ,the holier deprecation1 given in trust ,to the cold marble1 waits upon thy dust2 ,yet have we found how slowly genuine grief ,from silent admiration wins relief4 #de ,too long abashed thy ,name is like a rose ,that doth within itself its sweetness close2#fhc ,a drooping daisy changed into a cup ,in which her bright-eyed beauty is shut up4 ,within these groves1 where still are flitting by #ej ,shades of the ,past1 oft noticed with a sigh1 ,shall stand a votive ,tablet1#fhd haply free1 ,when towers and temples fall1 to speak of ,thee6 ,if sculptured emblems of our mortal doom ,recal not there the wisdom of the ,tomb1 #ee ,green ivy risen from out the cheerful earth1 ,will#fhe fringe the lettered stone2 and herbs spring forth1 ,whose fragrance1 by soft dews and rain unbound1 ,shall penetrate the heart without a wound2 ,while truth and love their purposes fulfil1 #fj ,commemorating genius1 talent1 skill1 ,that could not lie concealed where ,thou wert known2 ,thy virtues ,he must judge1 and ,he alone1 ,the ,god upon whose mercy they are thrown4 ,,footnotes3 #fgf ,sir ,george ,beaumont died on #gth ,february #ahbg4--;,,ed4 #fgg #ahcg4 upon which1 #ahce4 #fgh ,see the ,fenwick note to the next poem4--,,ed4 #fgi #ahcg4 444 and rhyme #ahce4 #fhj #ahcg4 ,those fine accomplishments #ahce4 #fha ,sir ,george ,beaumont used frequently to read ,shakspeare aloud to his household and friends at ,coleorton4--,,ed4 #fhb #ahcg4 444 ,shakespeare's scene-- ,rebuke us not6-- #ahce4 #fhc ,see1 in ,constable's ,england's ,helicon1 ,dametus' song to his ,diaphenia1 stanza #b-- ,diaphenia like the spreading roses ,that in thy sweets all sweet encloses4 ,also in ,fairfax's translation of ,tasso's ,godfrey of ,bullogne2 or the ,recovery of ,jerusalem1 book ii4 stanza #ah-- ,a veil obscured the sunshine of her eyes1 ,the rose within herself her sweetness closed4--,,ed4 #fhd ,this votive ,tablet may still be seen1 with its green ivy1 fringing the lettered stone4 ,compare the ,sonnet ,to the ,author's ,portrait1 p4 #cah4--;,,ed4 #fhe #ahbg4 ,shall 444 #ahce4 ,,chatsworth6 ,,thy ,,stately ,,mansion1 ,,and ,,the ,,pride ,composed #ahcj4--,published #ahce4 ,i have reason to remember the day that gave rise to this ,sonnet1 the #fth of ,november1 #ahcj4 ,having undertaken1 a great feat for me1 to ride my daughter's pony from ,westmoreland to ,cambridge1 that she might have the use of it while on a visit to her uncle at ,trinity ,lodge1 on my way from ,bakewell to ,matlock ,i turned aside to ,chatsworth1 and had scarcely gratified my curiosity by the sight of that celebrated place before there came on a severe storm of wind and rain which continued till ,i reached ,derby1 both man and pony in a pitiable plight4 ,for myself1 ,i went to bed at noon-day4 ,in the course of that journey ,i had to encounter a storm worse if possible1 in which the pony could 7or would7 only make his way slantwise4 ,i mention this merely to add that notwithstanding this battering ,i composed1 on horseback1 the lines to the memory of ,sir ,george ,beaumont1 suggested during my recent visit to ,coleorton4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,chatsworth6 thy stately mansion1 and the pride ,of thy domain1 strange contrast do present ,to house and home in many a craggy rent ,of the wild ,peak2 where new-born waters glide ,through fields whose thrifty occupants abide #e ,as in a dear and chosen banishment1 ,with every semblance of entire content2 ,so kind is simple ,nature1 fairly tried6 ,yet ,he whose heart in childhood gave her troth ,to pastoral dales1 thin-set with modest farms1 #aj ,may learn1 if judgment strengthen with his growth1 ,that1 not for ,fancy only1 pomp hath charms2 ,and1 strenuous to protect from lawless harms ,the extremes of favoured life1 may honour both4 #ahca ,the ,poems of #ahca included ,the ,primrose of the ,rock1 a few ,sonnets1 and ,yarrow ,revisited1 and other ,poems1 composed during a tour in ,scotland1 and on the ,english ,border1 in the ,autumn of #ahca4--;,,ed4 ,,the ,,primrose ,,of ,,the ,,rock ,composed #ahca4--,published #ahce ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,the ,rock stands on the right hand a little way leading up the middle road from ,rydal to ,grasmere4 ,we have been in the habit of calling it the glow-worm rock from the number of glow-worms we have often seen hanging on it as described4 ,the tuft of primrose has1 ,i fear1 been washed away by the heavy rains4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,imagination4--,,ed4 ,a rock there is whose homely front#fhf ,the passing traveller slights2 ,yet there the glow-worms hang their lamps1 ,like stars1 at various heights2 ,and one coy ,primrose to that ,rock #e ,the vernal breeze invites4 ,what hideous warfare hath been waged1 ,what kingdoms overthrown1 ,since first ,i spied that ,primrose-tuft ,and marked it for my own2#fhg #aj ,a lasting link in ,nature's chain ,from highest heaven let down6 ,the flowers1 still faithful to the stems1 ,their fellowship renew2 ,the stems are faithful to the root1 #ae ,that worketh out of view2 ,and to the rock the root adheres ,in every fibre true4 ,close clings to earth the living rock1 ,though threatening still to fall2 #bj ,the earth is constant to her sphere2 ,and ,god upholds them all3 ,so blooms this lonely ,plant1 nor dreads ,her annual funeral4 99 99 99 99 99 ,here closed the meditative strain2 #be ,but air breathed soft that day1 ,the hoary mountain-heights were cheered1 ,the sunny vale looked gay2 ,and to the ,primrose of the ,rock ,i gave this after-lay4 #cj ,i sang--,let myriads of bright flowers1 ,like ,thee1 in field and grove ,revive unenvied2--mightier far1 ,than tremblings that reprove ,our vernal tendencies to hope1 #ce ,is#fhh ,god's redeeming love2 ,that love which changed--for wan disease1 ,for sorrow that had bent ,o'er hopeless dust1 for withered age-- ,their moral element1 #dj ,and turned the thistles of a curse ,to types beneficent4 ,sin-blighted though we are1 we too1 ,the reasoning ,sons of ,men1 ,from one oblivious winter called #de ,shall rise1 and breathe again2 ,and in eternal summer lose ,our threescore years and ten4 ,to humbleness of heart descends ,this prescience from on high1 #ej ,the faith that elevates the just1 ,before and when they die2 ,and makes each soul a separate heaven1 ,a court for ,deity4 ,,footnotes3 #fhf #ahce4 444 lonely front #ahcf4 ,the edition of #ahda returns to the text of #ahce4 #fhg ,in ,dorothy ,wordsworth's ,grasmere ,journal the following occurs3--,april #bd1 #ahjb4--,we walked in the evening to ,rydal4 ,coleridge and ,i lingered behind4 ,we all stood to look at ,glow-worm ,rock--a primrose that grew there1 and just looked out on the road from its own sheltered bower4 ,the ,primrose had disappeared when the ,fenwick note was dictated1 and ,glow-worms have now almost deserted the district2 but the ,rock is unmistakable1 and it is one of the most interesting spots connected with ,wordsworth in the ,lake ,district4--,,ed4 #fhh #ahcf4 ,in 444 #ahce4 ,,to ,b4 ,r4 ,,haydon1 ,,on ,,seeing ,,his ,,picture ,,of ,,napoleon ,,bonaparte ,,on ,,the ,,island ,,of ,,st4 ,,helena ,composed #ahca4--,published #ahcb ,this ,sonnet1 though said to be written on seeing the ,portrait of ,napoleon1 was1 in fact1 composed some time after1 extempore1 in the wood at ,rydal ,mount4--,i4,f4 ,haydon6 let worthier judges praise the skill ,here by thy pencil shown in truth of lines ,and charm of colours2 ,i applaud those signs ,of thought1 that give the true poetic thrill2 ,that unencumbered whole of blank and still1 #e ,sky without cloud--ocean without a wave2 ,and the one ,man that laboured to enslave ,the ,world1 sole-standing high on the bare hill-- ,back turned1 arms folded1 the unapparent face ,tinged1 we may fancy1 in this dreary place #aj ,with light reflected from the invisible sun ,set1 like his fortunes2 but not set for aye ,like them4 ,the unguilty ,power pursues his way1 ,and before him doth dawn perpetual run4#fhi ,,footnotes3 #fhi ,haydon1 as he tells us in his ,autobiography1 received a commission from ,sir ,robert ,peel1 in ,december #ahcj1 to paint ,napoleon musing1 the size of life4 ,he finished it in ,june #ahca1 and thus described it himself3-- ,napoleon was peculiarly alive to poetical association as produced by scenery or sound2 village bells with their echoing ding1 dong1 dang1 now bursting full on the ear1 now dying in the wind1 affected him as they affect everybody alive to natural impressions1 and on the eve of all his great battles you find him stealing away in the dead of the night1 between the two hosts1 and indulging in every species of poetical reverie4 ,it was impossible to think of such a genius in captivity1 without mysterious associations of the sky1 the sea1 the rock1 and the solitude with which he was enveloped4 ,i never imagined him but as if musing at dawn1 or melancholy at sunset1 listening at midnight to the beating and roaring of the ,atlantic1 or meditating as the stars gazed and the moon shone on him2 in short ,napoleon never appeared to me but at those seasons of silence and twilight1 when nature seems to sympathise with the fallen1 and when if there be moments in this turbulent earth fit for celestial intercourse1 one must imagine these would be the times immortal spirits might select to descend within the sphere of mortality1 to soothe and comfort1 to inspire and support the afflicted4 ,under such impressions the present picture was produced4444 ,i imagined him standing on the brow of an impending cliff1 and musing on his past fortunes1 444 sea-birds screaming at his feet1 444 the sun just down1 444 the sails of his guard-ship glittering on the horizon1 and the ,atlantic1 calm1 silent1 awfully deep1 and endlessly extensive4--,life of ,benjamin ,robert ,haydon1 vol4 ii4 pp4 #cja1 #cjb4 ,this picture1 one of the noblest which ,haydon painted1 is still at ,drayton ,manor4--,,ed4 ,,yarrow ,,revisited1 ,,and ,,other ,,poems ,,composed 7,,two ,,excepted7 ,,during ,a ,,tour ,,in ,,scotland1 ,,and ,,on ,,the ,,english ,,border1 ,,in ,,the ,,autumn ,,of #ahca4 ,composed #ahca4--,published #ahce ,in the autumn of #ahca1 my daughter and ,i set off from ,rydal to visit ,sir ,walter ,scott before his departure for ,italy4 ,this journey had been delayed by an inflammation in my eyes till we found that the time appointed for his leaving home would be too near for him to receive us without considerable inconvenience4 ,nevertheless we proceeded and reached ,abbotsford on ,monday4 ,i was then scarcely able to lift up my eyes to the light4 ,how sadly changed did ,i find him from the man ,i had seen so healthy1 gay1 and hopeful1 a few years before1 when he said at the inn at ,paterdale1 in my presence1 his daughter ,anne also being there1 with ,mr4 ,lockhart1 my own wife and daughter1 and ,mr4 ,quillinan1--,i mean to live till ,i am eighty1 and ,i shall write as long as ,i live4 ,but to return to ,abbotsford3 the inmates and guests we found there were ,sir ,walter1 ,major ,scott1 ,anne ,scott1 and ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,lockhart1 ,mr4 ,liddell1 his ,lady and ,brother1 and ,mr4 ,allan the painter1 and ,mr4 ,laidlaw1 a very old friend of ,sir ,walter's4 ,one of ,burns's sons1 an officer in the ,indian service1 had left the house a day or two before1 and had kindly expressed his regret that he could not wait my arrival1 a regret that ,i may truly say was mutual4 ,in the evening1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,liddell sang1 and ,mrs4 ,lockhart chanted old ballads to her harp2 and ,mr4 ,allan1 hanging over the back of a chair1 told and acted old stories in a humorous way4 ,with this exhibition and his daughter's singing1 ,sir ,walter was much amused1 as indeed were we all as far as circumstances would allow4 ,but what is most worthy of mention is the admirable demeanour of ,major ,scott during the following evening when the ,liddells were gone and only ourselves and ,mr4 ,allan were present4 ,he had much to suffer from the sight of his father's infirmities and from the great change that was about to take place at the residence he had built1 and where he had long lived in so much prosperity and happiness4 ,but what struck me most was the patient kindness with which he supported himself under the many fretful expressions that his sister ,anne addressed to him or uttered in his hearing4 ,she1 poor thing1 as mistress of that house1 had been subject1 after her mother's death1 to a heavier load of care and responsibility and greater sacrifices of time than one of such a constitution of body and mind was able to bear4 ,of this1 ,dora and ,i were made so sensible1 that1 as soon as we had crossed the ,tweed on our departure1 we gave vent at the same moment to our apprehensions that her brain would fail and she would go out of her mind1 or that she would sink under the trials she had passed and those which awaited her4 ,on ,tuesday morning ,sir ,walter ,scott accompanied us and most of the party to ,newark ,castle on the ,yarrow4 ,when we alighted from the carriages he walked pretty stoutly1 and had great pleasure in revisiting those his favourite haunts4 ,of that excursion the verses ,yarrow ,revisited are a memorial4 ,notwithstanding the romance that pervades ,sir ,walter's works and attaches to many of his habits1 there is too much pressure of fact for these verses to harmonise as much as ,i could wish with other poems4 ,on our return in the afternoon we had to cross the ,tweed directly opposite ,abbotsford4 ,the wheels of our carriage grated upon the pebbles in the bed of the stream that there flows somewhat rapidly3 a rich but sad light of rather a purple than a golden hue was spread over the ,eildon ,hills at that moment2 and1 thinking it probable that it might be the last time ,sir ,walter would cross the stream1 ,i was not a little moved1 and expressed some of my feelings in the ,sonnet beginning--,a trouble1 not of clouds1 or weeping rain4 ,at noon on ,thursday we left ,abbotsford1 and in the morning of that day ,sir ,walter and ,i had a serious conversation tte--tte1 when he spoke with gratitude of the happy life which upon the whole he had led4 ,he had written in my daughter's ,album1 before he came into the breakfast-room that morning1 a few stanzas addressed to her1 and1 while putting the book into her hand1 in his own study1 standing by his desk1 he said to her in my presence--,i should not have done anything of this kind but for your father's sake3 they are probably the last verses ,i shall ever write4 ,they show how much his mind was impaired1 not by the strain of thought but by the execution1 some of the lines being imperfect1 and one stanza wanting corresponding rhymes3 one letter1 the initial ,s1 had been omitted in the spelling of his own name4 ,in this interview also it was that1 upon my expressing a hope of his health being benefited by the climate of the country to which he was going1 and by the interest he would take in the classic remembrances of ,italy1 he made use of the quotation from ,yarrow ,unvisited as recorded by me in the ,musings of ,aquapendente six years afterwards4 ,mr4 ,lockhart has mentioned in his life of him what ,i heard from several quarters while abroad1 both at ,rome and elsewhere1 that little seemed to interest him but what he could collect or hear of the fugitive ,stuarts and their adherents who had followed them into exile4 ,both the ,yarrow ,revisited and the ,sonnet were sent him before his departure from ,england4 ,some further particulars of the conversations which occurred during this visit ,i should have set down had they not been already accurately recorded by ,mr4 ,lockhart4 ,i first became acquainted with this great and amiable man--,sir ,walter ,scott--in the year #ahjc1 when my sister and ,i1 making a tour in ,scotland1 were hospitably received by him in ,lasswade upon the banks of the ,esk1 where he was then living4 ,we saw a good deal of him in the course of the following week2 the particulars are given in my sister's ,journal of that tour4--,i4,f4 ,,to ,,samuel ,,rogers1 ,esq4 ,,as ,a ,,testimony ,,of ,,friendship1 ,,and ,,acknowledgment ,,of ,,intellectual ,,obligations1 ,,these ,,memorials ,,are ,,affectionately ,,inscribed4 ,,rydal ,,mount1 ,dec4 #aa1 #ahcd4 ,i ,,the ,,gallant ,,youth1 ,,who ,,may ,,have ,,gained ,the following ,stanzas are a memorial of a day passed with ,sir ,walter ,scott1 and other ,friends visiting the ,banks of the ,yarrow under his guidance1 immediately before his departure from ,abbotsford1 for ,naples4 ,the title ,yarrow ,revisited will stand in no need of explanation1 for ,readers acquainted with the ,author's previous poems1 suggested by that celebrated ,stream4--,i4,f4 ,the gallant ,youth1 who may have gained1 ,or seeks1 a winsome ,marrow1 ,was but an ,infant in the lap ,when first ,i looked on ,yarrow2 ,once more1 by ,newark's ,castle-gate #e ,long left without a warder1 ,i stood1 looked1 listened1 and with ,thee1 ,great ,minstrel of the ,border6#fij ,grave thoughts ruled wide on that sweet day1 ,their dignity installing #aj ,in gentle bosoms1 while sere leaves ,were on the bough1 or falling2 ,but breezes played1 and sunshine gleamed-- ,the forest to embolden2 ,reddened the fiery hues1 and shot #ae ,transparence through the golden4 ,for busy thoughts the ,stream flowed on ,in foamy agitation2 ,and slept in many a crystal pool ,for quiet contemplation3#fia #bj ,no public and no private care ,the freeborn mind enthralling1 ,we made a day of happy hours1 ,our happy days recalling4 ,brisk ,youth appeared1 the ,morn of youth1 #be ,with freaks of graceful folly1-- ,life's temperate ,noon1 her sober ,eve1 ,her ,night not melancholy2 ,past1 present1 future1 all appeared ,in harmony united1 #cj ,like guests that meet1 and some from far1 ,by cordial love invited4 ,and if1 as ,yarrow1 through the woods ,and down the meadow ranging1 ,did meet us with unaltered face1 #ce ,though we were changed and changing2 ,if1 then1 some natural shadows spread ,our inward prospect over1 ,the soul's deep valley was not slow ,its brightness to recover4 #dj ,eternal blessings on the ,muse1 ,and her divine employment6 ,the blameless ,muse1 who trains her ,sons ,for hope and calm enjoyment2 ,albeit sickness1 lingering yet1 #de ,has o'er their pillow brooded2 ,and ,care waylays#fib their steps--a ,sprite ,not easily eluded4 ,for thee1 ,o ,,scott6 compelled to change ,green ,eildon-hill and ,cheviot #ej ,for warm ,vesuvio's vine-clad slopes2 ,and leave thy ,tweed and ,tiviot ,for mild ,sorento's breezy waves2 ,may classic ,fancy1 linking ,with native ,fancy her fresh aid1 #ee ,preserve thy heart from sinking6 ,o6 while they minister to thee1 ,each vying with the other1 ,may ,health return to mellow ,age1 ,with ,strength1 her venturous brother2 #fj ,and ,tiber1 and each brook and rill ,renowned in song and story1 ,with unimagined beauty shine1 ,nor lose one ray of glory6 ,for ,thou1 upon a hundred streams1 #fe ,by tales of love and sorrow1 ,of faithful love1 undaunted truth1 ,hast shed the power of ,yarrow2 ,and streams unknown1 hills yet unseen1 ,wherever they#fic invite ,thee1 #gj ,at parent ,nature's grateful call1 ,with gladness must requite ,thee4 ,a gracious welcome shall be thine1 ,such looks of love and honour ,as thy own ,yarrow gave to me #ge ,when first ,i gazed upon her2 ,beheld what ,i had feared to see1 ,unwilling to surrender ,dreams treasured up from early days1 ,the holy and the tender4 #hj ,and what1 for this frail world1 were all ,that mortals do or suffer1 ,did no responsive harp1 no pen1 ,memorial tribute offer8 ,yea1 what were mighty ,nature's self8 #he ,her features1 could they win us1 ,unhelped by the poetic voice ,that hourly speaks within us8 ,nor deem that localised ,romance ,plays false with our affections2 #ij ,unsanctifies our tears--made sport ,for fanciful dejections3 ,ah1 no6 the visions of the past ,sustain the heart in feeling ,life as she is--our changeful ,life1 #ie ,with friends and kindred dealing4 ,bear witness1 ,ye1 whose thoughts that day ,in ,yarrow's groves were centred2 ,who through the silent portal arch ,of mouldering ,newark enter'd2 #ajj ,and clomb the winding stair that once ,too timidly was mounted ,by the last ,minstrel1 7not the last67 ,ere he his ,tale recounted4 ,flow on for ever1 ,yarrow ,stream6 #aje ,fulfil thy pensive duty1 ,well pleased that future ,bards should chant ,for simple hearts thy beauty2 ,to dream-light dear while yet unseen1 ,dear to the common sunshine1 #aaj ,and dearer still1 as now ,i feel1 ,to memory's shadowy moonshine6 ,,footnotes3 #fij ,wordsworth arrived at ,abbotsford with his daughter to say farewell to ,scott on the #bast ,september #ahca4 ,on the #bbnd1 says ,mr4 ,lockhart1 these two great poets1 who had through life loved each other well1 and in spite of very different theories as to art1 appreciated each other's genius more justly than infirm spirits ever did either of them1 spent the morning together in a visit to ,newark4 ,hence the last of the three poems by which ,wordsworth has connected his name to all time with the most romantic of ,scottish streams4--,memoirs of the ,life of ,sir ,walter ,scott1 vol4 x4 ch4 lxxx4 p4 #ajd4 ,compare the note to ,musings near ,aquapendente1 in the ,poems of the ,italian ,tour of #ahcg4--;,,ed4 #fia ,compare ,tennyson's ,brook1 and ,burns's ,epistle to ,william ,simpson1 ,ochiltree1 stanza #ae4--;,,ed4 #fib #ahcg4 444 waylay 444 #ahce4 #fic #ahcg4 ,where'er thy path 444 #ahce4 ,,ii ,,on ,,the ,,departure ,,of ,,sir ,,walter ,,scott ,,from ,,abbotsford1 ,,for ,,naples ,a trouble1 not of clouds1 or weeping rain1 ,nor of the setting sun's pathetic light ,engendered1 hangs o'er ,eildon's triple height3 ,spirits of ,power1 assembled there1 complain ,for kindred ,power departing from their sight2 #e ,while ,tweed1 best pleased in chanting a blithe strain1 ,saddens his voice again1 and yet again4 ,lift up your hearts1 ye ,mourners6 for the might ,of the whole world's good wishes with him goes2 ,blessings and prayers in nobler retinue #aj ,than sceptred king or laurelled conqueror knows1 ,follow this wondrous ,potentate4 ,be true1 ,ye winds of ocean1 and the midland sea1 ,wafting your ,charge to soft ,parthenope6 ,with the closing lines of this sonnet addressed to the winds of ocean1 and ,sir ,walter's departure for ,naples1 compare ,horace's ode to the ,ship carrying ,virgil to ,athens 7,odes1 ,i4 #c74 ,on the #aith ,october #ahcc1 ,henry ,crabb ,robinson wrote thus to his friend ,masquerier--,it is1 ,i think1 the most perfect sonnet in the language4 ,every word is a gem1 from the 'pathetic light' in the second to the 'soft ,parthenope' in the last line4 ,it is composed with that deep feeling and perfection of style united that bespeak the master4 7,diary1 ,reminiscences1 etc41 vol4 iii4 p4 #cb47 ,the sonnet was sent to ,alaric ,watts for his ,souvenir in #ahcb4 ,wordsworth wrote1 ,i enclose a sonnet for your next volume if you choose to insert it4 ,it would have appeared with more advantage in this year's1 but was not written in time4 ,it is proper that ,i should mention it has been sent to ,sir ,walter ,scott1 and one or two of my other friends4 7,see ,alaric ,watts1 a ,narrative of his ,life1 vol4 ii4 p4 #aij47--;,,ed4 ,,iii ,a ,,place ,,of ,,burial ,,in ,,the ,,south ,,of ,,scotland ,similar places for burial are not unfrequent in ,scotland4 ,the one that suggested this sonnet lies on the banks of a small stream called the ,wauchope that flows into the ,esk near ,langholme4 ,mickle1 who1 as it appears from his poem on ,sir ,martin1 was not without genuine poetic feelings1 was born and passed his boyhood in this neighbourhood1 under his father who was a minister of the ,scotch ,kirk4 ,the ,esk1 both above and below ,langholme1 flows through a beautiful country1 and the two streams of the ,wauchope and the ,ewes1 which join it near that place1 are such as a pastoral poet would delight in4--,i4,f4 ,part fenced by man1 part by a rugged steep ,that curbs a foaming brook1 a ,grave-yard lies2 ,the hare's best couching-place for fearless sleep2 ,which moonlit elves1 far seen by credulous eyes1 ,enter in dance4 ,of church1 or sabbath ties1 #e ,no vestige now remains2 yet thither creep ,bereft ,ones1 and in lowly anguish weep ,their prayers out to the wind and naked skies4 ,proud tomb is none2 but rudely-sculptured knights1 ,by humble choice of plain old times1 are seen #aj ,level with earth1 among the hillocks green3 ,union not sad1 when sunny daybreak smites ,the spangled turf1 and neighbouring thickets ring ,with jubilate from the choirs of spring6 ,,iv ,,on ,,the ,,sight ,,of ,a ,,manse ,,in ,,the ,,south ,,of ,,scotland ,the ,manses in ,scotland and the gardens and grounds about them have seldom that attractive appearance which is common about our ,english parsonages1 even when the clergyman's income falls below the average of the ,scotch minister's4 ,this is not merely owing to the one country being poor in comparison with the other1 but arises rather out of the equality of their benefices1 so that no one has enough to spare for decorations that might serve as an example for others2 whereas1 with us1 the taste of the richer incumbent extends its influence more or less to the poorest4 ,after all1 in these observations the surface only of the matter is touched4 ,i once heard a conversation in which the ,roman ,catholic ,religion was decried on account of its abuses4 ,you cannot deny1 however1 said a lady of the party1 repeating an expression used by ,charles ,,ii41 that it is the religion of a gentleman4 ,it may be left to the ,scotch themselves to determine how far this observation applies to their ,kirk1 while it cannot be denied1 if it is wanting in that characteristic quality1 the aspect of common life1 so far as concerns its beauty1 must suffer4 ,sincere christian piety may be thought not to stand in need of refinement or studied ornament2 but assuredly it is ever ready to adopt them1 when they fall within its notice1 as means allow2 and this observation applies not only to manners1 but to everything a christian 7truly so in spirit7 cultivates and gathers round him1 however humble his social condition4--,i4,f4 ,say1 ye far-travelled clouds1 far-seeing hills-- ,among the happiest-looking homes of men ,scatter'd all ,britain over1 through deep glen1 ,on airy upland1 and by forest rills1 ,and o'er wide plains cheered by the lark that trills #e ,his sky-born warblings#fid--;does aught meet your ken ,more fit to animate the ,poet's pen1 ,aught that more surely by its aspect fills ,pure minds with sinless envy1 than the ,abode ,of the good ,priest3 who1 faithful through all hours #aj ,to his high charge1 and truly serving ,god1 ,has yet a heart and hand for trees and flowers1 ,enjoys the walks his predecessors trod1 ,nor covets lineal rights in lands and towers4 ,,footnotes3 #fid #ahde4 ,and o'er wide plains whereon the sky distils ,her lark's loved warblings2 444 #ahce4 ,v ,,composed ,,in ,,roslin ,,chapel1 ,,during ,a ,,storm ,we were detained by incessant rain and storm at the small inn near ,roslin ,chapel1 and ,i passed a great part of the day pacing to and fro in this beautiful structure1 which1 though not used for public service1 is not allowed to go to ruin4 ,here1 this sonnet was composed4 ,if it has at all done justice to the feeling which the place and the storm raging without inspired1 ,i was as a prisoner4 ,a painter delineating the interior of the chapel and its minute features under such circumstances would have1 no doubt1 found his time agreeably shortened4 ,but the movements of the mind must be more free while dealing with words than with lines and colours2 such at least was then and has been on many other occasions my belief1 and1 as it is allotted to few to follow both arts with success1 ,i am grateful to my own calling for this and a thousand other recommendations which are denied to that of the painter4--,i4 ,f4 ,the wind is now thy organist2--a clank 7,we know not whence7 ministers for a bell ,to mark some change of service4 ,as the swell ,of music reached its height1 and even when sank ,the notes1 in prelude1 ,,roslin6 to a blank #e ,of silence1 how it thrilled thy sumptuous roof1 ,pillars1 and arches1--not in vain time-proof1 ,though ,christian rites be wanting6 ,from what bank ,came those live herbs8 by what hand were they sown ,where dew falls not1 where rain-drops seem unknown8 #aj ,yet in the ,temple they a friendly niche ,share with their sculptured fellows1 that1 green-grown1 ,copy their beauty more and more1 and preach1 ,though mute1 of all things blending into one4#fie ,,footnotes3 #fie ,i cannot agree with you in admiring the cathedral of ,melrose more than the chapel at ,roslin4 ,as far as it goes1 as a whole1 the chapel at ,roslin appeared to me to be perfection1 most beautiful in form1 and of entire simplicity4 7,dorothy ,wordsworth to ,mrs4 ,marshall1 ,sept4 #ahjg47--;,,ed4 ,,vi ,,the ,,trosachs ,as recorded in my sister's ,journal1 ,i had first seen the ,trosachs in her and ,coleridge's company4 ,the sentiment that runs through this ,sonnet was natural to the season in which ,i again saw this beautiful spot2 but this and some other ,sonnets that follow were coloured by the remembrance of my recent visit to ,sir ,walter ,scott1 and the melancholy errand on which he was going4--,i4 ,f4 ,there's not a nook within this solemn ,pass1 ,but were an apt confessional for ,one ,taught by his summer spent1 his autumn gone1 ,that ,life is but a tale of morning grass ,withered at eve4#fif ,from scenes of art which chase#fig ,that thought away1 turn1 and with watchful eyes #f ,feed it 'mid ,nature's old felicities1 ,rocks1 rivers1 and smooth lakes more clear than glass ,untouched1 unbreathed upon4 ,thrice happy quest1#fih ,if from a golden perch of aspen spray #aj 7,october's workmanship to rival ,may7 ,the pensive warbler of the ruddy breast ,that#fii moral sweeten by a heaven-taught lay1 ,lulling the year1 with all its cares1 to rest6 ,,footnotes3 #fif ,compare ,the ,excursion1 book iii4 #aa4 #dfh-dgd4--;,,ed4 #fig #ahcg4 444 that chase #ahce4 #fih ,a supposed reading of this line printed1 but placed by ,wordsworth amongst the errata of the edition of #ahce1 may be quoted1 as it has given rise to some controversy4 ,in that edition the phrase was ,thrice happy ,guest4 ,in a copy of the same edition of #ahce1 which ,wordsworth presented to the ,rev4 ,t4,c4 ,judkin1 he crossed out the ,g and wrote in ,q in pencil4 ,it was a point on which the late ,matthew ,arnold was much interested2 and although he retained1 in his ,selections1 the reading finally sanctioned by the poet1 he thought1 as many others have done1 that a good deal might be said in favour of the other reading4--,,ed4 #fii #ahcg4 ,this 444 #ahce4 ,,vii ,,the ,,pibroch',s ,,note1 ,,discountenanced ,,or ,,mute ,the pibroch's note1 discountenanced or mute2 ,the ,roman kilt1 degraded to a toy ,of quaint apparel for a half-spoilt boy2 ,the target mouldering like ungathered fruit2 ,the smoking steam-boat eager in pursuit1 #e ,as eagerly pursued2 the umbrella spread ,to weather-fend the ,celtic herdsman's head-- ,all speak of manners withering to the root1 ,and of#gjj old honours1 too1 and passions high3 ,then may we ask1 though pleased that thought should range #aj ,among the conquests of civility1 ,survives imagination--to the change ,superior8 ,help to virtue does she give8#gja ,if not1 ,o ,mortals1 better cease to live6 ,,footnotes3 #gjj #ahde4 ,and some 444 #ahce4 #gja #ahde4 444 it give8 #ahce4 ,,viii ,,composed ,,after ,,reading ,a ,,newspaper ,,of ,,the ,,day#gjb ,people6 your chains are severing link by link2 ,soon shall the ,rich be levelled down--the ,poor ,meet them half-way4 ,vain boast6 for ,these1 the more ,they thus would rise1 must low and lower sink ,till1 by repentance stung1 they fear to think2 #e ,while all lie prostrate1 save the tyrant few ,bent in quick turns each other to undo1 ,and mix the poison they themselves must drink4 ,mistrust thyself1 vain ,country6 cease to cry1 ,knowledge will save me from the threatened woe4 ,for1 if than other rash ones more thou know1 #aa ,yet on presumptuous wing as far would fly ,above thy knowledge as they dared to go1 ,thou wilt provoke a heavier penalty4 ,,footnotes3 #gjb ,this ,sonnet ought to have followed ,no4 vii4 in the series of #ahca1 but was omitted by mistake4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,as the above note indicates ,wordsworth's own wish as to where this sonnet should be placed1 and approximately gives the date of composition1 it is placed as ,no4 ,,viii4 in the sonnets of #ahca4 ,in later editions1 ,wordsworth placed it as the first in the series of ,sonnets dedicated to ,liberty and ,order4 ,the original title was ,sonnet1 composed after reading a ,newspaper of the ,day4--,,ed4 ,,ix ,,composed ,,in ,,the ,,glen ,,of ,,loch ,,etive ,that make the ,patriot spirit4 ,it was mortifying to have frequent occasions to observe the bitter hatred of the lower orders of the ,highlanders to their superiors2 love of country seemed to have passed into its opposite4 ,emigration was the only relief looked to with hope4#gjc--;,i4 ,f4 ,this ,land of ,rainbows spanning glens whose walls1 ,rock-built1 are hung with rainbow-coloured mists-- ,of far-stretched ,meres whose salt flood never rests-- ,of tuneful ,caves and playful ,waterfalls-- ,of ,mountains varying momently their crests-- #e ,proud be this ,land6 whose poorest huts are halls ,where ,fancy entertains becoming guests2 ,while native song the heroic ,past recals4 ,thus1 in the net of her own wishes caught1 ,the ,muse exclaimed2 but ,story now must hide #aj ,her trophies1 ,fancy crouch2 the course of pride ,has been diverted1 other lessons taught1 ,that make the ,patriot-spirit bow her head ,where the all-conquering ,roman feared to tread4 ,,footnotes3 #gjc ,this ,fenwick note is significant4 ,these things repeat themselves1 and are as true in #ahif1 as they were in #ahca4--;,,ed4 ,x ,,eagles ,,composed ,,at ,,dunollie ,,castle ,,in ,,the ,,bay ,,of ,,oban ,the last ,i saw was on the wing1 off the promontory of ,fairhead1 county of ,antrim4 ,i mention this because1 though my tour in ,ireland with ,mr4 ,marshall and his son was made many years ago1 this allusion to the eagle is the only image supplied by it to the poetry ,i have since written4 ,we travelled through that country in ,october1 and to the shortness of the days and the speed with which we travelled 7in a carriage and four7 may be ascribed this want of notices1 in my verse1 of a country so interesting4 ,the deficiency ,i am somewhat ashamed of1 and it is the more remarkable as contrasted with my ,scotch and ,continental tours1 of which are to be found in these volumes so many memorials4--,i4 ,f4 ,dishonoured ,rock and ,ruin6 that1 by law ,tyrannic1 keep the ,bird of ,jove embarred ,like a lone criminal whose life is spared4 ,vexed is he1 and screams loud4 ,the last ,i saw ,was on the wing2 stooping1 he struck with awe #e ,man1 bird1 and beast2 then1 with a consort paired1#gjd ,from a bold headland1 their loved aery's guard1 ,flew high#gje above ,atlantic waves1 to draw ,light from the fountain of the setting sun4 ,such was this ,prisoner once2 and1 when his plumes ,the sea-blast ruffles as the storm comes on1 #aa ,then1 for a moment1 he1 in spirit1 resumes#gjf ,his rank 'mong freeborn creatures that live free1 ,his power1 his beauty1 and his majesty4 ,,footnotes3 #gjd #ahce4 ,was on the wing1 and struck my soul with awe1 ,now wheeling low1 then with a consort paired1 ,,ms4 copy sent to ,sir ,william ,rowan ,hamilton4 #gje #ahce4 ,flying 444 ,,ms4 to ,sir ,w4 ,r4 ,hamilton4 #gjf #ahde4 ,in spirit1 for a moment1 he resumes ,,ms4 to ,sir ,w4 ,r4 ,hamilton1 and #ahce4 ,,xi ,,in ,,the ,,sound ,,of ,,mull ,touring late in the season in ,scotland is an uncertain speculation4 ,we were detained a week by rain at ,bunaw on ,loch ,etive in a vain hope that the weather would clear up and allow me to show my daughter the beauties at ,glencoe4 ,two days we were at the ,isle of ,mull1 on a visit to ,major ,campbell2 but it rained incessantly1 and we were obliged to give up our intention of going to ,staffa4 ,the rain pursued us to ,tyndrum1 where the ,twelfth ,sonnet was composed in a storm4--,i4 ,f4 ,tradition1 be thou mute6 ,oblivion1 throw ,thy veil in mercy o'er the records1 hung ,round strath and mountain1 stamped by the ancient tongue ,on rock and ruin darkening as we go1-- ,spots where a word1 ghost-like1 survives to show #e ,what crimes from hate1 or desperate love1 have sprung2 ,from honour misconceived1 or fancied wrong1 ,what feuds1 not quenched but fed by mutual woe4 ,yet1 though a wild vindictive ,race1 untamed ,by civil arts and labours of the pen1 #aj ,could gentleness be scorned by those#gjg fierce ,men1 ,who1 to spread wide the reverence they claimed#gjh ,for patriarchal occupations1 named ,yon towering ,peaks1 ,shepherds of ,etive ,glen8#gji ,,footnotes3 #gjg #ahcg4 444 these 444 #ahce4 #gjh #ahcg4 444 reverence that they claimed4 #ahce4 #gji ,in ,gaelic1 ,buachaill ,etive4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,,xii ,,suggested ,,at ,,tyndrum ,,in ,a ,,storm#gaj ,enough of garlands1 of the ,arcadian crook1 ,and all that ,greece and ,italy have sung ,of ,swains reposing myrtle groves among6 ,ours couch on naked rocks1--will cross a brook ,swoln with chill rains1 nor ever cast a look #e ,this way or that1 or give it even a thought ,more than by smoothest pathway may be brought ,into a vacant mind4 ,can written book ,teach what they learn8 ,up1 hardy ,mountaineer6 ,and guide the ,bard1 ambitious to be ,one #aj ,of ,nature's privy council1 as thou art1 ,on cloud-sequestered heights1 that see and hear ,to what dread ,powers#gaa ,he delegates his part ,on earth1 who works in the heaven of heavens1 alone4 ,,footnotes3 #gaj #ahcg4 ,in #ahce the title was ,at ,tyndrum4 #gaa #ahcg4 444 ,power 444 #ahce4 ,,xiii ,,the ,,earl ,,of ,,breadalbane',s ,,ruined ,,mansion1 ,,and ,,family ,,burial-,,place1 ,,near ,,killin ,well sang the ,bard who called the grave1 in strains ,thoughtful and sad1 the narrow house4#gab ,no style ,of fond sepulchral flattery can beguile ,grief of her sting2 nor cheat1 where he detains ,the sleeping dust1 stern ,death4 ,how reconcile #e ,with truth1 or with each other1 decked remains ,of a once warm ,abode1 and that new ,pile1 ,for the departed1 built with curious pains ,and mausolean pomp8#gac ,yet here they stand ,together1--'mid trim walks and artful bowers1 #aj ,to be looked down upon by ancient hills1 ,that1 for the living and the dead1 demand ,and prompt a harmony of genuine powers2 ,concord that elevates the mind1 and stills4 ,,footnotes3 #gab ,this phrase is used by ,james ,graham1 in ,the ,poor ,man's ,funeral2 by ,southey1 in ,joan of ,arc 7book viii472 by ,ossian 7frequently72 and by ,burns1 in his ,lament of ,mary ,queen of ,scots 7l4 #ec74 ,wordsworth probably refers to ,burns4--,,ed4 #gac ,finlarig1 near ,killin1 is the burial-place of the ,breadalbane family4 ,the modern mausoleum occupies a solitary position in the vicinity of the old ruins4--,,ed4 ,,xiv ,,rest ,,and ,,be ,,thankful6 ,,at ,,the ,,head ,,of ,,glencroe ,doubling and doubling with laborious walk1 ,who1 that has gained at length the wished-for ,height1 ,this brief this simple way-side ,call can slight1 ,and rests not thankful8 ,whether cheered by talk ,with some loved friend1 or by the unseen hawk #e ,whistling to clouds and sky-born streams1 that shine ,at the sun's outbreak1 as with light divine1 ,ere they descend to nourish root and stalk ,of valley flowers4 ,nor1 while the limbs repose1 ,will we forget that1 as the fowl can keep #aj ,absolute stillness1 poised aloft in air1 ,and fishes front1 unmoved1 the torrent's sweep1-- ,so may the ,soul1 through powers that ,faith bestows1 ,win rest1 and ease1 and peace1 with bliss that ,angels share4 ,,xv ,,highland ,,hut ,see what gay wild flowers deck this earth-built ,cot1 ,whose smoke1 forth-issuing whence and how it may1 ,shines in the greeting of the sun's first ray ,like wreaths of vapour without stain or blot4 ,the limpid mountain rill avoids it not2 #e ,and why shouldst thou8--,if rightly trained and bred1 ,humanity is humble1 finds no spot ,which her ,heaven-guided feet refuse to tread4 ,the walls are cracked1 sunk is the flowery roof1 ,undressed the pathway leading to the door2 #aj ,but love1 as ,nature loves1 the lonely ,poor2 ,search1 for their worth1 some gentle heart wrong-proof1 ,meek1 patient1 kind1 and1 were its trials fewer1 ,belike less happy4--,stand no more aloof6#gad ,,footnotes3 #gad ,this sonnet describes the exterior of a ,highland hut1 as often seen under morning or evening sunshine4 ,to the authoress of the ,address to the ,wind1 and other poems1 in these volumes1 who was my fellow-traveller in this tour1 ,i am indebted for the following extract from her journal1 which#gae accurately describes1 under particular circumstances1 the beautiful appearance of the interior of one of these rude habitations4 ,on our return from the ,trosachs the evening began to darken1 and it rained so heavily that we were completely wet before we had come two miles1 and it was dark when we landed with our boatman1 at his hut upon the banks of ,loch ,katrine4 ,i was faint from cold3 the good woman had provided1 according to her promise1 a better fire than we had found in the morning2 and1 indeed1 when ,i sat down in the chimney-corner of her smoky biggin1 ,i thought ,i had never felt more comfortable in my life3 a pan of coffee was boiling for us1 and1 having put our clothes in the way of drying1 we all sat down thankful for a shelter4 ,we could not prevail upon our boatman1 the master of the house1 to draw near the fire1 though he was cold and wet1 or to suffer his wife to get him dry clothes till she had served us1 which she did most willingly1 though not very expeditiously4 ,a ,cumberland man of the same rank would not have had such a notion of what was fit and right in his own house1 or1 if he had1 one would have accused him of servility2 but in the ,highlander it only seemed like politeness 7however erroneous and painful to us71 naturally growing out of the dependence of the inferiors of the clan upon their laird2 he did not1 however1 refuse to let his wife bring out the whisky bottle for his refreshment1 at our request4 ',she keeps a dram1' as the phrase is3 indeed1 ,i believe there is scarcely a lonely house by the way-side1 in ,scotland1 where travellers may not be accommodated with a dram4 ,we asked for sugar1 butter1 barley-bread1 and milk2 and1 with a smile and a stare more of kindness than wonder1 she replied1 ',ye'll get that1' bringing each article separately4 ,we caroused our cups of coffee1 laughing like children at the strange atmosphere in which we were3 the smoke came in gusts1 and spread along the walls2 and above our heads in the chimney 7where the hens were roosting7 it appeared like clouds#gaf in the sky4 ,we laughed and laughed again1 in spite of the smarting of our eyes1 yet had a quieter pleasure in observing the beauty of the beams and rafters gleaming between the clouds of smoke3 they had been crusted over1 and varnished by many winters1 till1 where the firelight fell upon them1 they had become as glossy as black rocks1 on a sunny day1 cased in ice4 ,when we had eaten our supper we sat about half an hour1 and ,i think ,i never felt so deeply the blessing of a hospitable welcome and a warm fire4 ,the man of the house repeated from time to time that we should often tell of this night when we got to our homes1 and interposed praises of his own lake1 which he had more than once1 when we were returning in the boat1 ventured to say was 'bonnier than ,loch ,lomond4' ,our companion from the ,trosachs1 who1 it appeared1 was an ,edinburgh drawing-master going1 during the vacation1 on a pedestrian tour to ,john o' ,groat's house1 was to sleep in the barn with my fellow-travellers1 where the man said he had plenty of dry hay4 ,i do not believe that the hay of the ,highlands is ever very dry1 but this year it had a better chance than usual3 wet or dry1 however1 the next morning they said they had slept comfortably4 ,when ,i went to bed1 the mistress1 desiring me to 'go ben1' attended me with a candle1 and assured me that the bed was dry1 though not 'sic as ,i had been used to4' ,it was of chaff2 there were two others in the room1 a cupboard and two chests1 upon one of which stood milk in wooden vessels1 covered over4 ,the walls of the house were of stone unplastered3 it consisted of three apartments1 the cowhouse at one end1 the kitchen or house in the middle1 and the spence at the other end2 the rooms were divided1 not up to the rigging1 but only to the beginning of the roof1 so that there was a free passage for light and smoke from one end of the house to the other4 ,i went to bed some time before the rest of the family2 the door was shut between us1 and they had a bright fire1 which ,i could not see1 but the light it sent up amongst#gag the varnished rafters and beams1 which crossed each other in almost as intricate and fantastic a manner as ,i have seen the under-boughs of a large beech tree withered by the depth of shade above1 produced the most beautiful effect that can be conceived4 ,it was like what ,i should suppose an under-ground cave or temple to be1 with a dripping or moist roof1 and the moonlight entering in upon it by some means or other3 and yet the colours were more like those of melted gems4 ,i lay looking up till the light of the fire faded away1 and the man and his wife and child had crept into their bed at the other end of the room3 ,i did not sleep much1 but passed a comfortable night2 for my bed1 though hard1 was warm and clean3 the unusualness of my situation prevented me from sleeping4 ,i could hear the waves beat against the shore of the lake3 a little rill close to the door made a much louder noise1 and1 when ,i sat up in my bed1 ,i could see the lake through an open window-place at the bed's head4 ,add to this1 it rained all night4 ,i was less occupied by remembrance of the ,trosachs1 beautiful as they were1 than the vision of the ,highland hut1 which ,i could not get out of my head2 ,i thought of the ,faery-land of ,spenser1 and what ,i had read in romance at other times2 and then what a feast it would be for a ,london ,pantomime-maker could he but transplant it to ,drury-lane1 with all its beautiful colours6--,,ms4 ,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #gae #ahcg4 444 sunshine4 ,the reader may not be displeased with the following extract from the journal of a ,lady1 my fellow-traveller in ,scotland in the autumn of #ahjc1 which 444 #ahce4 #gaf #ahcg4 roosting7 like clouds #ahce4 #gag #ahde4 among #ahce4 ,,xvi ,,the ,,brownie ,upon a small island not far from the head of ,loch ,lomond1 are some remains of an ancient building1 which was for several years the abode of a solitary ,individual1 one of the last survivors of the clan of ,macfarlane1 once powerful in that neighbourhood4 ,passing along the shore opposite this island in the year #ahad1 the ,author learned these particulars1 and that this person then living there had acquired the appellation of ,the ,brownie4 ,see ,the ,brownie's ,cell 7vol4 vi4 p4 #af71 to which the following#gah is a sequel4--,w4 ,w4 ,how disappeared he8 ,ask the newt and toad2 ,ask of his fellow men1 and they will tell ,how he was found1 cold as an icicle1 ,under an arch of that forlorn abode2 ,where he1 unpropp'd1 and by the gathering flood #e ,of years hemm'd round1 had dwelt1 prepared to try ,privation's worst extremities1 and die ,with no one near save the omnipresent ,god4 ,verily so to live was an awful choice-- ,a choice that wears the aspect of a doom2 #aj ,but in the mould of mercy all is cast ,for ,souls familiar with the eternal ,voice2 ,and this forgotten ,taper to the last ,drove from itself1 we trust1 all frightful gloom4 ,,footnotes3 #gah #ahcg4 following ,sonnet is #ahce4 ,,xvii ,,to ,,the ,,planet ,,venus1 ,,an ,,evening ,,star ,,composed ,,at ,,loch ,,lomond ,though joy attend ,thee orient at the birth ,of dawn1 it cheers the lofty spirit most ,to watch thy course when ,day-light1 fled from earth1 ,in the grey sky hath left his lingering ,ghost1 ,perplexed as if between a splendour lost #e ,and splendour slowly mustering4 ,since the ,sun1 ,the absolute1 the world-absorbing ,one1 ,relinquished half his empire to the host ,emboldened by thy guidance1 holy ,star1 ,holy as princely1 who that looks on thee #aj ,touching1 as now1 in thy humility ,the mountain borders of this seat of care1 ,can question that thy countenance is bright1 ,celestial ,power1 as much with love as light8 ,,xviii ,,bothwell ,,castle 7,,passed ,,unseen1 ,,on ,,account ,,of ,,stormy ,,weather7 ,in my ,sister's ,journal is an account of ,bothwell ,castle as it appeared to us at that time4--,i4,f4 ,immured in ,bothwell's ,towers1 at times the ,brave 7,so beautiful is ,clyde7 forgot to mourn ,the liberty they lost at ,bannockburn4 ,once on those steeps ,i roamed#gai at large1 and have ,in mind the landscape1 as if still in sight2 #e ,the river glides1 the woods before me wave2 ,then why repine that now in vain ,i crave#gbj ,needless renewal of an old delight8 ,better to thank a dear and long-past day ,for joy its sunny hours were free to give #aj ,than blame the present1 that our wish hath crost4 ,memory1 like sleep1 hath powers which dreams obey1 ,dreams1 vivid dreams1 that are not fugitive3 ,how little that she cherishes is lost6 ,,footnotes3 #gai ,the following is from the same ,,ms41 and gives an account of the visit to ,bothwell ,castle here alluded to3-- ,it was exceedingly delightful to enter thus unexpectedly upon such a beautiful region4 ,the castle stands nobly1 overlooking the ,clyde4 ,when we came up to it1 ,i was hurt to see that flower-borders had taken place of the natural overgrowings of the ruin1 the scattered stones and wild plants4 ,it is a large and grand pile of red freestone1 harmonising perfectly with the rocks of the river1 from which1 no doubt1 it has been hewn4 ,when ,i was a little accustomed to the unnaturalness of a modern garden1 ,i could not help admiring the excessive beauty and luxuriance of some of the plants1 particularly the purple-flowered clematis1 and a broad-leafed creeping plant without flowers1 which scrambled up the castle wall1 along with the ivy1 and spread its vine-like branches so lavishly that it seemed to be in its natural situation1 and one could not help thinking that1 though not self-planted among the ruins of this country1 it must somewhere have its native abode in such places4 ,if ,bothwell ,castle had not been close to the ,douglas mansion1 we should have been disgusted with the possessor's miserable conception of adorning such a venerable ruin2 but it is so very near to the house1 that of necessity the pleasure-grounds must have extended beyond it1 and perhaps the neatness of a shaven lawn and the complete desolation natural to a ruin might have made an unpleasing contrast2 and1 besides being within the precincts of the pleasure-grounds1 and so very near to the dwelling of a noble family1 it has forfeited1 in some degree1 its independent majesty1 and becomes a tributary to the mansion3 its solitude being interrupted1 it has no longer the command over the mind in sending it back into past times1 or excluding the ordinary feelings which we bear about us in daily life4 ,we had then only to regret that the castle and the house were so near to each other2 and it was impossible not to regret it2 for the ruin presides in state over the river1 far from city or town1 as if it might have a peculiar privilege to preserve its memorials of past ages1 and maintain its own character for centuries to come4 ,we sat upon a bench under the high trees1 and had beautiful views of the different reaches of the river1 above and below4 ,on the opposite bank1 which is finely wooded with elms and other trees1 are the remains of a priory built upon a rock2 and rock and ruin are so blended1 that it is impossible to separate the one from the other4 ,nothing can be more beautiful than the little remnant of this holy place3 elm trees 7for we were near enough to distinguish them by their branches7 grow out of the walls1 and overshadow a small1 but very elegant window4 ,it can scarcely be conceived what a grace the castle and priory impart to each other2 and the river ,clyde flows on1 smooth and unruffled below1 seeming to my thoughts more in harmony with the sober and stately images of former times1 than if it had roared over a rocky channel1 forcing its sound upon the ear4 ,it blended gently with the warbling of the smaller birds1 and the chattering of the larger ones1 that had made their nests in the ruins4 ,in this fortress the chief of the ,english nobility were confined after the battle of ,bannockburn4 ,if a man is to be a prisoner1 he scarcely could have a more pleasant place to solace his captivity2 but ,i thought that1 for close confinement1 ,i should prefer the banks of a lake1 or the seaside4 ,the greatest charm of a brook or river is in the liberty to pursue it through its windings3 you can then take it in whatever mood you like2 silent or noisy1 sportive or quiet4 ,the beauties of a brook or river must be sought1 and the pleasure is in going in search of them2 those of a lake or of the sea come to you of themselves4 ,these rude warriors cared little1 perhaps1 about either2 and yet1 if one may judge from the writings of ,chaucer1 and from the old romances1 more interesting passions were connected with natural objects in the days of chivalry than now2 though going in search of scenery1 as it is called1 had not then been thought of4 ,i had previously heard nothing of ,bothwell ,castle1 at least nothing that ,i remembered2 therefore1 perhaps1 my pleasure was greater1 compared with what ,i received elsewhere1 than others might feel4--,,ms4 ,journal4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #gbj #ahcg4 ,but1 by occasion tempted1 now ,i crave #ahce4 ,,xix ,,picture ,,of ,,daniel ,,in ,,the ,,lions' ,,den1 ,,at ,,hamilton ,,palace ,amid a fertile region green with wood ,and fresh with rivers1 well did#gba it become ,the ducal ,owner1 in his palace-home ,to naturalise this tawny ,lion brood2 ,children of ,art1 that claim strange brotherhood #e 7,couched in their den7 with those that roam at large ,over the burning wilderness1 and charge ,the wind with terror while they roar for food4 ,satiate are these2 and stilled to eye and ear2 ,hence1 while we gaze1#gbb a more enduring fear6 #aj ,yet is the ,prophet calm1 nor would the cave ,daunt him--if his ,companions1 now be-drowsed ,outstretched#gbc and listless1 were by hunger roused3 ,man placed him here1 and ,god1 he knows1 can save4 ,henry ,crabb ,robinson gives an account of this picture in his ,diary1 etc4 7vol4 ii4 pp4 #bad1 #bae73-- ,on ,september the #bith1 from ,lanark ,i visited the ,duke of ,hamilton's palace1 and had unusual pleasure in the paintings to be seen there4 ,i venture to copy my remarks on the famous ,rubens' ',daniel in the ,lions' ,den3'--',the variety of character in the lions is admirable4 ,here is indignation at the unintelligible power which restrains them2 there reverence towards the being whom they dare not touch4 ,one of them is consoled by the contemplation of the last skull he has been picking2 one is anticipating his next meal2 two are debating the subject together4 ,but the ,prophet1 with a face resembling ,curran's 7foreshortened so as to lose its best expression71 has all the muscles of his countenance strained from extreme terror4 ,he is without joy or hope2 and though his doom is postponed1 he has no faith in the miracle which is to reward his integrity4 ,it is a painting rather to astonish than delight4' ,in a footnote ,robinson adds1 ,daniel's head is thrown back1 and he looks upwards with an earnest expression and clasped hands1 as if vehemently supplicating4 ,the picture formerly belonged to ,king ,charles ,i4 ,it was at that time entered as follows in the ,catalogue of the ,royal ,pictures3--',a piece of ,daniel in the ,lions' ,den with lions about him1 given by the deceased ,lord ,dorchester to the king1 being so big as the life4 ,done by ,sir ,peter ,paul ,rubens4' ,dr4 ,waagen very justly observes that1 upon the whole1 the figure of ,daniel is only an accessory employed by the great master to introduce1 in the most perfect form1 nine figures of lions and lionesses the size of life4 ,rubens1 in a letter to ,sir ,dudley ,carleton 7who presented the picture to the king71 dated ,april #bhth1 #afah1 expressly states that it was wholly his own workmanship4 ,the price was six hundred florins4 ,engraved in mezzotint by ,w4 ,ward1 #aghi4 ,this famous picture1 after having been in the possession of the ,duke of ,hamilton1 was sold--in #ahhb--to ,mr4 ,denison1 ,yorkshire4 ,the following is from the catalogue of the ,hamilton ,palace sale3-- ,,rubens--,,daniel ,,in ,,the ,,den ,,of ,,lions4--,the prophet is represented sitting naked in the middle of the den1 his hands clasped1 and his countenance directed upward with an expression of earnest prayer4 ,nine lions are prowling around him4 ,engraved by ,blooteling1 ,van der ,leuw1 and ,lamb1 and in mezzotint by ,j4 ,ward4 ,there is also an etching of it by ,street1 extremely rare4 ,this is one of the few great pictures by ,rubens which we know with certainty to have been entirely executed by his own hand4 ,rubens says this explicitly in an ,italian letter to ,sir ,dudley ,carleton1 which ,mr4 ,carpenter has printed in his ,pictorial ,notices1 p4 #adj4 ,this picture was presented by ,sir ,dudley ,carleton to ,charles ,i41 and is inserted in the printed catalogue of his collection at page #hg4 ,no4 #ad4 ,sidenote3 ,done by ,sir ,peter ,paul ,rubens4 ,item4--,a piece of ,daniel in the lions' den1 with lions about him4 ,given by the deceased ,lord ,dorchester to the king1 so big as the life1 in a black gilded frame4 ,it was sold to ,mr4 ,denison for #eade4--;,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #gba #ahdj4 444 doth 444 #ahce4 #gbb #ahde4 ,but these are satiate1 and a stillness drear ,calls into life 444 #ahce4 ,satiate are these2 and still--to eye and ear2 ,hence1 while we gaze1 444 #ahcg4 #gbc #ahcg4 ,yawning 444 #ahce4 ,,xx ,,the ,,avon 7,a ,,feeder ,,of ,,the ,,annan7 ,yet is it one that other rivulets bear4 ,there is the ,shakespeare ,avon1 the ,bristol ,avon2 the one that flows by ,salisbury1 and a small river in ,wales1 ,i believe1 bear the name2 ,avon being in the ancient tongue the general name for river4--,i4 ,f4 ,avon--a precious1 an immortal name6 ,yet is it one that other rivulets bear ,like this unheard-of1 and their channels wear ,like this contented1 though unknown to ,fame3 ,for great and sacred is the modest claim #e ,of ,streams to ,nature's love1 where'er they flow2 ,and ne'er did ,genius slight them1 as they go1 ,tree1 flower1 and green herb1 feeding without blame4 ,but ,praise can waste her voice on work of tears1 ,anguish1 and death3 full oft where innocent blood #aj ,has mixed its current with the limpid flood1 ,her heaven-offending trophies ,glory rears3 ,never for like distinction may the good ,shrink from thy name1 pure ,rill1 with unpleased ears4 ,,xxi ,,suggested ,,by ,a ,,view ,,from ,,an ,,eminence ,,in ,,inglewood ,,forest ,the extensive forest of ,inglewood has been enclosed within my memory4 ,i was well acquainted with it in its ancient state4 ,the ,hart's-horn tree mentioned in the next ,sonnet was one of its remarkable objects1 as well as another tree that grew upon an eminence not far from ,penrith3 it was single and conspicuous2 and being of a round shape1 though it was universally known to be a ,sycamore1 it was always called the ,round ,thorn1 so difficult is it to chain fancy down to fact4--,i4,f4 ,the forest huge of ancient ,caledon ,is but a name1 no#gbd more is ,inglewood1 ,that swept from hill to hill1 from flood to flood3 ,on her last thorn the nightly moon has shone2 ,yet still1 though unappropriate ,wild be none1 #e ,fair parks spread wide where ,adam ,bell might deign ,with ,clym o' the ,clough1 were they alive again1 ,to kill for merry feast their venison4 ,nor wants the holy ,abbot's gliding ,shade ,his church with monumental wreck bestrown2 #aj ,the feudal ,warrior-chief1 a ,ghost unlaid1 ,hath still his castle1 though a skeleton1 ,that he may watch by night1 and lessons con ,of power that perishes1 and rights that fade4 ,,footnotes3 #gbd #ahde4 444 nor 444 #ahce4 ,,xxii ,,hart',s-,,horn ,,tree1 ,,near ,,penrith#gbe ,here stood an ,oak1 that long had borne affixed ,to his huge trunk1 or1 with more subtle art1 ,among its withering topmost branches mixed1 ,the palmy antlers of a hunted ,hart1 ,whom the ,dog ,hercules pursued--his part #e ,each desperately sustaining1 till at last ,both sank and died1 the life-veins of the chased ,and chaser bursting here with one dire smart4 ,mutual the victory1 mutual the defeat6 ,high was the trophy hung with pitiless pride2 #aj ,say1 rather1 with that generous sympathy ,that wants not1 even in rudest breasts1 a seat2 ,and1 for this feeling's sake1 let no one chide ,verse that would guard thy memory1 ,,hart',s-,,horn ,,tree6#gbf ,,footnotes3 #gbe ,this tree has perished1 but its site is still well known4 ,compare the note to ,roman ,antiquities1 p4 #cjh4--;,,ed4 #gbf ,in the time of the first ,robert de ,clifford1 in the year #accc or #accd1 ,edward ,baliol king of ,scotland came into ,westmoreland1 and stayed some time with the said ,robert at his castles of ,appleby1 ,brougham1 and ,pendragon4 ,and during that time they ran a stag by a single greyhound out of ,whinfell ,park1 to ,redkirk1 in ,scotland1#gbg and back again to this place2 where1 being both spent1 the stag leaped over the pales1 but died on the other side2 and the greyhound1 attempting to leap1 fell1 and died on the contrary side4 ,in memory of this fact the stag's horns were nailed upon a tree just by1 and 7the dog being named ,hercules7 this rhythm was made upon them3 ,hercules kill'd ,hart a greese1 ,and ,hart a greese kill'd ,hercules4 ,the tree to this day bears the name of ,hart's-horn ,tree4 ,the horns in process of time were almost grown over by the growth of the tree1 and another pair was put up in their place4--,nicholson and ,burn's ,history of ,westmoreland and ,cumberland4 ,the tree has now disappeared1 but ,i well remember its#gbh imposing appearance as it stood1 in a decayed state1 by the side of the high road leading from ,penrith to ,appleby4 ,this whole neighbourhood abounds in interesting traditions and vestiges of antiquity1 viz41 ,julian's ,bower2 ,brougham and ,penrith ,castles2 ,penrith ,beacon1 and the curious remains in ,penrith ,churchyard2 ,arthur's ,round ,table1#gbi and1 close by1 ,maybrough2 the excavation1 called the ,giant's ,cave1 on the banks of the ,emont2 ,long ,meg and her ,daughters1 near ,eden1 etc41 etc4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #gbg ,so say the ,countess's ,memoirs2 but they probably mistake ,redkirk for ,ninekirks in this parish4 ,a runnel1 called ,hart-horn ,sike1 in ,whinfell ,park1 is mentioned in the partition of the ,veteripont estate1 between ,isabella and ,idonea4--,burn's ,history of ,westmoreland and ,cumberland4--,,ed4 #gbh #ahde4 but the author of these poems well remembers its 444 #ahce4 #gbi #ahde4 ,table2 the ,excavation 444 #ahce4 ,,xxiii ,,fancy ,,and ,,tradition ,the ,lovers took within this ancient grove ,their last embrace2 beside those crystal springs#gcj ,the ,hermit saw the ,angel spread his wings ,for instant flight2 the ,sage in yon alcove#gca ,sate musing2 on that hill the ,bard would rove1 #e ,not mute1 where now the linnet only sings3 ,thus every where to truth ,tradition clings1#gcb ,or ,fancy localises ,powers we love4 ,were only ,history#gcc licensed to take note ,of things gone by1 her meagre monuments #aj ,would ill suffice for persons and events3 ,there is an ampler page for man to quote1 ,a readier book of manifold contents1 ,studied alike in palace and in cot4 ,,footnotes3 #gcj #ahce4 ,there fell the ,hero in this ancient grove ,the lovers pledged their faith beside these springs4 ,,ms4 #gca #ahce4 444 this alcove ,,ms4 #gcb #ahce4 ,thus to the truth ,tradition fondly clings ,,ms4 #gcc #ahce4 ,were ,history only 444 ,,ms4 ,,xxiv ,,countess' ,,pillar#gcd ,on the roadside between ,penrith and ,appleby1 there stands a pillar with the following inscription3-- ,this ,pillar was erected1 anno #afef1 ,by ye ,rt honoble ,anne ,countess ,dowager of ,pembrock etc41 ,daughter and sole heire of ye ,rt honoble ,george ,earl of ,cumberland1 etc41 for a memorial of her last parting in this place with her good and pious mother1 ye ,rt honoble ,margaret1 ,countess ,dowagr of ,cumberland ye #b;d of ,april #afaf4 ,in memory whereof she also left an annuity of four pounds to be distributed to ye poor within this parish of ,brougham every #b;d day of ,april for ever1 upon ye stone table here hard by4 ,laus ,deo6--,w4 ,w4 ,suggested by the recollection of ,julian's ,bower and other traditions connected with this ancient forest4--,i4,f4 ,while the ,poor gather round1 till the end of time ,may this bright flower of ,charity display ,its bloom1 unfolding at the appointed day2 ,flower than the loveliest of the vernal prime ,lovelier--transplanted from heaven's purest clime6 #e ,charity never faileth3 on that creed1 ,more than on written testament or deed1 ,the pious ,lady built with hope sublime4 ,alms on this stone to be dealt out1 for ever6 ,,laus ,,deo4 ,many a ,stranger passing by #aj ,has with that ,parting mixed a filial sigh1 ,blest its humane ,memorial's fond endeavour2 ,and1 fastening on those lines an eye tear-glazed1 ,has ended1 though no ,clerk1 with ,god be praised6 ,,footnotes3 #gcd ,the ,countess' ,pillar is an octagonal one1 on the high road from ,penrith1 a couple of miles out of the town on the ,appleby road1 a quarter of a mile from ,brougham ,castle1 and over eleven miles from ,appleby4 ,it is somewhat weather-worn1 but is preserved with care4 ,on the north side of the pillar are the ,pembroke ,arms1 and the date #afed4 ,the inscription is in a copper plate1 sunk in the stone4 ,i have copied the inscription from the pillar itself1 and have corrected1 in what is given above1 some errata in the poet's transcript of it4--,,ed4 ,,xxv ,,roman ,,antiquities ,,from ,,the ,,roman ,,station ,,at ,,old ,,penrith ,how profitless the relics that we cull1 ,troubling the last holds of ambitious ,rome1 ,unless they chasten fancies that presume ,too high1 or idle agitations lull6 ,of the world's flatteries if the brain be full1 #e ,to have no seat for thought were better doom1 ,like this old helmet1 or the eyeless skull ,of him who gloried in its nodding plume4 ,heaven out of view1 our wishes what are they8 ,our fond regrets tenacious#gce in their grasp8 #aj ,the ,sage's theory8 the ,poet's lay8-- ,mere ,fibulae without a robe to clasp2 ,obsolete lamps1 whose light no time recals2 ,urns without ashes1 tearless lacrymals6 ,i am indebted to ,dr4 ,taylor of ,penrith for the following note in reference to these ,roman ,antiquities at ,old ,penrith3--,i have great pleasure in giving you what information ,i can1 concerning the ,roman ,station of ,old ,penrith4 ,it is called ',petriana' by ,camden1 but most archaeologists now allocate it in the '#bnd ,iter1' as the ,station ',voreda'--on the road between ,york and ,carlisle4 ,this road passes over ,stanemoor1 by ,bowes1 ,brough1 ,kirkbythore1 ,brougham1 and ,plumpton ,wall 7or ,voreda71 to ,lugovallum or ,carlisle4 ,the ,roman ,camps are visible at all these places1 and the old ,roman road is recognisable in many parts4 ,this ,old ,penrith1 ,plumpton ,wall1 or ,voreda1 is a camp of the third class4 ,at a time1 probably about the period which ,wordsworth alludes to1 several ,roman stones and altars were dug up at ,voreda1 and are now deposited in ,lowther ,castle4 ,wordsworth had relations living in ,penrith1 whom he used to visit occasionally1 and it is probable that after a visit to ,voreda1 which is about six miles from here1 he wrote the ,sonnet alluded to4 ,the ',hart-horn ,tree' referred to in the ',legend of the ,hunt of the ,stag' stood in the park of ,whinfell1 in the parish of ,brougham1 but has disappeared for many years4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #gce #ahcg4 444 insatiate 444 #ahce4 ,our fond regrets1 all that our hopes would grasp ,c4 ,,xxvi ,,apology#gcf ,,for ,,the ,,foregoing ,,poems ,no more3 the end is sudden and abrupt1 ,abrupt--as without preconceived design ,was the beginning2 yet the several ,lays ,have moved in order1 to each other bound ,by a continuous and acknowledged tie #e ,though unapparent--like those ,shapes distinct ,that yet survive ensculptured on the walls ,of palaces1 or temples1#gcg 'mid the wreck ,of famed ,persepolis2#gch each following each1 ,as might beseem a stately embassy1 ,in set array2 these bearing in their hands ,ensign of civil power1 weapon of war1 ,or gift to be presented at the throne ,of the ,great ,king2 and others1 as they go ,in priestly vest1 with holy offerings charged1 #ae ,or leading victims drest for sacrifice4 ,nor will the ,power we serve1 that sacred ,power1 ,the ,spirit of humanity1 disdain ,a#gci ministration humble but sincere1 ,that from a threshold loved by every ,muse #bj ,its impulse took--that sorrow-stricken door1 ,whence1 as a current from its fountain-head1 ,our thoughts have issued1 and our feelings flowed1 ,receiving1 willingly or not1 fresh strength ,from kindred sources2 while around us sighed #be 7,life's three first seasons having passed away7 ,leaf-scattering winds2 and hoar-frost sprinklings fell 7,foretaste of winter7 on the moorland heights2 ,and every day brought with it tidings new ,of rash change1 ominous for the public weal4 #cj ,hence1 if dejection has#gdj too oft encroached ,upon that sweet and tender melancholy ,which may itself be cherished and caressed ,more than enough2 a fault so natural 7,even with the young1 the hopeful1 or the gay7 #ce ,for prompt forgiveness will not sue in vain4 ,,footnotes3 #gcf ,in the edition of #ahce the title was ,apology4 #gcg #ahde4 ,of ,palace1 or of ,temple1 444 #ahce4 #gch ,compare ,processions in the ,vale of ,chamouny1 in the ,memorials of a ,tour on the ,continent1 #ahbj1 vol4 vi4 p4 #cfc4--;,,ed4 #gci #ahcg4 ,nor will the ,muse condemn1 or treat with scorn ,our 444 #ahce4 #gdj #ahcg4 444 have 444 #ahce4 ,,xxvii ,,the ,,highland ,,broach ,the exact resemblance which the old ,broach 7still in use1 though rarely met with1 among the ,highlanders7 bears to the ,roman ,fibula must strike every one1 and concurs1 with the plaid and kilt1 to recall to mind the communication which the ancient ,romans had with this remote country4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,on ascending a hill that leads from ,loch ,awe towards ,inverary1 ,i fell into conversation with a woman of the humbler class who wore one of those ,highland ,broaches4 ,i talked with her about it2 and upon parting with her1 when ,i said with a kindness ,i truly felt--,may that ,broach continue in your family through many generations to come1 as you have already possessed it--she thanked me most becomingly and seemed not a little moved4--,i4,f4 ,if to ,tradition faith be due ,and echoes from old verse speak true ,ere the meek ,saint1 ,columba1 bore ,glad tidings to ,iona's shore1 ,no common light of nature blessed #e ,the mountain region of the west1 ,a land where gentle manners ruled ,o'er men in dauntless virtues schooled1 ,that raised1 for centuries1 a bar ,impervious to the tide of war3 #aj ,yet peaceful ,arts did entrance gain ,where haughty ,force had striven in vain2 ,and1 'mid the works of skilful hands1 ,by wanderers brought from foreign lands ,and various climes1 was not unknown #ae ,the clasp that fixed the ,roman ,gown2 ,the ,fibula1 whose shape1 ,i ween1 ,still in the ,highland ,broach is seen1 ,the silver ,broach of massy frame1 ,worn at the breast of some grave ,dame #bj ,on road or path1 or at the door ,of fern-thatched hut on heathy moor3 ,but delicate of yore its mould1 ,and the material finest gold2 ,as might beseem the fairest ,fair1 #be ,whether she graced a royal chair1 ,or shed1 within a vaulted hall1 ,no fancied lustre on the wall ,where shields of mighty heroes hung1 ,while ,fingal heard what ,ossian sung4 #cj ,the heroic ,age expired--it slept ,deep in its tomb3--the bramble crept ,o'er ,fingal's hearth2 the grassy sod ,grew on the floors his sons had trod3 ,malvina6 where art thou8 ,their state #ce ,the noblest-born must abdicate2 ,the fairest1 while with fire and sword ,come ,spoilers--horde impelling horde1 ,must walk the sorrowing mountains1 drest ,by ruder hands in homelier vest4 #dj ,yet still the female bosom lent1 ,and loved to borrow1 ornament2 ,still was its inner world a place ,reached by the dews of heavenly grace2 ,still pity to this last retreat #de ,clove fondly2 to his favourite seat ,love wound his way by soft approach1 ,beneath a massier ,highland ,broach4 ,when alternations came of rage ,yet fiercer1 in a darker age2 #ej ,and feuds1 where1 clan encountering clan1 ,the weaker perished to a man2 ,for maid and mother1 when despair ,might else have triumphed1 baffling prayer1 ,one small possession lacked not power1 #ee ,provided in a calmer hour1 ,to meet such need as might befal-- ,roof1 raiment1 bread1 or burial3 ,for woman1 even of tears bereft1 ,the hidden silver ,broach was left4 #fj ,as generations come and go ,their arts1 their customs1 ebb and flow2 ,fate1 fortune1 sweep strong powers away1 ,and feeble1 of themselves1 decay2 ,what poor abodes the heir-loom hide1 #fe ,in which the castle once took pride6 ,tokens1 once kept as boasted wealth1 ,if saved at all1 are saved by stealth4 ,lo6 ships1 from seas by nature barred1 ,mount along ways by man prepared2 #gj ,and in far-stretching vales1 whose streams ,seek other seas1 their canvas gleams4 ,lo6 busy towns spring up1 on coasts ,thronged yesterday by airy ghosts2 ,soon1 like a lingering star forlorn #ge ,among the novelties of morn1 ,while young delights on old encroach1 ,will vanish the last ,highland ,broach4 ,but when1 from out their viewless bed1 ,like vapours1 years have rolled and spread2 #hj ,and this poor verse1 and worthier lays1 ,shall yield no light of love or praise2 ,then1 by the spade1 or cleaving plough1 ,or torrent from the mountain's brow1 ,or whirlwind1 reckless what his might #he ,entombs1 or forces into light2 ,blind ,chance1 a volunteer ally1 ,that oft befriends ,antiquity1 ,and clears ,oblivion from reproach1 ,may render back the ,highland ,broach4#gda #ij ,,footnotes3 #gda ,how much the ,broach is sometimes prized by persons in humble stations may be gathered from an occurrence mentioned to me by a female friend4 ,she had had an opportunity of benefiting a poor old woman in her own hut1 who1 wishing to make a return1 said to her daughter in ,erse1 in a tone of plaintive earnestness1 ,i would give anything ,i have1 but ,i hope she does not wish for my ,broach6 and1 uttering these words1 she put her hand upon the ,broach which fastened her kerchief1 and which1 she imagined1 had attracted the eye of her benefactress4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #ahcb ,the poems written in #ahcb were few4 ,they include ,devotional ,incitements1 an ,evening ,voluntary1 ,rural ,illusions1 and a few sonnets4--,,ed4 ,,devotional ,,incitements ,composed #ahcb4--,published #ahce ,written at ,rydal ,mount4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,imagination4--,,ed4 ,not to the earth confined1 ,ascend to heaven4#gdb ,where will they stop1 those breathing ,powers1 ,the ,spirits of the new-born flowers8 ,they wander with the breeze1 they wind ,where'er the streams a passage find2 ,up from their native ground they rise #e ,in mute arial harmonies2#gdc ,from humble violet--modest thyme-- ,exhaled1 the essential odours climb1 ,as if no space below the sky ,their subtle flight could satisfy3 #aj ,heaven will not tax our thoughts with pride ,if like ambition be their guide4 ,roused by this kindliest of ,may-showers1 ,the spirit-quickener of the flowers1 ,that with moist virtue softly cleaves #ae ,the buds1 and freshens the young leaves1 ,the birds pour forth their souls in notes ,of rapture from a thousand throats-- ,here checked by too impetuous haste1 ,while there the music runs to waste1 #bj ,with bounty more and more enlarged1 ,till the whole air is overcharged2 ,give ear1 ,o ,man6 to their appeal ,and thirst for no inferior zeal1 ,thou1 who canst think1 as well as feel4 #be ,mount from the earth2 aspire6 aspire6 ,so pleads the town's cathedral quire1 ,in strains that from their solemn height ,sink1 to attain a loftier flight2 ,while incense from the altar breathes #cj ,rich fragrance in embodied wreaths2 ,or1 flung from swinging censer1 shrouds ,the taper-lights1 and curls in clouds ,around angelic ,forms1 the still ,creation of the painter's skill1 #ce ,that on the service wait concealed ,one moment1 and the next revealed4 --,cast off your bonds1 awake1 arise1 ,and for no transient ecstasies6 ,what else can mean the visual plea #dj ,of still or moving imagery-- ,the iterated summons loud1 ,not wasted on the attendant crowd1 ,nor wholly lost upon the throng ,hurrying the busy streets along8 #de ,alas6 the sanctities combined ,by art to unsensualise the mind1 ,decay and languish2 or1 as creeds ,and humours change1 are spurned like weeds3 ,the priests are from their altars thrust2 #ej ,temples are levelled with the dust2 ,and solemn rites and awful forms ,founder amid fanatic storms4#gddgde ,yet evermore1 through years renewed ,in undisturbed vicissitude #ee ,of seasons balancing their flight ,on the swift wings of day and night1 ,kind ,nature keeps a heavenly door ,wide open for the scattered ,poor4 ,where flower-breathed incense to the skies #fj ,is wafted in mute harmonies2 ,and ground fresh-cloven by the plough ,is fragrant with a humbler vow2 ,where birds and brooks from leafy dells ,chime forth unwearied canticles1 #fe ,and vapours magnify and spread ,the glory of the sun's bright head-- ,still constant in her worship1 still ,conforming to the eternal ,will1#gdf ,whether men sow or reap the fields1 #gj ,divine monition#gdg ,nature yields1 ,that not by bread alone we live1 ,or what a hand of flesh can give2 ,that every day should leave some part ,free for a sabbath of the heart3 #ge ,so shall the seventh be truly blest1 ,from morn to eve1 with hallowed rest4 ,,footnotes3 #gdb ,see ,paradise ,lost1 book v4 ll4 #gh-hj-- ,not to ,earth confined1 ,but sometimes in the ,air1 as we2 sometimes ,ascend to heaven4 ,,ed4 #gdc ,compare1 in ,bacon's ,essays1 ,no4 #df1 ',of ,gardens1' ,the ,breath of ,flowers is farre ,sweeter in the ,aire1 when it comes and goes1 like the ,warbling of ,musick4--,,ed4 #gdd #ahcf4 ,the solemn rites1 the awful forms1 ,founder amid fanatic storms2 ,the priests are from their altars thrust1 ,the temples levelled with the dust3 #ahce4 #gde ,compare a passage in ,daniel's ,musopilus1 beginning-- ,sacred ,religion6 mother of form and fear6 ,how gorgeously sometimes dost thou sit decked6--,,ed4 #gdf #ahcf4 444 almighty ,will1 #ahce4 #gdg #ahde4 ,her admonitions ,nature yields2 #ahce4 ,divine admonishment ,she yields1 #ahcf4 ,,calm ,,is ,,the ,,fragrant ,,air1 ,,and ,,loth ,,to ,,lose ,composed #ahcb4--,published #ahce ,one of the ,evening ,voluntaries4--,,ed4 ,calm is the fragrant air1 and loth to lose ,day's grateful warmth1 tho' moist with falling dews4 ,look for the stars1 you'll say that there are none2 ,look up a second time1 and1 one by one1 ,you mark them twinkling out with silvery light1 #e ,and wonder how they could elude the sight6 ,the birds1 of late so noisy in their bowers1 ,warbled a while with faint and fainter powers1 ,but now are silent as the dim-seen flowers3 ,nor does the village ,church-clock's iron tone #aj ,the time's and season's influence disown2 ,nine beats distinctly to each other bound ,in drowsy sequence--how unlike the sound ,that1 in rough winter1 oft inflicts a fear ,on fireside listeners1 doubting what they hear6 #ae ,the shepherd1 bent on rising with the sun1 ,had closed his door before the day was done1 ,and now with thankful heart to bed doth creep1 ,and joins#gdh his little children in their sleep4 ,the bat1 lured forth where trees the lane o'ershade1 #bj ,flits and reflits along the close arcade2 ,the busy#gdi dor-hawk chases the white moth ,with burring note1 which ,industry and ,sloth ,might both be pleased with1 for it suits them both4 ,a stream is heard--,i see it not1 but know #be ,by its soft music whence the waters flow3 ,wheels#gej and the tread of hoofs are heard no more2 ,one boat there was1 but it will touch the shore ,with the next dipping of its slackened oar2 ,faint sound1 that1 for the gayest of the gay1 #cj ,might give to serious thought a moment's sway1 ,as a last token of man's toilsome day6 ,,footnotes3 #gdh #ahcg4 ,and join 444 #ahce4 #gdi #ahcg4 ,far-heard the 444 #ahce4 #gej #ahcg4 444 both4 ,wheels 444 #ahce4 ,,to ,,the ,,author',s ,,portrait ,painted at ,rydal ,mount1 by ,w4 ,pickersgill1 ,esq41 for ,st4 ,john's ,college1 ,cambridge4--,,ed4 ,composed #ahcb4--,published #ahce ,the last six lines of this ,sonnet are not written for poetical effect1 but as a matter of fact1 which1 in more than one instance1 could not escape my notice in the servants of the house4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,miscellaneous ,sonnets4--,,ed4 ,go1 faithful ,portrait6 and where long hath knelt ,margaret1 the saintly ,foundress1 take thy place2 ,and1 if ,time spare the colours#gea for the grace ,which to the work surpassing skill hath dealt1 ,thou1 on thy rock reclined1 though kingdoms melt #e ,and states be torn up by the roots1#geb wilt seem ,to breathe in rural peace1 to hear the stream1#gec ,and#ged think and feel as once the ,poet felt4 ,whate'er thy fate1 those features have not grown ,unrecognised through many a household tear#gee #aj ,more prompt1 more glad1 to fall than drops of dew ,by morning shed around a flower half-blown2 ,tears of delight1 that testified how true ,to life thou art1 and1 in thy truth1 how dear6 ,,footnotes3 #gea ,the colour has already faded somewhat4 ,the portrait is reproduced in volume vi4 of this edition4--,,ed4 #geb ,compare ,elegiac ,musings1 p4 #bfi4--;,,ed4 #gec #ahce4 ,before the breath of change unchanged wilt seem1 ,green ,hills in sight1 and listening to the stream1 ,,ms4 #ged #ahcg4 ,to 444 #ahce4 #gee #ahce4 444 falling tear ,,ms4 444 starting tear ,,ms4 ,,rural ,,illusions ,composed #ahcb4--,published #ahce ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,observed a hundred times in the grounds there4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,fancy4--,,ed4 ,sylph was it8 or a ,bird more bright ,than those of fabulous stock8 ,a second darted by2--and lo6 ,another of the flock1 ,through sunshine flitting from the bough #e ,to nestle in the rock4 ,transient deception6 a gay freak ,of ,april's mimicries6 ,those brilliant strangers1 hailed with joy ,among the budding trees1 #aj ,proved last year's leaves1 pushed from the spray ,to frolic on the breeze4 ,maternal ,flora6 show thy face1 ,and let thy hand be seen1 ,thy hand here sprinkling tiny flowers1#gef #ae ,that1 as they touch the green1 ,take root 7so seems it7 and look up ,in honour of their ,queen4 ,yet1 sooth1 those little starry specks1 ,that not in vain aspired #bj ,to be confounded with live growths1 ,most dainty1 most admired1 ,were only blossoms dropped from twigs ,of their own offspring tired4 ,not such the ,world's illusive shows2 #be ,her wingless flutterings1 ,her blossoms which1 though shed1 outbrave ,the floweret as it springs1 ,for the undeceived1 smile as they may1 ,are melancholy things3 #cj ,but gentle ,nature plays her part ,with ever-varying wiles1 ,and transient feignings with plain truth ,so well she reconciles1 ,that those fond ,idlers most are pleased #ce ,whom oftenest she beguiles4 ,,footnotes3 #gef #ahcf4 ,which sprinkles here these tiny flowers1 #ahce4 ,,loving ,,and ,,liking ,,irregular ,,verses ,,addressed ,,to ,a ,,child 7,,by ,,my ,,sister7#geg ,composed #ahcb4--,published #ahce4 ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,it arose1 ,i believe1 out of a casual expression of one of ,mr4 ,swinburne's children4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems founded on the ,affections4--,,ed4 ,there's more in words than ,i can teach3 ,yet listen1 ,child6--,i would not preach2 ,but only give some plain directions ,to guide your speech and your affections4 ,say not you love a roasted fowl1 #e ,but you may love a screaming owl1 ,and1 if you can1 the unwieldy toad ,that crawls from his secure abode ,within the mossy garden wall ,when evening dews begin to fall4 #aj ,oh mark the beauty of his eye3 ,what wonders in that circle lie6 ,so clear1 so bright1 our fathers said ,he wears a jewel in his head6 ,and when1 upon some showery day1 #ae ,into a path or public way ,a frog leaps out from bordering grass1 ,startling the timid as they pass1 ,do you observe him1 and endeavour ,to take the intruder into favour2 #bj ,learning from him to find a reason ,for a light heart in a dull season4 ,and you may love him in the pool1 ,that is for him a happy school1 ,in which he swims as taught by nature1 #be ,fit#geh pattern for a human creature1 ,glancing amid the water bright1 ,and sending upward sparkling light4 ,nor blush if o'er your heart be stealing ,a love for things that have no feeling3 #cj ,the spring's first rose by you espied1 ,may fill your breast with joyful pride2 ,and you may love the strawberry-flower1 ,and love the strawberry in its bower2 ,but when the fruit1 so often praised #ce ,for beauty1 to your lip is raised1 ,say not you love the delicate treat1 ,but like it1 enjoy it1 and thankfully eat4 ,long may you love your pensioner mouse1 ,though one of a tribe that torment the house3 #dj ,nor dislike for her cruel sport the cat1 ,deadly foe both of#gei mouse and rat2 ,remember she follows the law of her kind1 ,and ,instinct is neither wayward nor blind4 ,then think of her beautiful gliding form1 #de ,her tread that would scarcely#gfj crush a worm1 ,and her soothing song by the winter fire1 ,soft as the dying throb of the lyre4 ,i would not circumscribe your love3 ,it may soar with the eagle and brood with the dove1 #ej ,may pierce the earth with the patient mole1 ,or track the hedgehog to his hole4 ,loving and liking are the solace of life1 ,rock the cradle of joy1 smooth the death-bed of strife4#gfa ,you love your father and your mother1 #ee ,your grown-up and your baby-brother2 ,you love your sister1 and your friends1 ,and countless blessings which ,god sends3 ,and while these right affections play1 ,you live each moment of your day2 #fj ,they lead you on to full content1 ,and likings fresh and innocent1 ,that store the mind1 the memory feed1 ,and prompt to many a gentle deed3 ,but likings come1 and pass away2 #fe ',tis love that remains till our latest day3 ,our heavenward guide is holy love1 ,and will#gfb be our bliss with saints above4 ,,footnotes3 #geg #ahde4 ,in the former editions of the author's ,miscellaneous ,poems are three pieces addressed to ,children3--the following1 a few lines excepted1 is by the same ,writer2 and as it belongs to the same unassuming class of compositions1 she has been prevailed upon to consent to its publication4 ,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,by the author of the ,poem1 ,address to a child1 during a boisterous winter evening4 ,w4 ,w4 #ahcf4 #geh #ahde4 ,a 444 #ahce4 #gei #ahde4 ,that deadly foe of both 444 #ahce4 ,that deadly foe both of 444 #ahcf4 #gfj #ahcf4 444 not 444 #ahce4 #gfa #ahdj4 ,they foster all joy1 and extinguish all strife4 #ahce4 #gfb #ahde4 ,and it will 444 #ahce4 ,,upon ,,the ,,late ,,general ,,fast#gfc ,,march1 #ahcb ,composed #ahcb4--,published #ahcb ,one of the ,sonnets dedicated to ,liberty and ,order4--,,ed4 ,reluctant call it was2 the rite delayed2 ,and in the ,senate some there were who doffed ,the last of their humanity1 and scoffed ,at providential judgments1#gfd undismayed ,by their own daring4 ,but the ,people prayed #e ,as with one voice2 their flinty heart grew soft ,with penitential sorrow1 and aloft ,their spirit mounted1 crying1 ,god us aid6 ,oh that with aspirations more intense1 ,chastised by self-abasement more profound1 #aj ,this ,people1 once#gfe so happy1 so renowned ,for liberty1 would seek from ,god defence ,against far heavier ill1 the pestilence#gff ,of revolution1 impiously unbound6 ,,footnotes3 #gfc #ahcg4 ,the title in #ahcb was ,,sonnet ,,on ,,the ,,late ,,general ,,fast1 ,,march #ba1 #ahcb4 #gfd #ahdj4 444 judgment1 444 #ahcb4 #gfe #ahcg4 ,oh that with soul-aspirings more intense ,and heart-humiliations more profound ,this ,people1 long 444 #ahcb4 #gff ,the fast was appointed because of an outbreak of cholera in ,england4--,,ed4 #ahcc ,the most important of the poems written in #ahcc were the ,memorials of the ,tour undertaken during the summer of that year4 ,they refer to several ,cumbrian localities1 to the ,isle of ,man1 to the ,clyde1 the ,western ,islands of ,scotland1 and again to ,cumberland4--,,ed4 ,a ,,wren',s ,,nest ,composed #ahcc4--,published #ahce ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,this nest was built1 as described1 in a tree that grows near the pool in ,dora's field1 next the ,rydal ,mount garden4#gfg--;,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of the ,fancy4--,,ed4 ,among the dwellings framed by birds ,in field or forest with nice care1 ,is none that with the little ,wren's ,in snugness may compare4 ,no door the tenement requires1 #e ,and seldom needs a laboured roof2 ,yet is it to the fiercest sun ,impervious1 and storm-proof4 ,so warm1 so beautiful withal1 ,in perfect fitness for its aim1 #aj ,that to the ,kind by special grace ,their instinct surely came4 ,and when for their abodes they seek ,an opportune recess1 ,the hermit has no finer eye #ae ,for shadowy quietness4 ,these find1 'mid ivied abbey-walls1 ,a canopy in some still nook2 ,others are pent-housed by a brae ,that overhangs a brook4 #bj ,there to the brooding bird her mate ,warbles by fits his low clear song2 ,and by the busy streamlet both ,are sung to all day long4 ,or in sequestered lanes they build1 #be ,where1 till the flitting bird's return1 ,her eggs within the nest repose1 ,like relics in an urn4 ,but still1 where general choice is good1 ,there is a better and a best2 #cj ,and1 among fairest objects1 some ,are fairer than the rest2 ,this1 one of those small builders proved ,in a green covert1 where1 from out ,the forehead of a pollard oak1 #ce ,the leafy antlers sprout2 ,for ,she who planned the mossy lodge1 ,mistrusting her evasive skill1 ,had to a ,primrose looked for aid ,her wishes to fulfil4 #dj ,high on the trunk's projecting brow ,and fixed an infant's span above ,the budding flowers1 peeped forth the nest1 ,the prettiest of the grove6 ,the treasure proudly did ,i show #de ,to some whose minds without disdain ,can turn to little things2 but once ,looked up for it in vain3 ',tis gone--a ruthless spoiler's prey1 ,who heeds not beauty1 love1 or song1 #ej ',tis gone6 7so seemed it7 and we grieved ,indignant at the wrong4 ,just three days after1 passing by ,in clearer light the moss-built cell ,i saw1 espied its shaded mouth2 #ee ,and felt that all was well4 ,the ,primrose for a veil had spread ,the largest of her upright leaves2 ,and thus1 for purposes benign1 ,a simple flower deceives4 #fj ,concealed from friends who might disturb ,thy quiet with no ill intent1 ,secure from evil eyes and hands ,on barbarous plunder bent1 ,rest1 ,mother-bird6 and when thy young #fe ,take flight1 and thou art free to roam1 ,when withered is the guardian ,flower1 ,and empty thy late home1 ,think how ye prospered1 thou and thine1 ,amid the unviolated grove #gj ,housed near the growing ,primrose-tuft ,in foresight1 or in love4 ,,footnotes3 #gfg ,wrens still build 7#ahif7 in the same pollard oak tree1 which survives in ,dora's ,field2 and primroses grow beneath it4--,,ed4 ,,to ---- ,,upon ,,the ,,birth ,,of ,,her ,,first-,,born ,,child1 ,,march1 #ahcc ,tum porro puer1 ut svis projectus ab undis ,navita1 nudus humi jacet1 etc4--,,lucretius4#gfh ,composed ,march #ahcc4--,published #ahce ,written at ,moresby near ,whitehaven1 when ,i was on a visit to my son1 then incumbent of that small living4 ,while ,i am dictating these notes to my friend1 ,miss ,fenwick1 ,january #bd1 #ahdc1 the child upon whose birth these verses were written is under my roof1 and is of a disposition so promising that the wishes and prayers and prophecies which ,i then breathed forth in verse are1 through ,god's mercy1 likely to be realised4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4--,,ed4 ,like a shipwreck'd ,sailor tost ,by rough waves on a perilous coast1 ,lies the ,babe1 in helplessness ,and in tenderest nakedness1 ,flung by labouring nature forth #e ,upon the mercies of the earth4 ,can its eyes beseech8--no more ,than the hands are free to implore3 ,voice but serves for one brief cry2 ,plaint was it8 or prophecy #aj ,of sorrow that will surely come8 ,omen of man's grievous doom6 ,but1 ,o ,mother6 by the close ,duly granted to thy throes2 ,by the silent thanks1 now tending #ae ,incense-like to ,heaven1 descending ,now to mingle and to move ,with the gush of earthly love1 ,as a debt to that frail ,creature1 ,instrument of struggling ,nature #bj ,for the blissful calm1 the peace ,known but to this one release-- ,can the pitying spirit doubt ,that for human-kind springs out ,from the penalty a sense #be ,of more than mortal recompense8 ,as a floating summer cloud1 ,though of gorgeous drapery proud1 ,to the sun-burnt traveller1 ,or the stooping labourer1 #cj ,oft-times makes its bounty known ,by its shadow round him thrown2 ,so1 by chequerings of sad cheer1 ,heavenly ,guardians1 brooding near1 ,of their presence tell--too bright #ce ,haply for corporeal sight6 ,ministers of grace divine ,feelingly their brows incline ,o'er this seeming ,castaway ,breathing1 in the light of day1 #dj ,something like the faintest breath ,that has power to baffle death-- ,beautiful1 while very weakness ,captivates like passive meekness4 ,and1 sweet ,mother6 under warrant #de ,of the universal ,parent1 ,who repays in season due ,them who have1 like thee1 been true ,to the filial chain let down ,from his everlasting throne1#gfi #ej ,angels hovering round thy couch1 ,with their softest whispers vouch1 ,that--whatever griefs may fret1 ,cares entangle1 sins beset1 ,this thy ,first-born1 and with tears #ee ,stain her cheek in future years-- ,heavenly succour1 not denied ,to the babe1 whate'er betide1 ,will to the woman be supplied6 ,mother6 blest be thy calm ease2 #fj ,blest the starry promises1-- ,and the firmament benign ,hallowed be it1 where they shine6 ,yes1 for them whose souls have scope ,ample for a wingd hope1 #fe ,and can earthward bend an ear ,for needful listening1 pledge is here1 ,that1 if thy new-born ,charge shall tread ,in thy footsteps1 and be led ,by that other ,guide1 whose light #gj ,of manly virtues1 mildly bright1 ,gave him first the wished-for part ,in thy gentle virgin heart2 ,then1 amid the storms of life ,presignified by that dread strife #ge ,whence ye have escaped together1 ,she may look for serene weather2 ,in all trials sure to find ,comfort for a faithful mind2 ,kindlier issues1 holier rest1 #hj ,than even now await her prest1 ,conscious ,nursling1 to thy breast6 ,,footnotes3 #gfh ,see ,de ,rerum ,naturae1 lib4 v4 ll4 #bbb-c4--;,,ed4 #gfi ,compare ,the ,primrose of the ,rock1 ll4 #aa-ab4--;,,ed4 ,,the ,,warning ,a ,,sequel ,,to ,,the ,,foregoing ,composed ,march #ahcc4--,published #ahce ,these lines were composed during the fever spread through the nation by the ,reform ,bill4 ,as the motives which led to this measure1 and the good or evil which has attended or has risen from it1 will be duly appreciated by future historians1 there is no call for dwelling on the subject in this place4 ,i will content myself with saying that the then condition of the people's mind is not1 in these verses1 exaggerated4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4--,,ed4 ,list1 the winds of ,march are blowing2 ,her ground-flowers shrink1 afraid of showing ,their meek heads to the nipping air1 ,which ye feel not1 happy pair6 ,sunk into a kindly sleep4 #e ,we1 meanwhile1 our hope will keep2 ,and if ,time leagued with adverse ,change 7,too busy fear67 shall cross its range1 ,whatsoever check they bring1 ,anxious duty hindering1 #aj ,to like hope#ggj our prayers will cling4 ,thus1 while the ruminating spirit feeds ,upon the events of home#gga as life proceeds1 ,affections pure and holy in their source ,gain a fresh impulse1 run a livelier course2 #ae ,hopes that within the ,father's heart prevail1 ,are in the experienced ,grandsire's slow to fail2 ,and if the harp pleased his gay youth1 it rings ,to his grave touch with no unready strings1 ,while thoughts press on1 and feelings overflow1 #bj ,and quick words round him fall like flakes of snow4#ggb ,thanks to the ,powers that yet maintain their sway1 ,and have renewed the tributary ,lay4 ,truths of the heart flock in with eager pace1 ,and ,,fancy greets them with a fond embrace2 #be ,swift as the rising sun his beams extends ,she shoots the tidings forth to distant friends2 ,their gifts she hails 7deemed precious1 as they prove ,for the unconscious ,babe so prompt a love67--#ggc ,but from this peaceful centre of delight #cj ,vague sympathies have urged her to take flight3 ,rapt#ggd into upper regions1 like the bee ,that sucks from mountain heath her honey fee2 ,or1 like the warbling lark intent to shroud ,his head in sunbeams or a bowery cloud1 #ce ,she soars--and here and there her pinions rest ,on proud towers1 like this humble cottage1 blest ,with a new visitant1 an infant guest-- ,towers where red streamers flout the breezy sky ,in pomp foreseen by her creative eye1 #dj ,when feasts shall crowd the hall1 and steeple bells ,glad proclamation make1 and heights and dells ,catch the blithe music as it sinks and swells1#gge ,and harboured ships1 whose pride is on the sea1 ,shall hoist their topmost flags in sign of glee1 #de ,honouring the hope of noble ancestry4 ,but who 7though neither reckoning ills assigned ,by ,nature1 nor reviewing in the mind ,the track that was1 and is1 and must be1 worn ,with weary feet by all of woman born7-- #ej ,shall now by such a gift with joy be moved1 ,nor feel the fulness of that joy reproved8 ,not ,he1 whose last faint memory will command ,the truth that ,britain was his native land2#ggf ,whose infant soul was tutored to confide #ee ,in the cleansed faith for which her martyrs died2 ,whose boyish ear the voice of her renown ,with rapture thrilled2 whose ,youth revered the crown ,of ,saxon liberty that ,alfred wore1#ggg ,alfred1 dear ,babe1 thy great ,progenitor6 #fj --,not ,he1 who from her mellowed practice drew ,his social sense of just1 and fair1 and true2 ,and saw1 thereafter1 on the soil of ,france ,rash ,polity begin her maniac dance1#ggh ,foundations broken up1 the deeps run wild1 #fe ,nor grieved to see 7himself not unbeguiled7-- ,woke from the dream1 the dreamer to upbraid1 ,and learn how sanguine expectations fade ,when novel trusts by folly are betrayed1-- ,to see ,presumption1 turning pale1 refrain #gj ,from further havoc1 but repent in vain1-- ,good aims lie down1 and perish in the road ,where guilt had urged them on with ceaseless goad4 ,proofs thickening round her that on public ends ,domestic virtue vitally depends1 #ge ,that civic strife can turn the happiest hearth ,into a grievous sore of self-tormenting earth4#ggi ,can such a ,one1 dear ,babe6 though glad and proud ,to welcome thee1 repel the fears that crowd ,into his ,english breast1 and spare to quake #hj ,less for his own than#ghj for thy innocent sake8 ,too late--or1 should the providence of ,god ,lead1 through dark#gha ways by sin and sorrow trod1 ,justice and peace to a secure abode1 ,too soon--thou com'st into this breathing world2 #he ,ensigns of mimic outrage are unfurled4 ,who shall preserve or prop the tottering ,realm8 ,what hand suffice to govern the state-helm8 ,if1 in the aims of men1 the surest test ,of good or bad 7whate'er be sought for or profest7 #ij ,lie in the means required1 or ways ordained1 ,for compassing the end1 else never gained2 ,yet governors and govern'd both are blind ,to this plain truth1 or fling it to the wind2 ,if to expedience principle must bow2 #ie ,past1 future1 shrinking up beneath the incumbent ,now2 ,if cowardly concession still must feed ,the thirst for power in men who ne'er concede2 ,nor turn aside1 unless to shape a way ,for domination at some riper day2 #ajj ,if#ghb generous ,loyalty must stand in awe ,of subtle ,treason1 in#ghc his mask of law1 ,or with bravado insolent and hard1 ,provoking punishment1 to win reward2 ,if office help the factious to conspire1 #aje ,and they who should extinguish1 fan the fire-- ,then1 will the sceptre be a straw1 the crown ,sit loosely1 like the thistle's crest of down2 ,to be blown off at will1 by ,power that spares it ,in cunning patience1 from the head that wears it4 #aaj ,lost people1 trained to theoretic feud6 ,lost above all1 ye labouring multitude6 ,bewildered whether ye1 by slanderous tongues ,deceived1 mistake calamities for wrongs2 ,and over fancied usurpations brood1 #aae ,oft snapping at revenge in sullen mood2 ,or1 from long stress of real injuries fly ,to desperation for a remedy2 ,in bursts of outrage spread your judgments wide1 ,and to your wrath cry out1 ,be thou our guide2 #abj ,or1 bound by oaths1 come forth to tread earth's floor ,in marshalled thousands1 darkening street and moor ,with the worst shape mock-patience ever wore2 ,or1 to the giddy top of self-esteem ,by ,flatterers carried1 mount into a dream #abe ,of boundless suffrage1 at whose sage behest ,justice shall rule1 disorder be supprest1 ,and every man sit down as ,plenty's ,guest6 --,o for a bridle bitted with remorse ,to stop your ,loaders in their headstrong course6#ghd #acj ,oh may the ,almighty scatter with his grace ,these mists1 and lead you to a safer place1 ,by paths no human wisdom can foretrace6 ,may ,he pour round you1 from worlds far above ,man's feverish passions1 his pure light of love1 #ace ,that quietly restores the natural mien ,to hope1 and makes truth willing to be seen6 ,else shall your blood-stained hands in frenzy reap ,fields gaily sown when promises were cheap4-- ,why is the ,past belied with wicked art1 #adj ,the ,future made to play so false a part1 ,among a people famed for strength of mind1 ,foremost in freedom1 noblest of mankind8 ,we act as if we joyed in the sad tune ,storms make in rising1 valued in the moon #ade ,nought but her changes4 ,thus1 ungrateful ,nation6 ,if thou persist1 and1 scorning moderation1 ,spread for thyself the snares of tribulation1 ,whom1 then1 shall meekness guard8 ,what saving skill ,lie in forbearance1 strength in standing still8 #aej --,soon shall the widow 7for the speed of ,time ,nought equals when the hours are winged with crime7 ,widow1 or wife1 implore on tremulous knee1 ,from him who judged her lord1 a like decree2 ,the skies will weep o'er old men desolate3 #aee ,ye little-ones6 ,earth shudders at your fate1 ,outcasts and homeless orphans---- ,but turn1 my ,soul1 and from the sleeping pair ,learn thou the beauty of omniscient care6 ,be strong in faith1 bid anxious thoughts lie still2 #afj ,seek for the good and cherish it--the ill ,oppose1 or bear with a submissive will4 ,,footnotes3 #ggj #ahce4 ,to that hope 444 ,c4 #gga #ahcg4 ,upon each home-event 444 #ahce4 #ggb ,the ,warning was composed on horseback when ,i was riding from ,moresby in a snow-storm4--7,w4 ,w4 to his nephew1 the late ,bishop of ,lincoln47 #ggc #ahdj4 444 ,babe an unbelated love67 #ahce4 444 so prompt to love47 ,c4 #ggd #ahcg4 444 flight4 ,she rivals the fleet ,swallow1 making rings ,in the smooth lake where'er he dips his wings3 --,rapt 444 #ahce4 #gge #ahcg4 444 or swells2 #ahce4 #ggf ,compare ,the ,lay of the ,last ,minstrel1 canto vi4 ll4 #a-c4--;,,ed4 #ggg ,compare ,ecclesiastical ,sonnets1 ,part ,i4 ,,xxvi41 ,,xxvii4--,,ed4 #ggh ,at the ,revolution1 #agib4--;,,ed4 #ggi #ahdj4 ,till undiscriminating ,ruin swept ,the ,land1 and ,wrong perpetual vigils kept2 ,with proof before her that on public ends ,domestic virtue vitally depends4 #ahce4 ,and civic strife1 by hourly calling forth ,mutual despite1 can turn the happiest hearth ,into a rankling sore of self-tormented earth4 ,c4 #ghj #ahdj4 ,not for his own1 but 444 #ahce4 #gha #ahdj4 444 blind 444 #ahce4 #ghb #ahcg4 444 concede2 ,if 444 #ahce4 #ghc #ahcg4 444 with 444 #ahce4 #ghd ,see the ,fenwick note prefixed to the poem4--,,ed4 ,,if ,,this ,,great ,,world ,,of ,,joy ,,and ,,pain ,composed #ahcc4--,published #ahce ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4--,,ed4 ,if this great world of joy and pain ,revolve in one sure track2 ,if freedom1 set1 will rise again1 ,and virtue1 flown1 come back2 ,woe to the purblind crew who fill #e ,the heart with each day's care2 ,nor gain1 from past or future1 skill ,to bear1 and to forbear6 ,,on ,a ,,high ,,part ,,of ,,the ,,coast ,,of ,,cumberland#ghe ,easter ,sunday1 ,april #g ,,the ,,author',s ,,sixty-,,third ,,birth-,,day ,composed #ahcc4--,published #ahce ,the lines were composed on the road between ,moresby and ,whitehaven while ,i was on a visit to my son1 then rector of the former place4 ,this succession of ,voluntaries1 with the exception of the #hth and #ith1 originated in the concluding lines of the last paragraph of this poem4 ,with this coast ,i have been familiar from my earliest childhood1 and remember being struck for the first time by the town and port of ,whitehaven and the white waves breaking against its quays and piers1 as the whole came into view from the top of the high ground down which the road 7it has since been altered7 then descended abruptly4 ,my sister1 when she first heard the voice of the sea from this point1 and beheld the scene before her1 burst into tears4 ,our family then lived at ,cockermouth1 and this fact was often mentioned among us as indicating the sensibility for which she was so remarkable4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,evening ,voluntaries4--,,ed4 ,the ,sun1 that seemed so mildly to retire1 ,flung back from distant climes a streaming fire1 ,whose blaze is now subdued to tender gleams1 ,prelude of night's approach with soothing dreams4 ,look round2--of all the clouds not one is moving2 #e ',tis the still hour of thinking1 feeling1 loving4 ,silent1 and stedfast as the vaulted sky1 ,the boundless plain of waters seems to lie3-- ,comes that low sound from breezes rustling o'er ,the grass-crowned headland that conceals the shore8 ,no2 'tis the earth-voice of the mighty sea1 #aa ,whispering how meek and gentle he can be6#ghf ,thou ,power supreme6 who1 arming to rebuke ,offenders1 dost put off the gracious look1 ,and clothe thyself with terrors like the flood #ae ,of ocean roused into his fiercest mood1 ,whatever discipline thy ,will ordain ,for the brief course that must for me remain2 ,teach me with quick-eared spirit to rejoice ,in admonitions of thy softest voice6 #bj ,whate'er the path these mortal feet may trace1 ,breathe through my soul the blessing of thy grace1 ,glad1 through a perfect love1 a faith sincere ,drawn from the wisdom that begins with fear1 ,glad to expand2 and1 for a season1 free #be ,from finite cares1 to rest absorbed in ,thee6 ,,footnotes3 #ghe #ahcg4 ,in #ahce the title was ,the ,sun1 that seemed so mildly to retire4 #ghf ,compare the ,elegiac ,stanzas1 suggested by a ,picture of ,peele ,castle1 in a ,storm 7#ahje71 vol4 iii4 p4 #ed2 also the sonnet 7written in #ahjg71 ,two ,voices are there2 one is of the sea1 vol4 iv4 p4 #fa1 and the second sonnet on the ,cave of ,staffa1 in the poems descriptive of the tour in ,scotland in #ahcc4--;,,ed4 7,,by ,,the ,,sea-,,side7 ,composed #ahcc4--,published #ahce ,one of the ,evening ,voluntaries4--,,ed4 ,the sun is couched1 the sea-fowl gone to rest2 ,and the wild storm hath somewhere found a nest2 ,air slumbers--wave with wave no longer strives1 ,only a heaving of the deep survives1#ghg ,a tell-tale motion6 soon will it be laid1 #e ,and by the tide alone the water swayed4 ,stealthy withdrawings1 interminglings mild ,of light with shade in beauty reconciled-- ,such is the prospect far as sight can range1 ,the soothing recompense1 the welcome change4 #aj ,where now the ships that drove before the blast1 ,threatened by angry breakers as they passed2 ,and by a train of flying clouds bemocked2 ,or1 in the hollow surge1 at anchor rocked ,as on a bed of death8 ,some lodge in peace1 #ae ,saved by ,his care who bade the tempest cease2 ,and some1 too heedless of past danger1 court ,fresh gales to waft them to the far-off port2 ,but near1 or hanging sea and sky between1 ,not one of all those wingd powers is seen1 #bj ,seen in her course1 nor 'mid this quiet heard2 ,yet oh6 how gladly would the air be stirred ,by some acknowledgment of thanks and praise1 ,soft in its temper as those vesper lays ,sung to the ,virgin while accordant oars #be ,urge the slow bark along ,calabrian shores2 ,a sea-born service through the mountains felt ,till into one loved vision all things melt3 ,or like those hymns that soothe with graver sound ,the gulfy coast of ,norway iron-bound2 #cj ,and1 from the wide and open ,baltic1 rise ,with punctual care1 ,lutherian harmonies4 ,hush1 not a voice is here6 but why repine1 ,now when the star of eve comes forth to shine ,on ,british waters with that look benign8#ghh #ce ,ye mariners1 that plough your onward way1 ,or in the haven rest1 or sheltering bay1 ,may silent thanks at least to ,god be given ,with a full heart2 our thoughts are heard in heaven6#ghi ,,footnotes3 #ghg ,compare the previous poem4--,,ed4 #ghh ,compare ,robert ,browning's ,home-thoughts from the ,sea-- ,while ,jove's planet rises yonder1 silent over ,africa4--,,ed4 #ghi ,see ,young's ,night ,thoughts1 book ii4 l4 #ie4--;,,ed4 ,,composed ,,by ,,the ,,sea-,,shore ,composed #ahcd4--,published #ahde ,these lines were suggested during my residence under my son's roof at ,moresby1 on the coast near ,whitehaven1 at the time when ,i was composing those verses among the ,evening ,voluntaries that have reference to the sea4 ,it was in that neighbourhood ,i first became acquainted with the ocean and its appearances and movements4 ,my infancy and early childhood were passed at ,cockermouth1 about eight miles from the coast1 and ,i well remember that mysterious awe with which ,i used to listen to anything said about storms and shipwrecks4 ,sea-shells of many descriptions were common in the town2 and ,i was not a little surprised when ,i heard that ,mr4 ,landor#gij had denounced me as a plagiarist from himself for having described a boy applying a sea-shell to his ear and listening to it for intimations of what was going on in its native element4 ,this ,i had done myself scores of times1 and it was a belief among us that we could know from the sound whether the tide was ebbing or flowing4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,evening ,voluntaries4--,,ed4 ,what mischief cleaves to unsubdued regret1 ,how fancy sickens by vague hopes beset2 ,how baffled projects on the spirit prey1 ,and fruitless wishes eat the heart away1 ,the ,sailor knows2 he best1 whose lot is cast #e ,on the relentless sea that holds him fast ,on chance dependent1 and the fickle star ,of power1 through long and melancholy war4 ,o sad it is1 in sight of foreign shores1 ,daily to think on old familiar doors1 #aj ,hearths loved in childhood1 and ancestral floors2 ,or1 tossed about along a waste of foam1 ,to ruminate on that delightful home1 ,which with the dear ,betrothd was to come2 ,or came and was and is1 yet meets the eye #ae ,never but in the world of memory2 ,or in a dream recalled1 whose smoothest range ,is crossed by knowledge1 or by dread1 of change1 ,and if not so1 whose perfect joy makes sleep ,a thing too bright for breathing man to keep4 #bj ,hail to the virtues which that perilous life ,extracts from ,nature's elemental strife2 ,and welcome glory won in battles fought ,as bravely as the foe was keenly sought4 ,but to each gallant ,captain and his crew #be ,a less imperious sympathy is due1 ,such as my verse now yields1 while moonbeams play ,on the mute sea in this unruffled bay2 ,such as will promptly flow from every breast1 ,where good men1 disappointed in the quest #cj ,of wealth and power and honours1 long for rest2 ,or1 having known the splendours of success1 ,sigh for the obscurities of happiness4 ,,footnotes3 #gij ,the passage in ,landor's ,gebir1 book i41 is quoted in a note to the fourth book of ,the ,excursion 7see vol4 v4 p4 #ahh74--;,,ed4 ,,poems1#gia ,,composed ,,or ,,suggested ,,during ,a ,,tour1 ,,in ,,the ,,summer ,,of #ahcc ,composed #ahcc4--,published #ahce ,having been prevented by the lateness of the season1 in #ahca1 from visiting ,staffa and ,iona1 the author made these the principal objects of a short tour in the summer of #ahcc1 of which the following series of poems is a ,memorial4 ,the course pursued was down the ,cumberland river ,derwent1 and to ,whitehaven2 thence 7by the ,isle of ,man1 where a few days were passed7 up the ,frith of ,clyde to ,greenock1 then to ,oban1 ,staffa1 ,iona2 and back towards ,england by ,loch ,awe1 ,inverary1 ,loch ,goilhead1 ,greenock1 and through parts of ,renfrewshire1 ,ayrshire1 and ,dumfries-shire to ,carlisle1 and thence up the river ,eden1 and homewards by ,ullswater4--,w4 ,w4 ,my companions were ,h4 ,c4 ,robinson and my son ,john4--,i4 ,f4 ,,footnotes3 #gia #ahde4 ,the ,title in the #ahce edition was ,sonnets composed or suggested during a tour in ,scotland1 in the ,summer of #ahcc4 ,i ,,adieu1 ,,rydalian ,,laurels6 ,,that ,,have ,,grown ,adieu1 ,rydalian ,laurels6 that have grown ,and spread as if ye knew that days might come ,when ye would shelter in a happy home1 ,on this fair ,mount1 a ,poet of your own1 ,one who ne'er ventured for a ,delphic crown #e ,to sue the ,god2 but1 haunting your green shade#gib ,all seasons through1 is humbly pleased to braid#gic ,ground-flowers1 beneath your guardianship1 self-sown4#gid ,farewell6 no ,minstrels now with harp new-strung ,for summer wandering quit their household bowers2 ,yet not for this wants ,poesy a tongue #aa ,to cheer the ,itinerant on whom she pours ,her spirit1 while he crosses lonely moors1 ,or musing sits forsaken halls among4 ,,footnotes3 #gib #ahce4 ,one who to win your emblematic crown ,aspires not1 but frequenting your green shade ,,ms4 ,who dares not sue the ,god for your bright crown ,of deathless leaves1 but haunting your green shade ,,ms4 #gic #ahce4 444 delights fresh wreaths to braid4 ,,ms4 #gid ,the yellow flowering poppy and the wild geranium4 ,compare the poem ,poor ,robin1 ,march #ahdj4--;,,ed4 ,,ii ,,why ,,should ,,the ,,enthusiast1 ,,journeying ,,through ,,this ,,isle ,why should the ,enthusiast1 journeying through this ,isle1 ,repine as if his hour were come too late8 ,not unprotected in her mouldering state1 ,antiquity salutes him with a smile1 ',mid fruitful fields that ring with jocund toil1 #e ,and pleasure-grounds where ,taste1 refined ,co-mate ,of ,truth and ,beauty1 strives to imitate1 ,far as she may1 primeval ,nature's style4 ,fair ,land6 by ,time's parental love made free1 ,by ,social ,order's watchful arms embraced2 #aj ,with unexampled union meet in thee1 ,for eye and mind1 the present and the past2 ,with golden prospect for futurity1 ,if that be reverenced which ought to last4#gie ,,footnotes3 #gie #ahde4 ,if what is rightly reverenced may last4 #ahce4 ,,iii ,,they ,,called ,,thee ,,merry ,,england1 ,,in ,,old ,,time ,they called ,thee ,,merry ,,england1 in old time2 ,a happy people won for thee that name ,with envy heard in many a distant clime2 ,and1 spite of change1 for me thou keep'st the same ,endearing title1 a responsive chime #e ,to the heart's fond belief2 though some there are ,whose sterner judgments deem that world a snare ,for inattentive ,fancy1 like the lime ,which foolish birds are caught with4 ,can1 ,i ask1 ,this face of rural beauty be a mask #aj ,for discontent1 and poverty1 and crime2 ,these spreading towns a cloak for lawless will8 ,forbid it1 ,heaven6-and#gif ,,merry ,,england still ,shall#gig be thy rightful name1 in prose and rhyme6 ,,footnotes3 #gif #ahcg4 444 that 444 #ahce4 #gig #ahcg4 ,may4444 #ahce4 ,,iv ,,to ,,the ,,river ,,greta1 ,,near ,,keswick ,greta1 what fearful listening6 when huge stones ,rumble along thy bed1 block after block3 ,or1 whirling with reiterated shock1 ,combat1 while darkness aggravates the groans3 ,but if thou 7like ,cocytus from the moans#gih #e ,heard on his rueful margin#gii7 thence wert named ,the ,mourner1 thy true nature was defamed1 ,and the habitual murmur that atones ,for thy worst rage1 forgotten4 ,oft as ,spring ,decks1 on thy sinuous banks1 her thousand thrones1 #aj ,seats of glad instinct and love's carolling1 ,the concert1 for the happy1 then may vie ,with liveliest peals of birth-day harmony3 ,to a grieved heart1 the notes are benisons4 ,compare ,the ,prelude1 book i4 l4 #bfi 7vol4 iii4 p4 #adj73-- ,was it for this ,that one1 the fairest of all rivers1 loved ,to blend his murmurs with my nurse's song1 ,and1 from his alder shades and rocky falls1 ,and from his fords and shallows1 sent a voice ,that flowed along my dreams8 99 99 99 99 99 ,make ceaseless music that composed my thoughts ,to more than infant softness4 ,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #gih ,many years ago1 when ,i was at ,greta ,bridge1 in ,yorkshire1 the hostess of the inn1 proud of her skill in etymology1 said1 that the name of the river was taken from the bridge1 the form of which1 as every one must notice1 exactly resembled a great ,a4 ,dr4 ,whitaker has derived it from the word of common occurrence in the ,north of ,england1 to greet2 signifying to lament aloud1 mostly with weeping3 a conjecture rendered more probable from the stony and rocky channel of both the ,cumberland and ,yorkshire rivers4 ,the ,cumberland ,greta1 though it does not1 among the country people1 take up that name till within three miles of its disappearance in the ,river ,derwent1 may be considered as having its source in the mountain cove of ,wythburn1 and flowing through ,thirlmere1 the beautiful features of which lake are known only to those who1 travelling between ,grasmere and ,keswick1 have quitted the main road in the vale of ,wythburn1 and1 crossing over to the opposite side of the lake1 have proceeded with it on the right hand4 ,the channel of the ,greta1 immediately above ,keswick1 has1 for the purposes of building1 been in a great measure cleared of the immense stones which1 by their concussion in high floods1 produced the loud and awful noises described in the sonnet4 ,the scenery upon this river1 says ,mr4 ,southey in his ,colloquies1 where it passes under the woody side of ,latrigg1 is of the finest and most rememberable kind3-- ---- 'ambiguo lapsu refluitque fluitque1 ,occurrensque sibi venturas aspicit undas4' ,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #gii ,the ,cocytus was a tributary of the ,acheron1 in ,epirus1 but was supposed to have some connection with the underworld1 doubtless1 as ,wordsworth puts it1 from the moans ,heard on his rueful margin4 ,compare ,homer1 ,odyssey x4 #eac1 and ,virgil1 ,aenid vi4 #bie4--;,,ed4 ,v ,,to ,,the ,,river ,,derwent#hjj ,among the mountains were we nursed1 loved ,stream6 ,thou near the eagle's nest#hja--within brief sail1 ,i1 of his bold wing floating on the gale1 ,where thy deep voice could lull me6 ,faint the beam ,of human life when first allowed to gleam #e ,on mortal notice4--,glory of the vale1 ,such thy meek outset1 with a crown1 though frail1 ,kept in perpetual verdure by the steam ,of thy soft breath6--,less vivid wreath entwined ,neman victor's brow2#hjb less bright was worn1 #aj ,meed of some ,roman chief--in triumph borne ,with captives chained2 and shedding from his car ,the sunset splendours of a finished war ,upon the proud enslavers of mankind6 ,,footnotes3 #hjj ,this sonnet has already appeared in several editions of the author's poems2 but he is tempted to reprint it in this place1 as a natural introduction to the two that follow it4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,it was first published in #ahai4--;,,ed4 #hja ,the river ,derwent rises in ,langstrath valley1 ,borrowdale1 in which is ,eagle ,crag1 so named from its having been the haunt of a bird that is now extinct in ,cumberland4--,,ed4 #hjb ,the ,neman games were celebrated every third or fifth year at ,nema in ,argolis4 ,the victor was crowned with a wreath of olive4--,,ed4 ,,vi ,,in ,,sight ,,of ,,the ,,town ,,of ,,cockermouth 7,where the ,author was born1 and his ,father's remains are laid47 ,a point of life between my ,parents' dust1 ,and yours1 my buried ,little-ones6#hjc am ,i2 ,and to those graves looking habitually ,in kindred quiet ,i repose my trust4 ,death to the innocent is more than just1 #e ,and1 to the sinner1 mercifully bent2 ,so may ,i hope1 if truly ,i repent ,and meekly bear the ills which bear ,i must3 ,and ,you1 my ,offspring6 that do still remain1 ,yet may outstrip me in the appointed race1 #aj ,if e'er1 through fault of mine1 in mutual pain ,we breathed together for a moment's space1 ,the wrong1 by love provoked1 let love arraign1 ,and only love keep in your hearts a place4 ,,footnotes3 #hjc ,his children1 ,catherine and ,thomas1 who died in infancy at the ,parsonage1 ,grasmere1 and were buried in ,grasmere ,churchyard4--,,ed4 ,,vii ,,address ,,from ,,the ,,spirit ,,of ,,cockermouth ,,castle ,thou look'st upon me1 and dost fondly think1 ,poet6 that1 stricken as both are by years1 ,we1 differing once so much1 are now ,compeers1 ,prepared1 when each has stood his time1 to sink ,into the dust4 ,erewhile a sterner link #e ,united us2 when thou1 in boyish play1 ,entering my dungeon1 didst become a prey ,to soul-appalling darkness4 ,not a blink ,of light was there2--and thus did ,i1 thy ,tutor1 ,make thy young thoughts acquainted with the grave2 ,while thou wert chasing the wing'd butterfly #aa ,through my green courts2#hjd or climbing1 a bold suitor ,up to the flowers whose golden progeny ,still round my shattered brow in beauty wave4#hje ,,footnotes3 #hjd ,compare ,to a ,butterfly 7#ahjb71 vol4 ii4 p4 #bhd-- ,oh6 pleasant1 pleasant were the days1 ,the time1 when1 in our childish plays1 ,my sister ,emmeline and ,i ,together chased the butterfly6 ,,ed4 #hje ,compare ,the ,prelude1 book i4 ll4 #bhc-he-- ,the shadow of those towers ,that yet survive1 a shattered monument ,of feudal sway4 ,compare also the sonnet ,at ,furness ,abbey1 written in #ahdd4--;,,ed4 ,,viii ,,nun',s ,,well1 ,,brigham ,so named from the religious ,house that stood close by4 ,i have rather an odd anecdote to relate of the ,nun's ,well4 ,one day the landlady of a public-house1 a field's length from the well1 on the roadside1 said to me--,you have been to see the ,nun's ,well1 ,sir8 ,the ,nun's ,well6 what is that8 said the ,postman1 who in his royal livery stopt his mail-car at the door4 ,the landlady and ,i explained to him what the name meant1 and what sort of people the nuns were4 ,a countryman who was standing by1 rather tipsy1 stammered out--,aye1 those nuns were good people2 they are gone2 but we shall soon have them back again4 ,the ,reform mania was just then at its height4--,i4,f4 ,the cattle crowding round this beverage clear ,to slake their thirst1 with reckless hoofs have trod ,the encircling turf into a barren clod2 ,through which the waters creep1 then disappear1 ,born to be lost in ,derwent flowing near2 #e ,yet1 o'er the brink1 and round the lime-stone cell ,of the pure spring 7they call it the ,nun's ,well1 ,name that first struck by chance my startled ear7 ,a tender ,spirit broods--the pensive ,shade ,of ritual honours to this ,fountain paid #aj ,by hooded ,votaresses#hjf with saintly cheer2#hjg ,albeit oft the ,virgin-mother mild ,looked down with pity upon eyes beguiled ,into the shedding of too soft a tear4#hjh ,,footnotes3 #hjf #ahcg4 444 ,votaries 444 #ahce4 #hjg ,attached to the church of ,brigham was formerly a chantry1 which held a moiety of the manor2 and in the decayed parsonage some vestiges of monastic architecture are still to be seen4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #hjh ,see ,pope's ,elosa to ,abelard1 l4 #bbd4--;,,ed4 ,,ix ,,to ,a ,,friend#hji 7,,on ,,the ,,banks ,,of ,,the ,,derwent7 ,my son ,john1 who was then building a parsonage on his small living at ,brigham4--,i4,f4 ,pastor and ,patriot6--at whose bidding rise ,these modest walls1 amid a flock that need1 ,for one who comes to watch them and to feed1 ,a fixed ,abode--keep down presageful sighs4#haj ,threats1 which the unthinking only can despise1 #e ,perplex the ,church2 but be thou firm1--be true ,to thy first hope1 and this good work pursue1 ,poor as thou art4 ,a welcome sacrifice ,dost ,thou prepare1 whose sign will be the smoke#haa ,of thy new hearth2 and sooner shall its wreaths1 #aj ,mounting while earth her morning incense breathes1 ,from wandering fiends of air receive a yoke1 ,and straightway cease to aspire1 than ,god disdain ,this humble tribute as ill-timed or vain4 ,,footnotes3 #hji ,john ,wordsworth1 the poet's son1 the subject of this sonnet1 was incumbent of ,moresby1 near ,whitehaven1 before he went to ,brigham4 ,see the ,fenwick note to the lines1 ,composed by the ,sea-shore1 p4 #cdj4 ,in #ahcc ,wordsworth wrote to ,lady ,beaumont3-- ,were you ever told that my son is building a parsonage-house upon a small living1 to which he was lately presented by the ,earl of ,lonsdale4 ,the situation is beautiful1 commanding the windings of the ,derwent both above and below the site of the house2 the mountain ,skiddaw terminating the view one way1 at a distance of six miles1 and the ruins of ,cockermouth ,castle appearing nearly in the centre of the same view4 ,in consequence of some discouraging thoughts expressed by my son when he had entered upon this undertaking1 ,i addressed to him the following ,sonnet1 which you may perhaps read with some interest at the present crisis4--,,ed4 #haj #ahce4 444 foreboding sighs4 ,,ms4 ,letter to ,lady ,beaumont4 #haa #ahce4 ,to ,him who dwells in ,heaven will be the smoke ,,ms4 ,letter to ,lady ,beaumont4 ,x ,,mary ,,queen ,,of ,,scots 7,,landing ,,at ,,the ,,mouth ,,of ,,the ,,derwent1 ,,workington7#hab ,i will mention for the sake of the friend who is writing down these notes1 that it was among the fine ,scotch firs near ,ambleside1 and particularly those near ,green ,bank1 that ,i have over and over again paused at the sight of this image4 ,long may they stand to afford a like gratification to others6--,this wish is not uncalled for1 several of their brethren having already disappeared4--,i4 ,f4 ,dear to the ,loves1 and to the ,graces vowed1 ,the ,queen drew back the wimple that she wore2 ,and to the throng1 that on the ,cumbrian shore ,her landing hailed1 how touchingly she bowed6#hac ,and like a ,star 7that1 from a heavy cloud#had #e ,of pine-tree foliage poised in air1 forth darts1#hae ,when a soft summer gale at evening parts ,the gloom that did its loveliness enshroud7 ,she smiled2#haf but ,time1 the old ,saturnian seer1 ,sighed on the wing as her foot pressed the strand1 #aj ,with step prelusive to a long array ,of woes and degradations hand in hand-- ,weeping captivity1 and shuddering fear ,stilled by the ensanguined block of ,fotheringay6#hag ,,footnotes3 #hab ,the fears and impatience of ,mary were so great1 says ,robertson1 that she got into a fisher-boat1 and with about twenty attendants landed at ,workington1 in ,cumberland2 and thence she was conducted with many marks of respect to ,carlisle4 ,the apartment in which the ,queen had slept at ,workington ,hall 7where she was received by ,sir ,henry ,curwen as became her rank and misfortunes7 was long preserved1 out of respect to her memory1 as she had left it2 and one cannot but regret that some necessary alterations in the mansion could not be effected without its destruction4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #hac #ahcg4 ,and to the throng how touchingly she bowed ,that hailed her landing on the ,cumbrian shore2 #ahce4 #had #ahdj4 ,bright as a star 7that1 from a sombre cloud #ahce4 #hae #ahce4 ,high poised in air of pine-tree foliage1 darts1 ,,ms4 #haf ,compare ,the ,triad1 ll4 #ahi1 #aij 7p4 #ahh7-- ,so gleams the crescent moon1 that loves ,to be descried through shady groves4--,,ed4 #hag #ahce4 ,thenceforth he saw a long and long array ,of miserable seasons hand in hand-- ,weeping1 captivity1 and pallid fear1 ,and last1 the ensanguined block of ,fotheringay4 ,,ms4 ,,xi ,,stanzas ,,suggested ,,in ,a ,,steam-,,boat ,,off ,,saint ,,bees' ,,heads1 ,,on ,,the ,,coast ,,of ,,cumberland#hah ,if ,life were slumber on a bed of down1 ,toil unimposed1 vicissitude unknown1 ,sad were our lot3 no hunter of the hare ,exults like him whose javelin from the lair ,has roused the lion2 no one plucks the rose1 #e ,whose proffered beauty in safe shelter blows ',mid a trim garden's summer luxuries1 ,with joy like his who climbs1 on hands and knees1 ,for some rare plant1 yon ,headland of ,st4 ,bees4 ,this independence upon oar and sail1 #aj ,this new indifference to breeze or gale1 ,this straight-lined progress1 furrowing a flat lea1 ,and regular as if locked in certainty-- ,depress the hours4 ,up1 ,spirit of the storm6 ,that ,courage may find something to perform2 #ae ,that ,fortitude1 whose blood disdains to freeze ,at ,danger's bidding1 may confront the seas1 ,firm as the towering ,headlands of ,st4 ,bees4 ,dread cliff of ,baruth6 that wild wish may sleep1 ,bold as if men and creatures of the ,deep #bj ,breathed the same element2 too many wrecks ,have struck thy sides1 too many ghastly decks ,hast thou looked down upon1 that such a thought ,should here be welcome1 and in verse enwrought3 ,with thy stern aspect better far agrees #be ,utterance of thanks that we have past with ease1 ,as millions thus shall do1 the ,headlands of ,st4 ,bees4 ,yet1 while each useful ,art augments her store1 ,what boots the gain if ,nature should lose more8 ,and ,wisdom1 as she holds#hai a ,christian place #cj ,in man's intelligence sublimed by grace8 ,when ,bega sought of yore the ,cumbrian coast1#hbj ,tempestuous winds her holy errand cross'd3 ,she#hba knelt in prayer--the waves their wrath appease2 ,and1 from her vow well weighed in ,heaven's decrees1 ,rose1 where she touched the strand1 the ,chantry of ,st4 ,bees4 #cf ,cruel of heart were they1 bloody of hand1 ,who in these ,wilds then struggled for command2#hbb ,the strong were merciless1 without hope the weak2 ,till this bright ,stranger came1 fair as day-break1 #dj ,and as a cresset true that darts its length ,of beamy lustre from a tower of strength2 ,guiding the mariner through troubled seas1 ,and cheering oft his peaceful reveries1 ,like the fixed ,light that crowns yon ,headland of ,st4 ,bees4 #de ,to aid the ,votaress1 miracles believed ,wrought in men's minds1 like miracles achieved2 ,so piety took root2 and ,song might tell ,what humanising virtues near her cell#hbc ,sprang up1 and spread their fragrance wide around2 ,how savage bosoms melted at the sound #ea ,of gospel-truth enchained in harmonies ,wafted o'er waves1 or creeping through close trees1 ,from her religious ,mansion of ,st4 ,bees4 ,when her sweet ,voice1 that instrument of love1 #ee ,was glorified1 and took its place1 above ,the silent stars1 among the angelic quire1 ,her chantry blazed with sacrilegious fire1 ,and perished utterly2 but her good deeds ,had sown the spot1 that witnessed them1 with seeds #fj ,which lay in earth expectant1 till a breeze ,with quickening impulse answered their mute pleas1 ,and lo6 a statelier pile1 the ,abbey of ,st4 ,bees4#hbd ,there are#hbe the naked clothed1 the hungry fed2 ,and ,charity extendeth#hbf to the dead1 #fe ,her intercessions made for the soul's rest ,of tardy penitents2 or for the best ,among the good 7when love might else have slept1 ,sickened1 or died7 in pious memory kept4 ,thanks to the austere and simple ,devotees1 #gj ,who1 to that service bound by venial fees1 ,keep watch before the altars of ,st4 ,bees4 ,are#hbg not1 in sooth1 their ,requiems sacred ties#hbh ,woven out of passion's sharpest agonies1 ,subdued1 composed1 and formalized by art1 #ge ,to fix a wiser sorrow in the heart8 ,the prayer for them whose hour is past away ,says#hbi to the ,living1 profit while ye may6 ,a little part1 and that the worst1 he sees ,who thinks that priestly cunning holds the keys #hj ,that best unlock the secrets of ,st4 ,bees4 ,conscience1 the timid being's inmost light1 ,hope of the dawn and solace of the night1 ,cheers these ,recluses with a steady ray ,in many an hour when judgment goes astray4 #he ,ah6 scorn not hastily their rule who try ,earth to despise1 and flesh to mortify2 ,consume with zeal1 in wingd ecstasies ,of prayer and praise forget their rosaries1 ,nor hear the loudest surges of ,st4 ,bees4 #ij ,yet none so prompt to succour and protect ,the forlorn traveller1 or sailor wrecked ,on the bare coast2 nor do they grudge the boon ,which staff and cockle hat and sandal shoon ,claim for the pilgrim3 and1 though chidings sharp #ie ,may sometimes greet the strolling minstrel's harp1 ,it is not then when1 swept with sportive ease1 ,it charms a feast-day throng of all degrees1 ,brightening the archway of revered ,st4 ,bees4 ,how did the cliffs and echoing hills rejoice #ajj ,what time the ,benedictine ,brethren's voice1 ,imploring1 or commanding with meet pride1 ,summoned the ,chiefs to lay their feuds aside1 ,and under one blest ensign serve the ,lord ,in ,palestine4 ,advance1 indignant ,sword6 #aje ,flaming till thou from ,panym hands release ,that ,tomb1 dread centre of all sanctities ,nursed in the quiet ,abbey of ,st4 ,bees4 ,but look we now to them whose minds from far#hcj ,follow the fortunes which they may not share4 #aaj ,while in ,judea ,fancy loves to roam1 ,she helps to make a ,holy-land at home3 ,the ,star of ,bethlehem from its sphere invites ,to sound the crystal depth of maiden rights2#hca ,and wedded ,life1 through scriptural mysteries1 #aae ,heavenward ascends with all her charities1 ,taught by the hooded ,celibates of ,st4 ,bees4 ,nor be it e'er forgotten how by skill ,of cloistered ,architects1 free their souls to fill ,with love of ,god1 throughout the ,land were raised #abj ,churches1 on whose symbolic beauty gazed ,peasant and mail-clad ,chief with pious awe2 ,as at this day men seeing what they saw1 ,or the bare wreck of faith's solemnities1 ,aspire to more than earthly destinies2 #abe ,witness yon ,pile that greets us from ,st4 ,bees4#hcb ,yet more2 around those ,churches1 gathered ,towns#hcc ,safe from the feudal ,castle's haughty frowns2 ,peaceful abodes1 where ,justice might uphold ,her scales with even hand1 and culture mould #acj ,the heart to pity1 train the mind in care ,for rules of life1 sound as the ,time could bear4 ,nor dost thou fail1 thro' abject love of ease1 ,or hindrance raised by sordid purposes1 ,to bear thy part in this good work1 ,st4 ,bees4#hcd #ace ,who with the ploughshare clove the barren moors1 ,and to green meadows changed the swampy shores8 ,thinned the rank woods2 and for the cheerful grange ,made room where wolf and boar were used to range8 ,who taught1 and showed by deeds1 that gentler chains #adj ,should bind the vassal to his lord's domains8 ,the thoughtful ,monks1 intent their ,god to please1 ,for ,christ's dear sake1 by human sympathies ,poured from the bosom of thy ,church1 ,st4 ,bees6 ,but all availed not2 by a mandate given #ade ,through lawless will the ,brotherhood was driven ,forth from their cells2 their ancient ,house laid low ,in ,reformation's sweeping overthrow4 ,but now once more the local ,heart revives1 ,the inextinguishable ,spirit strives4 #aej ,oh may that ,power who hushed the stormy seas1 ,and cleared a way for the first ,votaries1 ,prosper the new-born ,college of ,st4 ,bees6#hce ,alas6 the ,genius of our age1 from ,schools ,less humble1 draws her lessons1 aims1 and rules4 #aec ,to ,prowess guided by her insight keen ,matter and ,spirit are as one ,machine2 ,boastful ,idolatress of formal skill ,she in her own would merge the eternal will3#hcf ,better1#hcg if ,reason's triumphs match with these1 #afj ,her flight before the bold credulities ,that furthered the first teaching of ,st4 ,bees4#hch ,,footnotes3 #hah ,st4 ,bees' ,heads1 anciently called the ,cliff of ,baruth1 are a conspicuous sea-mark for all vessels sailing in the ,n4,e4 parts of the ,irish ,sea4 ,in a bay1 one side of which is formed by the southern headland1 stands the village of ,st4 ,bees2 a place distinguished1 from very early times1 for its religious and scholastic foundations4 ,st4 ,bees1 say ,nicholson and ,burns1 had its name from ,bega1 an holy woman from ,ireland1 who is said to have founded here1 about the year of our ,lord #fej1 a small monastery1 where afterwards a church was built in memory of her4 ,the aforesaid religious house1 being destroyed by the ,danes1 was restored by ,william de ,meschiens1 son of ,ranulph1 and brother of ,ranulph de ,meschiens1 first ,earl of ,cumberland after the ,conquest2 and made a cell of a prior and six ,benedictine monks to the ,abbey of ,st4 ,mary at ,york4 ,several traditions of miracles1 connected with the foundation of the first of these religious houses1 survive among the people of the neighbourhood2 one of which is alluded to in these ,stanzas2 and another1 of a somewhat bolder and more peculiar character1 has furnished the subject of a spirited poem by the ,rev4 ,r4 ,parkinson1 ,m4,a41 late ,divinity ,lecturer of ,st4 ,bees' ,college1 and now ,fellow of the ,collegiate ,church of ,manchester4 ,after the dissolution of the monasteries1 ,archbishop ,grindal founded a free school at ,st4 ,bees1 from which the counties of ,cumberland and ,westmoreland have derived great benefit2 and recently1 under the patronage of the ,earl of ,lonsdale1 a college has been established there for the education of ministers for the ,english ,church4 ,the old ,conventual ,church has been repaired under the superintendence of the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,ainger1 the ,head of the ,college2 and is well worthy of being visited by any strangers who might be led to the neighbourhood of this celebrated spot4 ,the form of stanza in this ,poem1 and something in the style of versification1 are adopted from the ,st4 ,monica1 a poem of much beauty upon a monastic subject1 by ,charlotte ,smith3 a lady to whom ,english verse is under greater obligations than are likely to be either acknowledged or remembered4 ,she wrote little1 and that little unambitiously1 but with true feeling for rural nature1#hci at a time when nature was not much regarded by ,english ,poets2 for in point of time her earlier writings preceded1 ,i believe1 those of ,cowper and ,burns4#hdj--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #hai #ahde4 ,and ,wisdom1 that once held 444 #ahce4 #hbj ,see the note1 p4 #cea4--;,,ed4 #hba #ahcg4 444 cross'd2 ,as high and higher heaved the billows1 faith ,grew with them1 mightier than the powers of death4 ,she 444 #ahce4 #hbb ,the ,danes1 and the ,cymric aborigines4--,,ed4 #hbc #ahcg4 444 round her ,cell #ahce4 #hbd ,see the extract from ,nicholson and ,burn's ,history of ,cumberland1 in ,wordsworth's note1 p4 #cea4--;,,ed4 #hbe #ahcg4 ,there were 444 #ahce4 #hbf #ahcg4 444 extended 444 #ahce4 #hbg #ahcg4 ,were 444 #ahce4 #hbh ,i am aware that ,i am here treading upon tender ground2 but to the intelligent reader ,i feel that#hda no apology is due4 ,the prayers of survivors1 during passionate grief for the recent loss of relatives and friends1 as the object of those prayers could no longer be the suffering body of the dying1 would naturally be ejaculated for the souls of the departed2 the barriers between the two worlds dissolving before the power of love and faith4 ,the ministers of religion1 from their habitual attendance upon sick-beds1 would be daily witnesses of these benign results2 and hence would be strongly tempted to aim at giving to them permanence1 by embodying them in rites and ceremonies1 recurring at stated periods4 ,all this1 as it was in course of nature1 so was it blameless1 and even praiseworthy2 since some of its effects1 in that rude state of society1 could not but be salutary4 ,no reflecting person1 however1 can view#hdb without sorrow the abuses which rose out of thus formalizing sublime instincts1 and disinterested movements of passion1 and perverting them into means of gratifying the ambition and rapacity of the priesthood4 ,but1 while we deplore and are indignant at these abuses1 it would be a great mistake if we imputed the origin of the offices to prospective selfishness on the part of the monks and clergy3 they were at first sincere in their sympathy1 and in their degree dupes rather of their own creed1 than artful and designing men4 ,charity is1 upon the whole1 the safest guide that we can take in judging our fellow-men1 whether of past ages1 or of the present time4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #hbi #ahcg4 444 was past away ,said 444 #ahce4 #hcj #ahcg4 ,on1 ,champions1 on6--,but mark6 the passing ,day ,submits her intercourse to milder sway1 ,with high and low whose busy thoughts from far #ahce4 #hca ,compare ,the ,virgin1 in the ,ecclesiastical ,sonnets1 ,part ,,ii4 xxv4--,,ed4 #hcb #ahde4 ,as through the land we seeing what they saw1 ,or the bare wreck of faith's solemnities1 ,may lift the hearts to blissful destinies2 our for ,witness the remnant of thy ,church1 ,st4 ,bees4 ,witness your works1 good coenobites of ,st4 ,bees4 ,c4 7or7 ,as on this day we seeing what they saw1 ,uplift our hearts for heavenly destinies ,in field or town1 'mid mountain fastnesses1 ,or on wave-beaten shores like thine1 ,st4 ,bees4 ,c4 #hcc ,see ,the ,english ,town in ,green's ,short ,history of the ,english ,people1 ch4 iv4 sec4 #d4--;,,ed4 #hcd ,this stanza and the preceding one were added in #ahde4--;,,ed4 #hce ,this ,college was founded for the education of clerks in holy orders who did not mean to proceed to ,oxford or ,cambridge4--,,ed4 #hcf #ahce4 444 our age1 her rules ,from schools that scorning faith in things unseen1 ,most confident when most they overween1 ,would merge1 idolaters of formal skill ,in their own system ,god's eternal will4 ,c4 444 aims and rules ,would merge1 ,idolaters of formal skill ,in her own system ,god's eternal will4 ,c4 #hcg #ahcg4 444 will3 ,expert to move in paths that ,newton trod1 ,from ,newton's ,universe would banish ,god4 ,better1 444 #ahce4 #hch ,see ,the ,excursion1 seventh part2 and ,ecclesiastical ,sonnets1 second part1 near the beginning4--,w4 ,w4 #ahej4 ,the passages referred to are the following3 ,the ,excursion1 book vii4 l4 #ajjh1 etc4 7vol4 v4 p4 #cbd71 beginning-- ,the courteous ,knight1 and alluding to ,sir ,alfred ,irthing2 and in the ,ecclesiastical ,sonnets1 ,part ,,ii4 ,,iii41 ,,iv41 ,v41 ,cistercian ,monastery1 and ,monks and ,schoolmen4--,,ed4 #hci #ahcg4 but with true feeling for nature4 #ahce4 #hdj ,from at a time to ,burns was added in #ahcg4 #hda #ahde4 ,the ,author is aware that he is here 444 reader he feels that #ahce4 #hdb #ahcg4 praiseworthy2 but no reflecting person can view #ahce4 ,,xii ,,in ,,the ,,channel1 ,,between ,,the ,,coast ,,of ,,cumberland ,,and ,,the ,,isle ,,of ,,man ,ranging the heights of ,scawfell or ,black-,comb1#hdc ,in his lone course the ,shepherd oft will pause1 ,and strive to fathom the mysterious laws ,by which the clouds1 arrayed in light or gloom1 ,on ,mona settle1 and the shapes assume #e ,of all her peaks and ridges4#hdd ,what he draws ,from sense1 faith1 reason1 fancy1 of the cause1 ,he will take with him to the silent tomb4 ,or1 by his fire1 a child upon his knee1 ,haply the untaught ,philosopher may speak #aj ,of the strange sight1 nor hide his theory ,that satisfies the simple and the meek1 ,blest in their pious ignorance1 though weak ,to cope with ,sages undevoutly free4 ,,footnotes3 #hdc #ahcg4 444 ,black-coom1 #ahce4 #hdd ,compare the ,view from the top of ,black ,comb 7vol4 iv4 p4 #bgi72 also the ,inscription1 ,written with a ,slate ,pencil on a ,stone1 on the ,side of the ,mountain of ,black ,comb 7vol4 iv4 p4 #bha74 ,the atmospheric phenomena referred to in the sonnet are frequently seen from the ,cumberland hills1 overspreading the peaks and ridges of the ,isle of ,man2 and a similar appearance is often visible on the ,cumbrian hills1 as seen from ,mona4--,,ed4 ,,xiii ,,at ,,sea ,,off ,,the ,,isle ,,of ,,man ,bold words affirmed1 in days when faith was strong ,and doubts and scruples seldom teazed the brain1 ,that#hde no adventurer's bark had power to gain ,these shores if he approached them bent on wrong2 ,for1 suddenly up-conjured from the ,main1 #e ,mists rose to hide the ,land--that search1 though long ,and eager1 might be still pursued in vain4 ,o ,fancy1 what an age was that for song6 ,that age1 when not by laws inanimate1 ,as men believed1 the waters were impelled1 #aj ,the air controlled1 the stars their courses held2 ,but element and orb on acts did wait ,of ,powers endued with visible form1 instinct ,with will1 and to their work by passion linked4 ,,footnotes3 #hde #ahcg4 444 strong1 ,that 444 #ahce4 ,,xiv ,,desire ,,we ,,past ,,illusions ,,to ,,recal ,desire we past illusions to recal8 ,to reinstate wild ,fancy1 would we hide ,truth whose thick veil ,science has drawn aside8 ,no1--let this ,age1 high as she may1 instal ,in her esteem the thirst that wrought man's fall1 #e ,the universe is infinitely wide2 ,and conquering ,reason1 if self-glorified1 ,can nowhere move uncrossed by some new wall ,or gulf of mystery1 which thou alone1 ,imaginative ,faith6 canst overleap1 #aj ,in progress toward the fount of ,love1--the throne ,of ,power whose ministers the#hdf records keep ,of periods fixed1 and laws established1 less ,flesh to exalt than prove its nothingness4 ,,footnotes3 #hdf #ahcg4 ,of ,power1 whose ministering ,spirits 444 #ahce4 ,,xv ,,on ,,entering ,,douglas ,,bay1 ,,isle ,,of ,,man ,dignum laude virum ,musa vetat mori4#hdg ,the feudal ,keep1 the bastions of ,cohorn1#hdh ,even when they rose to check or to repel ,tides of aggressive war1 oft served as well ,greedy ambition1 armed to treat with scorn ,just limits2 but yon ,tower1 whose smiles adorn #e ,this perilous bay1 stands clear of all offence2 ,blest work it is of love and innocence1 ,a ,tower of refuge built for the else forlorn4#hdi ,spare it1 ye waves1 and lift the mariner1 ,struggling for life1 into its saving arms6 #aj ,spare1 too1 the human helpers6 ,do they stir ',mid your fierce shock like men afraid to die8 ,no2 their dread service nerves the heart it warms1 ,and they are led by noble ,,hillary4#hej ,,footnotes3 #hdg ,see ,horace1 ,odes1 book iv4 ode viii4 l4 #bh4--;,,ed4 #hdh ,baron ,menno van ,cohorn 7or ,coehoorn7 was a ,dutch military engineer of genius 7#afda-agjd74 ,his fame rests on discoveries connected with the effect of projectiles on fortifications4 ,his practical successes against the ,french1 under ,vauban1 were great2 and the fortifications he designed and constructed1 of which that of ,bergen-op-,zoom was the chief1 give him a place in the history of military science1 greater than that derived from his writings4 ,he devised a kind of small mortar or howitzer1 for use in siege operations1 which is named after him a ,cohorn4--,,ed4 #hdi #ahde4 ,a ,tower of refuge to the else forlorn4 #ahce4 ,a ,tower of refuge built for the forlorn4 ,c4 #hej ,the ,,tower ,,of ,,refuge1 an ornament to ,douglas ,bay1 was erected chiefly through the humanity and zeal of ,sir ,william ,hillary2 and he also was the founder of the lifeboat establishment1 at that place2 by which1 under his superintendence1 and often by his exertions at the imminent hazard of his own life1 many seamen and passengers have been saved4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,in ,dorothy ,wordsworth's ,journal of a visit to the ,isle of ,man in #ahbf1 the following occurs3--,monday1 #crd ,july4--,sir ,william ,hillary saved a boy's life to-day in harbour4 ,he raised a regiment for government1 and chose his own reward1 viz41 a ,baronetcy6 and now lives here on #cjj per annum1 etc4 etc4--,,ed4 ,,xvi ,,by ,,the ,,sea-,,shore1 ,,isle ,,of ,,man ,why stand we gazing on the sparkling ,brine1 ,with wonder smit by its transparency1 ,and all-enraptured with its purity8-- ,because the unstained1 the clear1 the crystalline1 ,have ever in them something of benign2 #e ,whether in gem1 in water1 or in sky1 ,a sleeping infant's brow1 or wakeful eye ,of a young maiden1 only not divine4 ,scarcely the hand forbears to dip its palm ,for beverage drawn as from a mountain-well4 #aj ,temptation centres in the liquid ,calm2 ,our daily raiment seems no obstacle ,to instantaneous plunging in1 deep ,sea6 ,and revelling#hea in long embrace with thee4#heb ,,footnotes3 #hea #ahce4 ,and wantoning 444 ,,ms4 #heb ,the sea-water on the coast of the ,isle of ,man is singularly pure and beautiful4--,w4 ,w4 #ahcg4 ,,xvii ,,isle ,,of ,,man ,my son ,william#hec is here the person alluded to as saving the life of the youth1 and the circumstances were as mentioned in the ,sonnet4--,i4 ,f4 ,a youth too certain of his power to wade ,on the smooth bottom of this clear bright sea1#hed ,to sight so shallow1 with a bather's glee1 ,leapt from this rock1 and but for timely aid ,he1 by the alluring element betrayed1 #e ,had perished4 ,then might ,sea-nymphs 7and with sighs ,of self-reproach7 have chanted elegies#hee ,bewailing his sad fate1 when he was laid#hef ,in peaceful earth3 for1 doubtless1 he was frank1 ,utterly in himself devoid of guile2 #aj ,knew not the double-dealing of a smile2 ,nor aught that makes men's promises a blank1 ,or deadly snare3 and ,he survives to bless ,the ,power that saved him in his strange distress4 ,,footnotes3 #hec ,but it was his son ,john1 and not ,william1 who accompanied the poet in this ,tour4 ,see the first ,fenwick note 7p4 #cdb74--;,,ed4 #hed #ahce4 444 that his feet could wade ,at will the flow of this pellucid sea1 ,,ms4 ,on the smooth bottom of this clear blue sea1 ,,ms4 #hee ,compare ,ariel's ,song in ,the ,tempest1 act ,i4 scene ii4-- ,nothing of him that doth fade1 ,but doth suffer a sea-change ,into something rich and strange4 ,sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell4--,,ed4 #hef #ahcg4 ,leapt from this rock1 and surely1 had not aid ,been near1 must soon have breathed out life1 betrayed ,by fondly trusting to an element ,fair1 and to others more than innocent2 ,then had sea-nymphs sung dirges for him laid #ahce4 ,here 444 ,,ms4 ,,xviii ,,isle ,,of ,,man#heg ,did#heh pangs of grief for lenient time too keen1 ,grief that devouring waves had caused--or guilt#hei ,which they had witnessed1 sway#hfj the man who built ,this ,homestead1 placed where nothing could be seen1 ,nought heard1 of ocean troubled or serene8 #e ,a tired ,ship-soldier#hfa on paternal land1 ,that o'er the channel holds august command1 ,the dwelling raised1--a veteran ,marine6#hfb ,he1 in disgust1 turned from the neighbouring sea#hfc ,to shun the memory of a listless life #aj ,that hung between two callings4 ,may no strife ,more hurtful here beset him1 doomed though free1 ,self-doomed1 to worse inaction1 till his eye ,shrink from the daily sight of earth and sky6 ,,footnotes3 #heg #ahcg4 ,the ,retired ,marine ,officer1 ,isle of ,man4 #ahce4 #heh #ahcg4 ,not 444 #ahce4 #hei #ahcg4 444 nor guilt #ahce4 #hfj #ahcg4 444 swayed 444 #ahce4 #hfa #ahce4 ,no--a ,ship-soldier 444 #ahcg4 #hfb ,henry ,hutchinson4 ,see the ,fenwick note to the next sonnet4--,,ed4 #hfc #ahce4 ,the dwelling raised4 ,fantastic slave of spleen ,he sought by shunning thus the neighbouring sea1 ,refuge from memory of a listless life ,c4 ,the habitation raised1 a slave of spleen1 ,c4 ,the weary man turned from the neighbouring sea ,,ms4 ,,xix ,,by ,a ,,retired ,,mariner#hfd 7,a ,,friend ,,of ,,the ,,author7 ,mrs4 ,wordsworth's ,brother1 ,henry4#hfe--;,i4 ,f4 ,from early youth ,i ploughed the restless ,main1 ,my mind as restless and as apt to change2 ,through every clime and ocean did ,i range1 ,in hope at length a competence to gain2 ,for poor to ,sea ,i went1 and poor ,i still remain4 #e ,year after year ,i strove1 but strove in vain1 ,and hardships manifold did ,i endure1 ,for ,fortune on me never deign'd to smile2 ,yet ,i at last a resting-place have found1 ,with just enough life's comforts to procure1 #aj ,in a snug ,cove on this our favoured ,isle1 ,a peaceful spot where ,nature's gifts abound2 ,then sure ,i have no reason to complain1 ,though poor to ,sea ,i went1 and poor ,i still remain4 ,,footnotes3 #hfd ,this unpretending ,sonnet is by a gentleman nearly connected with me1 and ,i hope1 as it falls so easily into its place1 that both the writer and the reader will excuse its appearance here4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #hfe ,mr4 ,henry ,hutchinson1 ,mrs4 ,wordsworth's brother1 was--the ,bishop of ,lincoln tells us--a person of great originality and vigour of mind1 a very enterprising sailor1 and a writer of verses distinguished by no ordinary merit4--,see the ,memoirs of ,wordsworth1 vol4 ii4 p4 #bdf4--;,,ed4 ,,xx ,,at ,,bala-,,sala1 ,,isle ,,of ,,man 7,,supposed ,,to ,,be ,,written ,,by ,a ,,friend7 ,supposed to be written by a friend 7,mr4 ,cookson71 who died there a few years after4#hff--;,i4 ,f4 ,broken in fortune1 but in mind entire ,and sound in principle1 ,i seek repose ,where ancient trees this convent-pile enclose1#hfg ,in ruin beautiful4 ,when vain desire ,intrudes on peace1 ,i pray the eternal ,sire #e ,to cast a soul-subduing shade on me1 ,a grey-haired1 pensive1 thankful ,refugee2 ,a shade--but with some sparks of heavenly fire ,once to these cells vouchsafed4#hfh ,and when ,i note ,the old ,tower's brow yellowed as with the beams #aj ,of sunset ever there1#hfi albeit streams#hgj ,of stormy weather-stains that semblance wrought1 ,i thank the silent ,monitor1 and say ,shine so1 my aged brow1 at all hours of the day6 ,,footnotes3 #hff ,henry ,crabb ,robinson--the ,wordsworths' companion in the tour1 wrote in his ,journal1 #adth ,july3 ,at ,ballasalla called on ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,cookson1 esteemed friends of the ,w4's1 whom adversity had driven to this asylum4--,,ed4 #hfg ,rushen ,abbey4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #hfh #ahce4 444 with such sparks of holy fire ,as once were cherished here4444 ,,ms4 #hfi ,the old ,tower is that of ,rushen ,abbey1 close to ,bala-,sala1 the latest dissolved monastery in the ,british ,isles4 ,little of it survives2 only the tower1 refectory1 and dormitory4 ,the tower is still yellowed with lichen stains4 ,the following occurs in one of ,mr4 ,h4 ,c4 ,robinson's letters on the ,italian ,tour of #ahcg3--,this reminds me that ,i was once privy to the conception of a ,sonnet with a distinctness which did not once occur on the longer ,italian journey4 ,this was when ,i accompanied him into the ,isle of ,man4 ,we had been drinking tea with ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,cookson1 and left them when the weather was dull4 ,very soon after leaving them we passed the ,church ,tower of ,bala-,sala4 ,the upper part of the tower had a sort of frieze of yellow lichens4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,pointed it out to me1 and said1 ',it's a ,perpetual sunshine4' ,i thought no more of it till ,i had read the beautiful sonnet1 ',broken in fortune1 but in mind entire4'--,,ed4 #hgj #ahce4 4444 and know that streams ,,ms4 ,,xxi ,,tynwald ,,hill ,mr4 ,robinson and ,i walked the greater part of the way from ,castle-town to ,piel1 and stopped some time at ,tynwald ,hill4 ,one of my companions was an elderly man who1 in a muddy way 7for he was tipsy71 explained and answered1 as far as he could1 my enquiries about this place and the ceremonies held here4 ,i found more agreeable company in some little children2 one of them1 upon my request1 recited the ,lord's ,prayer to me1 and ,i helped her to a clearer understanding of it as well as ,i could2 but ,i was not at all satisfied with my own part2 hers was much better done1 and ,i am persuaded that1 like other children1 she knew more about it than she was able to express1 especially to a stranger4--,i4 ,f4 ,once on the top of ,tynwald's formal mound 7,still marked with green turf circles narrowing#hga ,stage above stage7#hgb would sit this ,island's ,king1 ,the laws to promulgate1 enrobed and crowned2 ,while1 compassing the little mount around1#hgc #e ,degrees and ,orders stood1 each under each3 ,now1 like to things within fate's easiest reach1#hgd ,the power is merged1 the pomp a grave has found4 ,off with yon cloud1#hge old ,snafell6#hgf that thine eye ,over three ,realms may take its widest range2 #aj ,and let1 for them1 thy fountains utter strange ,voices1 thy winds break forth in prophecy1 ,if the whole ,state must suffer mortal change1 ,like ,mona's miniature of sovereignty4 ,,footnotes3 #hga ,the ground at ,tynwald ,hill 7as it is called7 remains unchanged4 ,here1 on a small plot of ground1 the whole ,manx people meet annually on ,midsummer ,day1 ,july #eth1 to appoint officers and enact new laws4 ,the first historical notice of these meetings is in #adag4 ,the name ,tynwald is derived from the ,scandinavian thing1 court of justice1 and wald1 fenced4 ,the mound is only #ab feet high1 rising by four circular platforms1 each #c feet higher than the one below it4 ,the circumference at the base is #bdj feet1 and at the top #ah feet4 ,it used once to be walled round1 and had two gates4 ,the approach now is by twenty-one steps cut in the turf4 ,in his ,diary1 etc41 ,robinson wrote of ,tynwald--,it brought to my mind a similar monument of simple manners at ,sarnen in ,switzerland4--,,ed4 #hgb #ahce4 ,once on the top of ,tynwald ,hill 7a ,mound ,,ms4 ,time was when on the top of yon small mound 7,still marked with circles duly narrowing ,each above each7 444 ,,ms4 #hgc #ahce4 ,would sit by solemn usage robed and crowned1 ,while compassing the grassy mount around1 ,,ms4 ,sate 'mid the assembled people robed and crowned1 ,,ms4 #hgd #ahce4 ,now like a thing within ,fate's easiest reach1 ,,ms4 #hge #ahce4 ,off with those clouds1 444 ,,ms4 #hgf ,the summit of this mountain is well chosen by ,cowley as the scene of the ,vision1 in which the spectral angel discourses with him concerning the government of ,oliver ,cromwell4 ,i found myself1 says he1 on the top of that famous hill in the ,island ,mona1 which has the prospect of three great1 and not long since most happy1 kingdoms4 ,as soon as ever ,i looked upon them1 they called forth the sad representation of all the sins and all the miseries that had overwhelmed them these twenty years4 ,it is not to be denied that the changes now in progress1 and the passions1 and the way in which they work1 strikingly resemble those which led to the disasters the philosophic writer so feelingly bewails4 ,god grant that the resemblance may not become still more striking as months and years advance6--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,the top of ,snaefell 7which ,wordsworth names ,snafell71 the highest mountain in the ,isle of ,man1 whence ,england1 ,scotland1 and ,ireland are to be seen1 as mentioned in the ,sonnet1 is not visible from ,tynwald ,hill4--,,ed4 ,,xxii ,,despond ,,who ,,will--,i ,,heard ,a ,,voice ,,exclaim ,despond who will--,i heard a voice exclaim1 ,though fierce the assault1 and shatter'd the defence1#hgg ,it cannot be that ,britain's social frame1 ,the glorious work of time and providence1 ,before a flying season's rash pretence1#hgh #e ,should fall2 that ,she1 whose virtue put to shame1 ,when ,europe prostrate lay1 the ,conqueror's aim1 ,should perish1 self-subverted4 ,black and dense ,the cloud is2 but brings that a day of doom ,to ,liberty8 ,her sun is up the while1#hgi #aj ,that orb whose beams round ,saxon ,alfred shone3 ,then laugh1 ye innocent ,vales6 ye ,streams1 sweep on1 ,nor let one billow of our heaven-blest ,isle#hhj ,toss in the fanning wind a humbler plume4 ,,footnotes3 #hgg #ahce4 ,clear voices from pure worlds of hope exclaim ,tho' fierce the assault1 and shattered the defence1 ,,ms4 #hgh #ahce4 ,before a season's calculating sense1 ,,ms4 #hgi #ahce4 444 ,the sun is up 444 ,,ms4 #hhj #ahce4 444 of this heaven-blest ,isle ,,ms4 ,,xxiii ,,in ,,the ,,frith ,,of ,,clyde1 ,,ailsa ,,crag#hha ,,during ,,an ,,eclipse ,,of ,,the ,,sun1 ,,july #ag ,the morning of the eclipse was exquisitely beautiful while we passed the ,crag as described in the ,sonnet4 ,on the deck of the steam-boat were several persons of the poor and labouring class1 and ,i could not but be struck by their cheerful talk with each other1 while not one of them seemed to notice the magnificent objects with which we were surrounded2 and even the phenomenon of the eclipse attracted but little of their attention4 ,was it right not to regret this8 ,they appeared to me1 however1 so much alive in their own minds to their own concerns that ,i could not look upon it as a misfortune that they had little perception for such pleasures as cannot be cultivated without ease and leisure4 ,yet1 if one surveys life in all its duties and relations1 such ease and leisure will not be found so enviable a privilege as it may at first appear4 ,natural ,philosophy1 ,painting1 and ,poetry1 and refined taste are no doubt great acquisitions to society2 but among those who dedicate themselves to such pursuits1 it is to be feared that few are as happy1 and as consistent in the management of their lives1 as the class of persons who at that time led me into this course of reflection4 ,i do not mean by this to be understood to derogate from intellectual pursuits1 for that would be monstrous3 ,i say it in deep gratitude for this compensation to those whose cares are limited to the necessities of daily life4 ,among them1 self-tormentors1 so numerous in the higher classes of society1 are rare4--,i4 ,f4 ,since risen from ocean1 ocean to defy1 ,appeared the ,crag of ,ailsa1 ne'er did morn ,with gleaming lights more gracefully adorn ,his sides1 or wreathe with mist his forehead high3 ,now1 faintly darkening with the sun's eclipse1#hhb #e ,still is he seen1 in lone sublimity1 ,towering above the sea and little ships2 ,for dwarfs the tallest seem while sailing by1 ,each for her haven2 with her freight of ,care1 ,pleasure1 or ,grief1 and ,toil that seldom looks #aj ,into the secret of to-morrow's fare2 ,though poor1 yet rich1 without the wealth of books1 ,or aught that watchful ,love to ,nature owes ,for her mute ,powers1 fix'd ,forms1 or#hhc transient ,shows4 ,,footnotes3 #hha #ahde4 ,,in ,,the ,,frith ,,of ,,clyde1 ,,ailsa ,,crag4 7,july #ag1 #ahcc7 #ahce4 ,,in ,,the ,,frith ,,of ,,clyde1 ,,ailsa ,,crag4 7,july #ag7 #ahcg4 #hhb ,compare ,the ,eclipse of the ,sun1 #ahbj1 in the ,memorials of a ,tour on the ,continent1 #ahbj 7vol4 vi4 p4 #cde74--;,,ed4 #hhc #ahcg4 444 and 444 #ahce4 ,,xxiv ,,on ,,the ,,frith ,,of ,,clyde 7,,in ,a ,,steam-,,boat7 ,the mountain outline on the north of this island1 as seen from the ,frith of ,clyde1#hhd is much the finest ,i have ever noticed in ,scotland or elsewhere--,i4,f4 ,arran6 a single-crested ,teneriffe1 ,a ,st4 ,helena next--in shape and hue1 ,varying her crowded peaks and ridges blue2 ,who but must covet a cloud-seat1 or skiff ,built for the air1 or winged ,hippogriff8 #e ,that he might fly1 where no one could pursue1 ,from this dull ,monster and her sooty crew2 ,and1 as#hhe a ,god1 light on thy topmost cliff4 ,impotent wish6 which reason would despise ,if the mind knew no union of extremes1 #aj ,no natural bond between the boldest schemes ,ambition frames1 and heart-humilities4#hhf ,beneath stern mountains many a soft vale lies1 ,and lofty springs give birth to lowly streams4 ,,footnotes3 #hhd ,he doubtless refers to the view of ,goatfell and ,kaim-na-,calliach1 with ,loch ,ranza in front4--,,ed4 #hhe #ahcg4 ,and1 like 444 #ahce4 #hhf ,compare ,the ,triad1 ,,ii4 #ade-adh-- ,high is her aim as heaven above1 ,and wide as ether her good-will2 ,and1 like the lowly reed1 her love ,can drink its nurture from the scantiest rill4--,,ed4 ,,xxv ,,on ,,revisiting ,,dunolly ,,castle 7,see former series1 ,yarrow ,revisited1 etc41 p4 #bgh47 ,the captive ,bird was gone2--to cliff or moor ,perchance had flown1 delivered by the storm2 ,or he had pined1 and sunk to feed the worm3 ,him found we not3 but1 climbing a tall tower1 ,there saw1 impaved with rude fidelity #e ,of art mosaic1 in a roofless floor1#hhg ,an ,eagle with stretched wings1 but beamless eye-- ,an ,eagle that could neither wail nor soar4 ,effigy#hhh of the ,vanished#hhi--7shall ,i dare ,to call thee so87 or symbol of fierce deeds #aj ,and of the towering courage which past times ,rejoiced in--take1 whate'er thou be1 a share1#hij ,not undeserved1 of the memorial rhymes ,that animate my way where'er it leads6 ,lieutenant-,colonel ,m',dougal of ,dunollie wrote to me 7,october #ahhc7 that the mosaic picture of an eagle--if it may be called so--still exists1 though it is rather a rude work of art4 ,i believe it was executed by a gardener1 who was here about the time of ,wordsworth's visit4 ,it was made of small stones1 and is now a good deal overgrown with weeds1 moss1 etc41 as the second story of the old ruin is open to the weather4 ,an eagle was for many years kept in a cage1 made against a wall of the ruin1 and this no doubt was the cause of the rude picture being made4--,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #hhg #ahce4 ,espied an old mosaic effigy ,set in a roofless chamber's pavement floor1 ,,ms4 #hhh #ahcg4 ,shade of the poor ,departed 444 ,,ms4 ,effigies of the ,vanished 444 #ahce4 #hhi ,this ingenious piece of workmanship1 as ,i afterwards learned1 had been executed for their own amusement by some labourers employed about the place4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #hij #ahcg4 444 or symbol of past times1 ,that towering courage1 and the savage deeds ,those times were proud of1 take ,thou too a share1 #ahce4 ,their towering courage1 and the savage deeds ,which they were proud of1 444 ,,ms4 ,,xxvi ,,the ,,dunolly ,,eagle ,not to the clouds1 not to the cliff1 he flew2 ,but when a storm1 on sea or mountain bred1 ,came and delivered him1 alone he sped ,into the castle-dungeon's darkest mew4 ,now1 near his master's house in open view #e ,he dwells1 and hears indignant tempests howl1 ,kennelled and chained4 ,ye tame domestic fowl1#hia ,beware of him6 ,thou1 saucy cockatoo1 ,look to thy plumage and thy life6--,the roe1 ,fleet as the west wind1 is for him no quarry2 #aj ,balanced in ether he will never tarry1 ,eyeing the sea's blue depths4 ,poor ,bird6 even so ,doth man of brother man a creature make ,that clings to slavery for its own sad sake4 ,,footnotes3 #hia #ahce4 444 villatic ,fowl1 ,,ms4 ,,xxvii ,,written ,,in ,a ,,blank ,,leaf ,,of ,,macpherson',s ,,ossian#hib ,composed #ahbd4--,published #ahbg ,the verses1 or strayed ,from hope and promise1 self-betrayed1 were1 ,i am sorry to say1 suggested from apprehensions of the fate of my friend1 ,h4,c41#hic the subject of the verses addressed to ,h4,c4 when six years old4 ,the piece to ,memory arose out of similar feelings4#hid--;,i4 ,f4 ,oft have ,i caught1 upon a fitful breeze1#hie ,fragments of far-off melodies1 ,with ear not coveting the whole1 ,a part so charmed the pensive soul3 ,while a dark storm before my sight #e ,was yielding1 on a mountain height ,loose vapours have ,i watched1 that won ,prismatic colours from the sun2 ,nor felt a wish that heaven would show ,the image of its perfect bow4 #aj ,what need1 then1 of these finished ,strains8 ,away with counterfeit ,remains6 ,an abbey in its lone recess1 ,a temple of the wilderness1 ,wrecks though they be1 announce with feeling #ae ,the majesty of honest dealing4 ,spirit of ,ossian6 if imbound ,in language thou may'st yet be found1 ,if aught 7intrusted to the pen ,or floating on the tongues of men1 #bj ,albeit shattered and impaired7 ,subsist thy dignity to guard1 ,in concert with memorial claim ,of old grey stone1 and high-born name ,that cleaves to rock or pillared cave #be ,where moans the blast1 or beats the wave1 ,let ,truth1 stern arbitress of all1 ,interpret that ,original1 ,and for presumptuous wrongs atone2-- ,authentic words be given1 or none6 #cj ,time is not blind2--yet ,he1 who spares ,pyramid pointing to the stars1 ,hath preyed with ruthless appetite ,on all that marked the primal flight ,of the poetic ecstasy #ce ,into the land of mystery4 ,no tongue is able to rehearse ,one measure1 ,orpheus6 of thy verse2#hif ,musus1 stationed with his lyre ,supreme among the ,elysian quire1 #dj ,is1 for the dwellers upon earth ,mute as a lark ere morning's birth1#hig ,why grieve for these1 though past away ,the music1 and extinct the lay8 ,when thousands1 by severer doom1 #de ,full early to the silent tomb ,have sunk1 at ,nature's call2 or strayed ,from hope and promise1 self-betrayed2 ,the garland withering on their brows2 ,stung with remorse for broken vows2 #ej ,frantic--else how might they rejoice8 ,and friendless1 by their own sad choice6 ,hail1 ,bards of mightier grasp6 on you ,i chiefly call1 the chosen ,few1 ,who cast-not off the acknowledged guide1 #ee ,who faltered not1 nor turned aside2 ,whose lofty genius could survive ,privation1 under sorrow thrive2 ,in whom the fiery ,muse revered ,the symbol of a snow-white beard1 #fj ,bedewed with meditative tears ,dropped from the lenient cloud of years4 ,brothers in soul6 though distant times ,produced you nursed in various climes1 ,ye1 when the orb of life had waned1 #fe ,a plenitude of love retained3 ,hence1 while in you each sad regret ,by corresponding hope was met1 ,ye lingered among human kind1 ,sweet voices for the passing wind2 #gj ,departing sunbeams1 loth to stop1 ,though smiling on the last hill top6#hih ,such to the tender-hearted maid ,even ere her joys begin to fade2 ,such1 haply1 to the rugged chief #ge ,by fortune crushed1 or tamed by grief2 ,appears1 on ,morven's lonely shore1 ,dim-gleaming through imperfect lore1 ,the ,son of ,fingal2 such was blind ,monides of ampler mind2#hii #hj ,such ,milton1 to the fountain head ,of glory by ,urania led6 ,,footnotes3 #hib ,this poem was first published among the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection in the edition of #ahbg4 ,in the edition of #ahcf ,wordsworth gave #ahbd as the year of its composition4 ,it is here printed in the series to which it was finally assigned1 although slightly out of its chronological place4--,,ed4 #hic ,hartley ,coleridge4--,,ed4 #hid ,see p4 #aag4--;,,ed4 #hie #ahcb4 444 caught from fitful breeze #ahbg4 #hif ,the genuine ,orphic ,literature included some ,hymns1 a ,theogony1 ,oracles1 ,songs1 and ,sacred ,legends1 hieroi logoi3 but none have come down to modern times4 ,the ,orphica which have survived are spurious4--,,ed4 #hig ,none of the fragments attributed to ,musus by the ancients--the ,chrsmoi1 ,hypothkai1 ,theogonia1 etc4--have survived4--,,ed4 #hih ,compare vol4 ii4 p4 #afc-- ,there is an ,eminence1--of these our hills ,the last that parleys with the setting sun4--,,ed4 #hii ,homer2 so called from the fact that ,monia in ,lydia was1 by some1 claimed as his birth-place4--,,ed4 ,,xxviii ,,cave ,,of ,,staffa#ijj ,we saw1 but surely1 in the motley crowd1 ,not one of us has felt the far-famed sight2 ,how could we feel it8 each the other's blight1 ,hurried and hurrying1 volatile and loud4 ,o for those motions only that invite #e ,the ,ghost of ,fingal to his tuneful ,cave ,by the breeze entered1 and wave after wave ,softly embosoming the timid light6 ,and by one ,votary who at will might stand ,gazing1 and take into his mind and heart1 #aj ,with undistracted reverence1 the effect ,of those proportions where the almighty hand ,that made the worlds1 the sovereign ,architect1 ,has deigned to work as if with human ,art6#ija ,,footnotes3 #ijj ,the reader may be tempted to exclaim1 ,how came this and the two following sonnets to be written1 after the dissatisfaction expressed in the preceding one8 ,in fact1 at the risk of incurring the reasonable displeasure of the master of the steam-boat1 ,i returned#ijb to the cave1 and explored it under circumstances more favourable to those imaginative impressions which it is so wonderfully fitted to make upon the mind4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #ija ,staffa1 or the island of ,staves1 as some derive the name4--,,ed4 #ijb #ahde4 the ,author returned #ahce4 ,,xxix ,,cave ,,of ,,staffa 7,,after ,,the ,,crowd ,,had ,,departed7#ijc ,thanks for the lessons of this ,spot--fit school ,for the presumptuous thoughts that would assign ,mechanic laws to agency divine2 ,and1 measuring heaven by earth1 would overrule ,infinite ,power4 ,the pillared vestibule1 #e ,expanding yet precise1 the roof embowed1#ijd ,might seem designed to humble man1 when proud ,of his best workmanship by plan and tool4 ,down-bearing with his whole ,atlantic weight ,of tide and tempest on the ,structure's base1 #aj ,and flashing to that ,structure's topmost height1#ije ,ocean has proved its strength1 and of its grace ,in calms is conscious1#ijf finding for his freight ,of softest music some responsive place4 ,,footnotes3 #ijc #ahde4 ,,cave ,,of ,,staffa4 #ahce4 #ijd ,note the topographical accuracy of this description4--,,ed4 #ije #ahcg4 ,and flashing upwards to its topmost height1 #ahce4 #ijf ,compare1 ,on a high part of the ,coast of ,cumberland1 p4 #cch-- ,no2 'tis the earth-voice of the mighty sea1 ,whispering how meek and gentle he can be6--,,ed4 ,,xxx ,,cave ,,of ,,staffa ,ye shadowy ,beings1 that have rights and claims ,in every cell of ,fingal's mystic ,grot1 ,where are ye8 ,driven or venturing to the spot1 ,our fathers glimpses caught of your thin ,frames1 ,and1 by your mien and bearing1 knew your names2 #e ,and they could hear his ghostly song who trod ,earth1 till the flesh lay on him like a load1 ,while he struck his desolate harp without hopes or aims4 ,vanished ye are1 but subject to recal2 ,why keep we else the instincts whose dread law #aj ,ruled here of yore1 till what men felt they saw1 ,not by black arts but magic natural6 ,if eyes be still sworn vassals of belief1 ,yon light shapes forth a ,bard1 that shade a ,chief4 ,,xxxi ,,flowers ,,on ,,the ,,top ,,of ,,the ,,pillars ,,at ,,the ,,entrance ,,of ,,the ,,cave ,hope smiled when your nativity was cast1 ,children of ,summer6#ijg ,ye fresh ,flowers that brave ,what ,summer here escapes not1 the fierce wave1 ,and whole artillery of the western blast1 ,battering the ,temple's front1 its long-drawn nave #e ,smiting1 as if each moment were their last4 ,but ye1 bright ,flowers1 on frieze and architrave ,survive1#ijh and once again the ,pile stands fast2 ,calm as the ,universe1 from specular towers ,of heaven contemplated by ,spirits pure #aj ,with mute astonishment1 it stands sustained ,through every part in symmetry1 to endure1#iji ,unhurt1 the assault of ,time with all his hours1 ,as the supreme ,artificer ordained4#iaj ,,footnotes3 #ijg ,upon the head of the columns which form the front of the cave1 rests a body of decomposed basaltic matter1 which was richly decorated with that large bright flower1 the ox-eyed daisy4 ,i had#iaa noticed the same flower growing with profusion among the bold rocks on the western coast of the ,isle of ,man2 making a brilliant contrast with their black and gloomy surfaces4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #ijh ,they still survive1 and flourish above the pillars4--,,ed4 #iji #ahdj and ,c4 ,suns and their systems1 diverse yet sustained ,in symmetry1 and fashioned to endure1 #ahce4 #iaj #ahce4 ,as the ,supreme ,geometer ordained4 ,,ms4 #iaa #ahde4 ,the author had #ahce4 ,,xxxii ,,iona ,on to ,iona6--,what can she afford ,to us save matter for a thoughtful sigh1 ,heaved over ruin with stability ,in urgent contrast8 ,to diffuse the ,,word 7,thy ,paramount1 mighty ,nature6 and ,time's ,lord7 ,her ,temples rose1#iab 'mid pagan gloom2 but why1 #f ,even for a moment1 has our verse deplored ,their wrongs1 since they fulfilled their destiny8 ,and when1 subjected to a common doom ,of mutability1 those far-famed ,piles #aj ,shall disappear from both the sister ,isles1 ,iona's ,saints1 forgetting not past days1 ,garlands shall wear of amaranthine bloom1 ,while heaven's vast sea of voices chants their praise4 ,,footnotes3 #iab ,st4 ,columba took up his residence at ,iona1 in #efc4--;,,ed4 ,,xxxiii ,,iona 7,,upon ,,landing7 ,how sad a welcome6 ,to each voyager#iac ,some ragged child holds up for sale a store#iad ,of wave-worn pebbles1 pleading on the shore#iae ,where once came monk and nun with gentle stir1 ,blessings to give1 news ask1 or suit prefer4 #e ,yet is#iaf yon neat trim church#iag a grateful speck ,of novelty amid the sacred wreck ,strewn far and wide4 ,think1 proud ,philosopher6#iah ,fallen though she be1 this ,glory of the west1#iai ,still on her sons1 the beams of mercy shine2 #aj ,and hopes1 perhaps more heavenly bright than thine1 ,a grace by thee unsought and unpossest1 ,a faith more fixed1 a rapture more divine1 ,shall gild their passage to eternal rest4#ibj ,,footnotes3 #iac #ahcg4 ,with earnest look1 to every voyager1 #ahce4 #iad #ahcg4 444 his store #ahce4 #iae #ahce4 ,with outstretched hands1 round every voyager ,press ragged children1 each to supplicate ,a price for wave-worn pebbles on his plate1 ,,ms4 #iaf #ahcg4 ,but see 444 #ahce4 #iag ,this refers to the modern parish ,church on the ,island1 not to ,st4 ,oran's ,chapel1 or the ,cathedral ,church of ,st4 ,mary4--,,ed4 #iah #ahcg4 444 this sacred wreck-- ,nay spare thy scorn1 haughty ,philosopher6 #ahce4 #iai #ahce4 ,fallen as she is1 this ,glory of the ,west1 ,,ms4 #ibj ,the four last lines of this sonnet are adopted from a well-known sonnet of ,russel1 as conveying my feeling#iba better than any words of my own#ibb could do4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,these last four lines are taken from sonnet ,no4 x4 of ,sonnets and ,miscellaneous ,poems1 by the late ,thomas ,russel1 ,fellow of ,new ,college ,oxford1 printed for ,d4 ,price and ,j4 ,cooke1 #aghi4 ,the ,rev4 ,thomas ,russell1 author of these ,sonnets1 was born #agfb1 died #aghh4 ,he was a ,wykehamist1 and is referred to in a letter by ,wordsworth to ,dyce in #ahcc4--;,,ed4 #iba #ahde the author's feeling #ahce4 #ibb #ahde his own #ahce4 ,,xxxiv ,,the ,,black ,,stones ,,of ,,iona ,see ,martin's ,voyage among the ,western ,isles4#ibc ,here on their knees men swore2 the stones were black1#ibd ,black in the people's minds and words1#ibe yet they ,were at that time1 as now1 in colour grey4 ,but what is colour1 if upon the rack ,of conscience souls are placed by deeds that lack #e ,concord with oaths8 ,what differ night and day ,then1 when before the ,perjured on his way ,hell opens1 and the heavens in vengeance crack ,above his head uplifted in vain prayer ,to ,saint1 or ,fiend1#ibf or to the ,godhead whom #aj ,he had insulted--,peasant1 ,king1 or ,thane8 ,fly where the culprit may1 guilt meets a doom2 ,and1 from invisible worlds at need laid bare1 ,come links for social order's awful chain4 ,,footnotes3 #ibc ,description of the ,western ,islands of ,scotland2 including an account of the ,manners1 ,customs1 ,religion1 ,language1 ,dress1 etc41 of the ,inhabitants1 by ,m4 ,martin1 #agjc4--;,,ed4 #ibd ,in ,johnson's ,journey to the ,western ,islands of ,scotland the following occurs in the section on ,icolmkill3--,the place is said to be known where the ,black ,stones lie concealed1 on which the old ,highland chiefs1 when they made contracts and alliances1 used to take the oath1 which was considered more sacred than any other obligation1 and which could not be violated without the blackest infamy4 ,in these days of violence and rapine1 it was of great importance to impose upon savage minds the sanctity of an oath1 by some particular and extraordinary circumstances--they would not have recourse to the ,black ,stones upon small or common occasions2 and when they had established their faith by this tremendous sanction1 inconstancy and treachery were no longer feared4--,,ed4 #ibe #ahce4 ,here on their knees1 they swore1 the stones were black1 ,black in men's minds and words1 444 ,,ms4 #ibf #ahce4 ,to saints1 to fiends1 444 ,,ms4 ,,xxxv ,,homeward ,,we ,,turn4 ,,isle ,,of ,,columba',s ,,cell ,homeward we turn4 ,isle of ,columba's ,cell1 ,where ,christian piety's soul-cheering spark 7,kindled from ,heaven between the light and dark ,of time7 shone like the morning-star1 farewell6-- ,and fare thee well1 to ,fancy visible1 #e ,remote ,st4 ,kilda1 lone and loved sea-mark#ibg ,for many a voyage made in her swift bark1#ibh ,when with more hues than in the rainbow dwell ,thou a mysterious intercourse dost hold1 ,extracting from clear skies and air serene1 #aj ,and out of sun-bright waves1 a lucid veil1 ,that thickens1 spreads1 and1 mingling fold with fold1 ,makes known1 when thou no longer canst be seen1 ,thy whereabout1 to warn the approaching sail4 ,,footnotes3 #ibg ,st4 ,kilda is sixty miles to the north-west of ,harris1 in the ,outer ,hebrides4--,,ed4 #ibh #ahcg4 444 farewell6-- ,remote ,st4 ,kilda1 art thou visible8 ,no--but farewell to thee1 beloved sea-mark ,from many a voyage made in ,fancy's bark1 #ahce4 ,,xxxvi ,,greenock ,per me si va nella ,citt dolente4#ibi ,we have not passed into a doleful ,city1 ,we who were led to-day down a grim dell1 ,by some too boldly named the ,jaws of ,hell3#icj ,where be the wretched ones1 the sights for pity8 ,these crowded streets resound no plaintive ditty3-- #e ,as from the hive where bees in summer dwell1 ,sorrow seems here excluded2 and that knell1 ,it neither damps the gay1 nor checks the witty4 ,alas6 too busy ,rival of old ,tyre1#ica ,whose merchants ,princes were1 whose decks were thrones2 ,soon may the punctual sea in vain respire #aa ,to serve thy need1 in union with that ,clyde ,whose nursling current brawls o'er mossy stones1#icb ,the poor1 the lonely1 herdsman's joy and pride4 ,,footnotes3 #ibi ,see ,dante1 ,inferno1 iii4 ,i4--,,ed4 #icj ,they came down from ,inveraray to ,loch ,goil by ,hell's ,glen4--,,ed4 #ica #ahcg4 ,too busy ,mart6 thus fared it with old ,tyre1 #ahce4 #icb ,above ,elvanfoot1 near the watershed1 at ,summit on the ,caledonian ,railway line1 where the ,clyde rises4--,,ed4 ,,xxxvii ,,there6 ,,said ,a ,,stripling1 ,,pointing ,,with ,,meet ,,pride ,mosgiel was thus pointed out to me by a young man on the top of the coach on my way from ,glasgow to ,kilmarnock4 ,it is remarkable that1 though ,burns lived some time here1 and during much the most productive period of his poetical life1 he nowhere adverts to the splendid prospects stretching towards the sea and bounded by the peaks of ,arran on one part1 which in clear weather he must have had daily before his eyes4 ,in one of his poetical effusions he speaks of describing fair ,nature's face as a privilege on which he sets a high value2 nevertheless1 natural appearances rarely take a lead in his poetry4 ,it is as a human being1 eminently sensitive and intelligent1 and not as a poet1 clad in his priestly robes and carrying the ensigns of sacerdotal office1 that he interests and affects us4 ,whether he speaks of rivers1 hills and woods1 it is not so much on account of the properties with which they are absolutely endowed1 as relatively to local patriotic remembrances and associations1 or as they ministered to personal feelings1 especially those of love1 whether happy or otherwise2--yet it is not always so4 ,soon after we had passed ,mosgiel ,farm we crossed the ,ayr1 murmuring and winding through a narrow woody hollow4 ,his line--,auld hermit ,ayr strays through his woods--came at once to my mind with ,irwin1 ,lugar1 ,ayr1 and ,doon1--,ayrshire streams over which he breathes a sigh as being unnamed in song2 and surely his own attempts to make them known were as successful as his heart could desire4--,i4 ,f4 ,there6 said a ,stripling1 pointing with meet pride ,towards a low roof with green trees half concealed1 ,is ,mosgiel ,farm2 and that's the very field ,where ,burns ploughed up the ,daisy4#icc ,far and wide ,a plain below stretched seaward1 while1 descried #e ,above sea-clouds1 the ,peaks of ,arran rose2 ,and1 by that simple notice1 the repose ,of earth1 sky1 sea1 and air1 was vivified4 ,beneath the random bield of clod or stone ,myriads of daisies have shone forth in flower #aj ,near the lark's nest1 and in their natural hour ,have passed away2 less happy than the ,one ,that1 by the unwilling ploughshare1 died to prove ,the tender charm of poetry and love4 ,,footnotes3 #icc ,see ,burns's poem ,to a ,mountain ,daisy1 or as it was originally called1 ,the ,gowan4--,,ed4 ,,xxxviii ,,the ,,river ,,eden1 ,,cumberland ,nature gives thee flowers ,that have no rivals among ,british bowers4 ,this can scarcely be true to the letter2 but1 without stretching the point at all1 ,i can say that the soil and air appear more congenial with many upon the banks of this river than ,i have observed in any other parts of ,great ,britain4--,i4 ,f4 ,eden6 till now thy beauty had ,i viewed ,by glimpses only1 and confess with shame ,that verse of mine1 whate'er its varying mood1 ,repeats but once the sound of thy sweet name3#icd ,yet fetched from ,paradise#ice that honour came1 #e ,rightfully borne2 for ,nature gives thee flowers ,that have no rivals among ,british bowers2 ,and thy bold rocks are worthy of their fame4#icf ,measuring thy course1 fair ,stream6 at length ,i pay#icg ,to my life's neighbour dues of neighbourhood2 #aj ,but ,i have traced thee on thy winding way#ich ,with pleasure sometimes by this thought restrained ,for things far off we toil1 while many a good#ici ,not sought1 because too near1 is never gained4#idj ,,footnotes3 #icd #ahce4 ,full long thy beauty1 ,eden1 had ,i viewed1 ,by glimpses only 444 ,,ms4 ,eden6 the ,muse has wronged thee1 be the shame ,frankly acknowledged1 in no careless mood ,of memory1 my verse have ,i reviewed ,and met but once the sound of thy sweet name3 ,,ms4 #ice ,it is to be feared that there is more of the poet than the sound etymologist in this derivation of the ,eden4 ,on the western coast of ,cumberland is a rivulet which enters the sea at ,moresby1 known also in the neighbourhood by the name of ,eden4 ,may not the latter syllable come from the word ,dean1 a valley8 ,langdale1 near ,ambleside1 is by the inhabitants called ,langden4 ,the former syllable occurs in the name ,emont1 a principal feeder of the ,eden2 and the stream which flows1 when the tide is out1 over ,cartmel ,sands1 is called the ,ea--,french1 eau--,latin1 aqua4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #icf ,especially on the upper reaches of the river1 as seen from the ,midland ,railway line beyond ,appleby4--,,ed4 #icg #ahce4 ,bright are the hours that prompt me now to pay ,,ms4 #ich #ahce4 ,thee have ,i traced along thy winding way ,,ms4 #ici #ahde4 444 by the thought restrained ,that things far off are toiled for1 while a good #ahce4 ,that for things far off we toil1 while many a good #ahdj4 #idj #ahdj4 444 is seldom gained #ahce and ,,ms4 ,,xxxix ,,monument ,,of ,,mrs4 ,,howard 7by ,nollekens7 ,,in ,,wetheral ,,church1 ,,near ,,corey1 ,,on ,,the ,,banks ,,of ,,the ,,eden ,before this monument was put up in the ,church at ,wetheral1 ,i saw it in the sculptor's studio4 ,nollekens1 who1 by-the-bye1 was a strange and grotesque figure that interfered much with one's admiration of his works1 showed me at the same time the various models in clay which he had made1 one after another1 of the ,mother and her ,infant3 the improvement on each was surprising2 and how so much grace1 beauty1 and tenderness had come out of such a head ,i was sadly puzzled to conceive4 ,upon a window-seat in his parlour lay two casts of faces1 one of the ,duchess of ,devonshire1 so noted in her day2 and the other of ,mr4 ,pitt1 taken after his death1 a ghastly resemblance1 as these things always are1 even when taken from the living subject1 and more ghastly in this instance from the peculiarity of the features4 ,the heedless and apparently neglectful manner in which the faces of these two persons were left--the one so distinguished in ,london society1 and the other upon whose counsels and public conduct1 during a most momentous period1 depended the fate of this great ,empire and perhaps of all ,europe--afforded a lesson to which the dullest of casual visitors could scarcely be insensible4 ,it touched me the more because ,i had so often seen ,mr4 ,pitt upon his own ground at ,cambridge and upon the floor of the ,house of ,commons4--,i4 ,f4 ,stretched on the dying ,mother's lap1 lies dead ,her new-born ,babe2 dire ending#ida of bright hope6 ,but ,sculpture here1 with the divinest scope ,of luminous faith1 heavenward hath raised that head ,so patiently2 and through one hand has spread #e ,a touch so tender for the insensate ,child-- 7,earth's lingering love to parting reconciled1 ,brief parting1 for the spirit is all but fled7-- ,that we1 who contemplate the turns of life ,through this still medium1 are consoled and cheered2 ,feel with the ,mother1 think the severed ,wife #aa ,is less to be lamented than revered2 ,and own that ,art1 triumphant over strife ,and pain1 hath powers to ,eternity endeared4 ,,footnotes3 #ida #ahde4 444 issue 444 #ahce4 ,,xl ,,suggested ,,by ,,the ,,foregoing#idb ,tranquillity6 the sovereign aim wert thou ,in heathen schools of philosophic lore2#idc ,heart-stricken by stern destiny of yore ,the ,tragic ,muse thee served with thoughtful vow2 ,and what of hope ,elysium could allow #e ,was fondly seized by ,sculpture1 to restore ,peace to the ,mourner4 ,but when ,he who wore#idd ,the crown of thorns around his bleeding brow ,warmed our sad being with celestial light1#ide ,then ,arts which still had drawn a softening grace #aj ,from shadowy fountains of the ,infinite1 ,communed with that ,idea face to face3 ,and move around it now as planets run1 ,each in its orbit round the central ,sun4 ,,footnotes3 #idb ,in the edition of #ahce there is no title to this sonnet4 #idc ,ataraxia1 was the aim of ,stoic1 ,epicurean1 and ,sceptic alike4--,,ed4 #idd #ahdj4 ,peace to the ,mourner's soul2 but ,he who wore #ahce4 #ide #ahdj4 444 with his glorious light3 #ahce4 ,round our sad being shed celestial light1 ,c4 ,,xli ,,nunnery#idf ,i became acquainted with the walks of ,nunnery when a boy3 they are within easy reach of a day's pleasant excursion from the town of ,penrith1 where ,i used to pass my summer holidays under the roof of my maternal ,grandfather4 ,the place is well worth visiting2 though1 within these few years1 its privacy1 and therefore the pleasure which the scene is so well fitted to give1 has been injuriously affected by walks cut in the rocks on that side the stream which had been left in its natural state4--,i4 ,f4 ,the floods are roused1 and will not soon be weary2 ,down from the ,pennine ,alps#idg how fiercely sweeps ,croglin1 the stately ,eden's tributary6#idh ,he raves1 or through some moody passage creeps ,plotting new mischief--out again he leaps #e ,into broad light1 and sends1 through regions airy1#idi ,that voice which soothed the ,nuns while on the steeps ,they knelt in prayer1 or sang to blissful ,mary4#iej ,that union ceased3 then1 cleaving easy walks ,through crags1 and smoothing paths beset with danger1 ,came studious ,taste2 and many a pensive stranger #aa ,dreams on the banks1 and to the river talks4 ,what change shall happen next to ,nunnery ,dell8#iea ,canal1 and ,viaduct1 and ,railway1 tell6#ieb ,,footnotes3 #idf ,nunnery2 so named from the ,house for ,benedictine ,nuns established by ,william ,rufus4--,,ed4 #idg ,the chain of ,crossfell#iec--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #idh ,the two streams of the ,croglin and the ,eden unite in the grounds of ,nunnery4--,,ed4 #idi #ahce4 ,seeking in vain broad light1 and regions aery4 ,,ms4 #iej #ahce4 ,but with that voice which once high on his steeps ,mingled with vespers1 sung to blissful ,mary-- ,,ms4 #iea #ahce4 444 to ,croglin ,dell8 ,,ms4 #ieb ,at ,corby1 a few miles below ,nunnery1 the ,eden is crossed by a magnificent viaduct2 and another of these works is thrown over a deep glen or ravine at a very short distance from the main stream4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #iec #ahde4 which parts ,cumberland and ,westmoreland from ,northumberland and ,durham4 #ahce4 ,,xlii ,,steamboats1 ,,viaducts1 ,,and ,,railways ,motions and ,means1 on land and sea#ied at war ,with old poetic feeling1 not for this1 ,shall ye1 by ,poets even1 be judged amiss6 ,nor shall your presence1 howsoe'er it mar ,the loveliness of ,nature1 prove a bar #e ,to the ,mind's gaining that prophetic sense ,of future change1 that point of vision1 whence ,may be discovered what in soul ye are4 ,in spite of all that beauty may disown ,in your harsh features1 ,nature doth embrace #aj ,her lawful offspring in ,man's art2 and ,time1 ,pleased with your triumphs o'er his brother ,space1 ,accepts from your bold hands the proffered crown ,of hope1 and smiles on you with cheer sublime4#iee ,,footnotes3 #ied #ahce4 444 on sea or land 444 ,version in ,the ,morning ,post4 #iee ,compare the ,sonnet ,on the ,projected ,kendal and ,windermere ,railway1 written in #ahdd4--;,,ed4 ,,xliii ,,the ,,monument ,,commonly ,,called ,,long ,,meg ,,and ,,her ,,daughters1 ,,near ,,the ,,river ,,eden#ief ,composed1 probably1 in #ahba4--,published #ahbb ,a weight of awe1 not easy to be borne1 ,fell suddenly upon my ,spirit--cast ,from the dread bosom of the unknown past1 ,when first ,i saw that family forlorn4#ieg ,speak ,thou1 whose massy strength and stature scorn#ieh ,the power of years--pre-eminent1 and placed #f ,apart1 to overlook the circle vast-- ,speak1 ,giant-mother6 tell it to the ,morn ,while she dispels the cumbrous shades of ,night2 ,let the ,moon hear1 emerging from a cloud2 #aj ,at whose behest uprose on ,british ground ,that ,sisterhood1 in hieroglyphic round ,forth-shadowing1 some have deemed1 the infinite ,the inviolable ,god1 that tames the proud6#ieiifj ,,footnotes3 #ief ,it first appeared in ,a ,description of the ,scenery of the ,lakes in the ,north of ,england1 third edition1 #ahbb4--;,,ed4 #ieg #ahcg4 4444that ,sisterhood forlorn4 #ahbb4 #ieh #ahcg4 ,and him1 whose strength and stature seems to scorn #ahbb4 #iei ,the daughters of ,long ,meg1 placed in a perfect circle eighty yards in diameter1 are seventy-two in number above ground2 a little way out of the circle stands ,long ,meg herself1 a single stone1 eighteen feet high4 ,when ,i first saw this monument1 as ,i came upon it by surprise1 ,i might over-rate its importance as an object2 but1 though it will not bear a comparison with ,stonehenge1 ,i must say1 ,i have not seen any other relique of those dark ages1 which can pretend to rival it in singularity and dignity of appearance4--,w4 ,w4 #ahcg4 ,the text of this note1 in the edition of #ahbb1 is slightly different4--,,ed4 ,in a letter to ,sir ,george ,beaumont1 ,january #f1 #ahba1 ,wordsworth wrote1 ,my road brought me suddenly and unexpectedly upon that ancient monument1 called by the country people ,long ,meg and her ,daughters4 ,everybody has heard of it1 and so had ,i from very early childhood2 but had never seen it before4 ,next to ,stonehenge it is beyond dispute the most noble relic of the kind that this or probably any other country contains4 ,long ,meg is a single block of unhewn stone1 eighteen feet high1 at a small distance from a vast circle of other stones1 some of them of huge size1 though curtailed of their stature1 by their own incessant pressure upon it4 ,compare a note in ,wordsworth's ,guide to the ,scenery of the ,lakes1 section #b4--;,,ed4 #ifj #ahcg4 ,when1 how1 and wherefore1 rose on ,british ground ,that wondrous ,monument1 whose mystic round ,forth shadows1 some have deemed1 to mortal sight ,the inviolable ,god that tames the proud6 #ahbb4 ,,xliv ,,lowther#ifa ,cathedral pomp4 ,it may be questioned whether this union was in the contemplation of the artist when he planned the edifice4 ,however this might be1 a poet may be excused for taking the view of the subject presented in this ,sonnet4--,i4 ,f4 ,lowther6 in thy majestic ,pile are seen#ifb ,cathedral pomp and grace1 in apt accord#ifc ,with the baronial castle's sterner mien2#ifd ,union significant of ,god adored1 ,and charters won and guarded by the sword #e ,of ancient honour2 whence that goodly state ,of polity which wise men venerate1#ife ,and will maintain1 if ,god his help afford4 ,hourly the democratic torrent swells2#iff ,for airy promises and hopes suborned #aj ,the strength of backward-looking thoughts is scorned4 ,fall if ye must1 ye ,towers and ,pinnacles1 ,with what ye symbolise2 authentic ,story ,will say1 ,ye disappeared with ,england's ,glory6 ,,footnotes3 #ifa ,there was no title in the edition of #ahce4 #ifb #ahce4 444 in thy magnificence are seen ,,ms4 #ifc #ahce4 ,shapes of cathedral pomp that well accord ,,ms4 #ifd ,the present ,castle was begun in #ahjh4 ,it is in the style of the #acth and #adth century structures4 ,the arched corridors surrounding the staircase--which is sixty feet square and ninety feet high--may justify the description in the sonnet4 ,these stone corridors open on each side1 through the centre of the castle4 ,compare the reference to ,lowther in ,barren's ,travels in ,china1 p4 #acd1 in the course of his description of ,gehol's matchless gardens1 referred to in ,the ,prelude1 book viii4 7vol4 iii4 p4 #bgd47--;,,ed4 #ife ,the ,lowther family have been1 for generations1 the representatives of the ,conservative cause in ,cumberland4--,,ed4 #iff #ahce4 ,but high the democratic torrent swells4 ,,ms4 ,,xlv ,,to ,,the ,,earl ,,of ,,lonsdale ,magistratus indicat virum4 ,lonsdale6 it were unworthy of a ,guest1 ,whose heart with gratitude to thee inclines1 ,if he should speak1 by fancy touched1 of signs ,on thy ,abode harmoniously imprest1 ,yet be unmoved with wishes to attest #e ,how in thy mind and moral frame agree ,fortitude1 and that ,christian ,charity ,which1 filling1 consecrates the human breast4 ,and if the ,motto on thy 'scutcheon teach ,with truth1 ,,the ,,magistracy ,,shows ,,the ,,man2 ,that searching test thy public course has stood2#ifg #aa ,as will be owned alike by bad and good1 ,soon as the measuring of life's little span ,shall place thy virtues out of ,envy's reach4#ifh ,,footnotes3 #ifg #ahce4 ,lonsdale6 it were unworthy of a ,guest1 ,one chiefly well aware how much he owes ,to thy regard1 to speak in verse or prose ,of types and signs harmoniously imprest ,on thy ,abode1 neglecting to attest ,that in thy ,mansion's ,lord as well agree ,meekness and strength and ,christian charity1 ,that filling1 consecrates the human breast4 ,and if1 as thy armorial bearings teach1 ,the ,magistracy indicates the ,man1 ,that test thy life triumphantly has stood2 ,,ms4 #ifh ,this sonnet was written immediately after certain trials1 which took place at the ,cumberland ,assizes1 when the ,earl of ,lonsdale1 in consequence of repeated and long-continued attacks upon his character1 through the local press1 had thought it right to prosecute the conductors and proprietors of three several journals4 ,a verdict of libel was given in one case2 and1 in the others1 the prosecutions were withdrawn1 upon the individuals retracting and disavowing the charges1 expressing regret that they had been made1 and promising to abstain from the like in future4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 ,,xlvi ,,the ,,somnambulist#ifi ,this poem might be dedicated to my friends1 ,sir ,g4 ,beaumont and ,mr4 ,rogers jointly4 ,while we were making an excursion together in this part of the ,lake ,district we heard that ,mr4 ,glover1 the artist1 while lodging at ,lyulph's ,tower1 had been disturbed by a loud shriek1 and upon rising he had learnt that it had come from a young woman in the house who was in the habit of walking in her sleep4 ,in that state she had gone down stairs1 and1 while attempting to open the outer door1 either from some difficulty or the effect of the cold stone upon her feet1 had uttered the cry which alarmed him4 ,it seemed to us all that this might serve as a hint for a poem1 and the story here told was constructed and soon after put into verse by me as it now stands4--,i4 ,f4 ,list1 ye who pass by ,lyulph's ,tower#igjiga ,at eve2 how softly then ,doth ,aira-force1 that torrent hoarse1 ,speak from the woody glen6#igb ,fit music for a solemn vale6 #e ,and holier seems the ground#igc ,to him who catches#igd on the gale ,the spirit of a mournful tale1 ,embodied in the sound4 ,not far from that fair site whereon #aj ,the ,pleasure-house is reared1 ,as story says1 in antique days ,a stern-brow'd house appeared2 ,foil to a ,jewel rich in light ,there set1 and guarded well2 #ae ,cage for a ,bird of plumage bright1 ,sweet-voiced1 nor wishing for a flight ,beyond her native dell4 ,to win this bright ,bird from her cage1 ,to make this ,gem their own1 #bj ,came ,barons bold1 with store of gold1 ,and ,knights of high renown2 ,but one ,she prized1 and only one2 ,sir ,eglamore was he2 ,full happy season1 when was known1 #be ,ye ,dales and ,hills6 to you alone ,their mutual loyalty--#ige ,known chiefly1 ,aira6 to thy glen1 ,thy brook1 and bowers of holly2 ,where ,passion caught what ,nature taught1 #cj ,that all but love is folly2 ,where ,fact with ,fancy stooped to play2 ,doubt came not1 nor regret-- ,to trouble hours that winged their way1 ,as if through an immortal day #ce ,whose sun could never set4 ,but in old times#igf ,love dwelt not long ,sequester'd with repose2 ,best throve the fire of chaste desire1 ,fanned by the breath of foes4 #dj ,a conquering lance is beauty's test1 ,and proves the ,lover true2 ,so spake ,sir ,eglamore1 and pressed ,the drooping ,emma#igg to his breast1 ,and looked a blind adieu4 #de ,they parted4--,well with him it fared ,through wide-spread regions errant2 ,a knight of proof in love's behoof1 ,the thirst of fame his warrant3 ,and ,she her happiness#igh can build #ej ,on woman's quiet hours2 ,though faint1 compared with spear and shield1 ,the solace beads and masses yield1 ,and needlework and flowers4 ,yet blest was ,emma#igi when she heard #ee ,her ,champion's praise recounted2 ,though brain would swim1 and eyes grow dim1 ,and high her blushes mounted2 ,or when a bold heroic lay ,she warbled from full heart2 #fj ,delightful blossoms for the ,may ,of absence6 but they will not stay1 ,born only to depart4 ,hope wanes with her1 while lustre fills ,whatever path he chooses2 #fe ,as if his orb1 that owns no curb1 ,received the light hers loses4 ,he comes not back2 an ampler space ,requires for nobler deeds2 ,he ranges on from place to place1 #gj ,till of his doings is no trace1 ,but what her fancy breeds4 ,his fame may spread1 but in the past ,her spirit finds its centre2 ,clear sight ,she has of what he was1 #ge ,and that would now content her4 ,still is he my devoted ,knight8 ,the tear in answer flows2 ,month falls on month with heavier weight2 ,day sickens round her1 and the night #hj ,is empty of repose4 ,in sleep ,she sometimes walked abroad1 ,deep sighs with quick words blending1 ,like that pale ,queen whose hands are seen ,with fancied spots contending2#ihj #he ,but she is innocent of blood1-- ,the moon is not more pure ,that shines aloft1 while through the wood ,she thrids her way1 the sounding ,flood ,her melancholy lure6 #ij ,while 'mid the fern-brake sleeps the doe1 ,and owls alone are waking1 ,in white arrayed1 glides on the ,maid ,the downward pathway taking1 ,that leads her to the torrent's side #ie ,and to a holly bower2 ,by whom on this still night descried8 ,by whom in that lone place espied8 ,by thee1 ,sir ,eglamore6#iha ,a wandering ,ghost1 so thinks the ,knight1 #ajj ,his coming step has thwarted1 ,beneath the boughs that heard their vows1 ,within whose shade they parted4 ,hush1 hush1 the busy ,sleeper see6 ,perplexed her fingers seem1 #aje ,as if they from the holly tree ,green twigs would pluck1 as rapidly ,flung from her to the stream4 ,what means the ,spectre8 ,why intent ,to violate the ,tree1 #aaj ,thought ,eglamore1 by which ,i swore ,unfading constancy8 ,here am ,i1 and to-morrow's sun1 ,to her ,i left1 shall prove ,that bliss is ne'er so surely won #aae ,as when a circuit has been run ,of valour1 truth1 and love4 ,so from the spot whereon he stood1 ,he moved with stealthy pace2 ,and1 drawing nigh1 with his living eye1#ihb #abj ,he recognised the face2 ,and whispers caught1 and speeches small1 ,some to the green-leaved tree1 ,some muttered to the torrent-fall2-- ,roar on1 and bring him with thy call2 #abe ,i heard1 and so may ,he6 ,soul-shattered was the ,knight1 nor knew ,if ,emma's ,ghost#ihc it were1 ,or boding ,shade1 or if the ,maid ,her very self stood there4 #acj ,he touched2 what followed who shall tell8 ,the soft touch snapped the thread ,of slumber--shrieking back she fell1 ,and the ,stream whirled her down the dell ,along its foaming bed4 #ace ,in plunged the ,knight6--when on firm ground ,the rescued ,maiden lay1 ,her eyes grew bright with blissful light1 ,confusion passed away2 ,she heard1 ere to the throne of grace #adj ,her faithful ,spirit flew1 ,his voice--beheld his speaking face2 ,and1 dying1 from his own embrace1 ,she felt that he was true4 ,so was he reconciled to life3 #ade ,brief words may speak the rest2#ihd ,within the dell he built a cell1 ,and there was ,sorrow's guest2 ,in hermits' weeds repose he found1 ,from vain temptations#ihe free2#ihf #aej ,beside the torrent dwelling--bound ,by one deep heart-controlling sound1 ,and awed to piety4 ,wild stream of ,aira1 hold thy course1 ,nor fear memorial lays1 #aee ,where clouds that spread in solemn shade1 ,are edged with golden rays6 ,dear art thou to the light of heaven1 ,though minister of sorrow2 ,sweet is thy voice at pensive even2 #afj ,and thou1 in lovers' hearts forgiven1 ,shalt take thy place with ,yarrow6 ,this poem was translated into ,latin verse by the poet's son1 and published in the second edition of ,yarrow ,revisited1 and other ,poems1 #ahce4--;,,ed4 ,,footnotes3 #ifi ,the original title of the ,poem 7in ,,ms47 was ,aira ,force1 or ,sir ,eglamore and ,elva4 ,there were no changes of text in the published editions of this poem4 ,the various readings given are from ,,ms4 copies of the poem1 in ,mrs4 ,wordsworth's handwriting4--,,ed4 #igj #ahce4 ',tis sweet to stand by ,lyulph's ,tower ,,ms4 #iga ,a pleasure-house built by the late ,duke of ,norfolk upon the banks of ,ullswater4 ,,force is the word used in the ,lake ,district for ,waterfall4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #igb ,compare ,airey-,force ,valley-- the brook itself1 ,old as the hills that feed it from afar1 ,doth rather deepen than disturb the calm1 etc4--,,ed4 #igc #ahce4 ,to rudest shepherd of the vale ,the spot seems holy ground2 ,,ms4 #igd #ahce4 ,for he can catch4444 ,,ms4 #ige #ahce4 ,their true love's sanctity-- ,,ms4 #igf #ahce4 ,but in that age 444 ,,ms4 #igg #ahce4 444 ,elva 444 ,,ms4 #igh #ahce4 ,she1 too1 a happiness 444 ,,ms4 #igi #ahce4 444 ,elva 444 ,,ms4 #ihj ,see ,macbeth1 act ,,iv4 scene ,v4--,,ed4 #iha #ahce4 ,the knight1 ,sir ,eglamore4 ,,ms4 #ihb #ahce4 444 with living eye1 ,,ms4 #ihc #ahce4 ,if ,elva's ,ghost 444 ,,ms4 #ihd #ahce4 ,in plunged the ,knight--he strove in vain4 ,brief words may speak the rest2 ,,ms4 #ihe #ahce4 444 temptation 444 ,,ms4 #ihf ,compare the ,ode to ,duty1 vol4 iii4 p4 #cg3-- ,from vain temptations dost set free--,,ed4 ,,xlvii ,,to ,,cordelia ,m----#ihg ,,hallsteads1 ,,ullswater ,not in the mines beyond the western main1 ,you say1 ,cordelia1#ihh was the metal sought1 ,which a fine skill1 of ,indian growth1 has wrought ,into this flexible yet faithful ,chain2 ,nor is it silver of romantic ,spain #e ,but from our loved ,helvellyn's#ihi depths was brought1 ,our own domestic mountain4 ,thing and thought ,mix strangely2 trifles light1 and partly vain1 ,can prop1 as you have learnt1 our nobler being3 ,yes1 ,lady1 while about your neck is wound #aj 7,your casual glance oft meeting7 this bright cord1 ,what witchery1 for pure gifts of inward seeing1 ,lurks in it1 ,memory's ,helper1 ,fancy's ,lord1 ,for precious tremblings in your bosom found6 ,,footnotes3 #ihg ,cordelia ,marshall4--,,ed4 #ihh #ahde4 ,you tell me1 ,delia6444 #ahce4 #ihi #ahde4 ,you say but from ,helvellyn's 444 #ahce4 ,,xlviii ,,most ,,sweet ,,it ,,is ,,with ,,unuplifted ,,eyes#iij ,most sweet it is with unuplifted eyes ,to pace the ground1 if path be there or none1 ,while a fair region round the traveller lies#iia ,which he forbears again to look upon2 ,pleased rather with some soft ideal scene1 #e ,the work of ,fancy1 or some happy tone ,of meditation1 slipping in between ,the beauty coming and the beauty gone4#iib ,if ,thought and ,love desert us1 from that day ,let us break off all commerce with the ,muse3 #aj ,with ,thought and ,love companions of our way1 ,whate'er the senses take or may refuse1 ,the ,mind's internal heaven shall shed her dews ,of inspiration on the humblest lay4 ,,footnotes3 #iij ,the title to this sonnet1 in the editions previous to #ahde1 was ,conclusion4 #iia #ahce4 ,while round the conscious traveller beauty lies ,,ms4 #iib #ahce4 ,pleased rather with that soothing after-tone ,whose seat is in the mind1 occasion's ,queen6 ,else ,nature's noblest objects were ,i ween ,a yoke endured1 a penance undergone4 ,,ms4 #ahcd ,the ,poems of #ahcd include four of the ,evening ,voluntaries1 ,the ,labourer's ,noon-day ,hymn1 and the stanzas to ,the ,redbreast4--,,ed4 ,,not ,,in ,,the ,,lucid ,,intervals ,,of ,,life ,composed #ahcd4--,published #ahce ,the lines following nor do words were written with ,lord ,byron's character as a poet before me1 and that of others his contemporaries who wrote under like influences4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,evening ,voluntaries4--,,ed4 ,not in the lucid intervals of life ,that come but as a curse to party-strife2 ,not in some hour when ,pleasure with a sigh ,of languor puts his rosy garland by2 ,not in the breathing-times of that poor slave #e ,who daily piles up wealth in ,mammon's cave-- ,is ,nature felt1 or can be2 nor do words1 ,which practised talent#iic readily affords1 ,prove that her hand has touched responsive chords2 ,nor has her gentle beauty power to move #aj ,with genuine rapture and with fervent love ,the soul of ,genius1 if he dare#iid to take ,life's rule from passion craved for passion's sake2 ,untaught that meekness is the cherished bent ,of all the truly great and all the innocent4 #ae ,but who is innocent8 ,by grace divine1 ,not otherwise1 ,o ,nature6 we are thine1 ,through good and evil thine1 in just degree ,of rational and manly sympathy4 #ai ,to all that ,earth from pensive hearts is stealing1 ,and ,heaven is now to gladdened eyes revealing1 ,add every charm the ,universe can show ,through every change its aspects undergo-- ,care may be respited1 but not repealed2 ,no perfect cure grows on that bounded field4 #be ,vain is the pleasure1 a false calm the peace1 ,if ,he1 through whom alone our conflicts cease1 ,our virtuous hopes without relapse advance1 ,come not to speed the ,soul's deliverance2 ,to the distempered ,intellect refuse #cj ,his gracious help1 or give what we abuse4 ,,footnotes3 #iic ,see the ,fenwick note4--,,ed4 #iid #ahcg4 444 dares 444 #ahce4 ,,by ,,the ,,side ,,of ,,rydal ,,mere ,composed #ahcd4--,published #ahce ,one of the ,evening ,voluntaries4--,,ed4 ,the linnet's warble1 sinking towards a close1 ,hints to the thrush 'tis time for their repose2 ,the shrill-voiced thrush is heedless1 and again ,the monitor revives his own sweet strain2 ,but both will soon be mastered1 and the copse #e ,be left as silent as the mountain-tops1 ,ere some commanding star#iie dismiss to rest ,the throng of rooks1 that now1 from twig or nest1 7,after a steady flight on home-bound wings1 ,and a last game of mazy hoverings #aj ,around their ancient grove7 with cawing noise ,disturb the liquid music's equipoise4 ,o ,nightingale6 ,who ever heard thy song ,might here be moved1 till ,fancy grows so strong ,that listening sense is pardonably cheated #ae ,where wood or stream by thee was never greeted4#iif ,surely1 from fairest spots of favoured lands1 ,were not some gifts withheld by jealous hands1 ,this hour of deepening darkness here would be ,as a fresh morning for new harmony2 #bj ,and lays as prompt would hail the dawn of ,night3 ,a dawn she has both beautiful and bright1 ,when the ,east kindles with the full moon's light2#iig ,not like the rising sun's impatient glow ,dazzling the mountains1 but an overflow #be ,of solemn splendour1 in mutation slow4 ,wanderer by spring with gradual progress led1 ,for sway profoundly felt as widely spread2 ,to king1 to peasant1 to rough sailor1 dear1 ,and to the soldier's trumpet-wearied ear2 #cj ,how welcome wouldst thou be to this green ,vale ,fairer than ,tempe6#iih ,yet1 sweet ,nightingale6 ,from the warm breeze that bears thee on1 alight ,at will1 and stay thy migratory flight2 ,build1 at thy choice1 or sing1 by pool or fount1 #ce ,who shall complain1 or call thee to account8 ,the wisest1 happiest1 of our kind are they ,that ever walk content with ,nature's way1 ,god's goodness--measuring bounty as it may2 ,for whom the gravest thought of what they miss1 #dj ,chastening the fulness of a present bliss1 ,is with that wholesome office satisfied1 ,while unrepining sadness is allied ,in thankful bosoms to a modest pride4 ,,footnotes3 #iie ,compare the ,lines1 composed at ,grasmere in #ahjf 7vol iv4 p4 #dh71 when ,mr4 ,fox's death was hourly expected-- ,yon star upon the mountain-top ,is listening quietly4--,,ed4 #iif ,the nightingale is not usually heard in ,england farther north than the valley of the ,trent4 ,compare ,the ,excursion1 book iv4 l4 #aafg 7vol4 v4 p4 #ahh72 also the lines 7vol4 iv1 p4 #fg7 beginning-- ,o ,nightingale6 thou surely art ,a creature of a fiery heart4--,,ed4 #iig #ahcg4 444 moon's light4 ,wanderer by 444 #ahce4 #iih ,the ,thessalian valley1 five miles long1 from ,olympus to ,ossa1 through which the ,peneus makes its way to the gean sea4--,,ed4 ,,soft ,,as ,a ,,cloud ,,is ,,yon ,,blue ,,ridge--,,the ,,mere ,composed #ahcd4--,published #ahce ,one of the ,evening ,voluntaries4--,,ed4 ,soft as a cloud is yon blue ,ridge--the ,mere#iii ,seems firm as solid crystal1 breathless1 clear1 ,and motionless2 and1 to the gazer's eye1 ,deeper than ocean1 in the immensity ,of its vague mountains and unreal sky6 #e ,but1 from the process in that still retreat1 ,turn to minuter changes at our feet2 ,observe how dewy ,twilight has withdrawn ,the crowd of daisies from the shaven lawn1 ,and has restored to view its tender green1 #aj ,that1 while the sun rode high1 was lost beneath their dazzling sheen4 --,an emblem this of what the sober ,hour ,can do for minds disposed to feel its power6 ,thus oft1 when we in vain have wish'd away ,the petty pleasures of the garish day1 #ae ,meek eve shuts up the whole usurping host 7,unbashful dwarfs each glittering at his post7 ,and leaves the disencumbered spirit free ,to reassume a staid simplicity4 ',tis well--but what are helps of time and place1 #bj ,when wisdom stands in need of nature's grace2 ,why do good thoughts1 invoked or not1 descend1 ,like ,angels from their bowers1 our virtues to befriend2 ,if yet ,to-morrow1 unbelied1 may say1 ,i come to open out1 for fresh display1 #be ,the elastic vanities of yesterday8 ,,footnotes3 #iii ,the mere was probably ,rydal1 and the ridge that of ,silver ,how4--,,ed4 ,,the ,,leaves ,,that ,,rustled ,,on ,,this ,,oak-,,crowned ,,hill ,composed #ahcd4--,published #ahce ,composed by the side of ,grasmere lake4 ,the mountains that enclose the vale1 especially towards ,easdale1 are most favorable to the reverberation of sound4 ,there is a passage in ,the ,excursion towards the close of the fourth book1 where the voice of the raven in flight is traced through the modifications it undergoes1 as ,i have often heard it in that vale and others of this district4#ajjj ,often1 at the hour ,when issue forth the first pale stars1 is heard1 ,within the circuit of this fabric huge1 ,one voice--the solitary raven4--,i4 ,f4 ,one of the ,evening ,voluntaries4--,,ed4 ,the leaves that rustled on this oak-crowned hill1 ,and sky that danced among those leaves1 are still2 ,rest smooths the way for sleep2 in field and bower ,soft shades and dews have shed their blended power ,on drooping eyelid and the closing flower2 #e ,sound is there none at which the faintest heart ,might leap1 the weakest nerve of superstition start2 ,save when the ,owlet's unexpected scream ,pierces the ethereal vault2 and 7'mid the gleam ,of unsubstantial imagery1 the dream1 #aj ,from the hushed vale's realities1 transferred ,to the still lake7 the imaginative ,bird ,seems1 'mid inverted mountains1 not unheard4 ,grave ,creature6--whether1 while the moon shines bright ,on thy wings opened wide for smoothest flight1 #ae ,thou art discovered in a roofless tower1 ,rising from what may once have been a lady's bower2 ,or spied where thou sitt'st moping in thy mew ,at the dim centre of a churchyard yew2 ,or1 from a rifted crag or ivy tod #bj ,deep in a forest1 thy secure abode1 ,thou giv'st1 for pastime's sake1 by shriek or shout1 ,a puzzling notice of thy whereabout-- ,may the night never come1 nor#ajja day be seen1 ,when ,i shall scorn thy voice or mock thy mien6 #be ,in classic ages men perceived a soul ,of sapience in thy aspect1 headless ,owl6 ,thee ,athens reverenced in the studious grove2#ajjb ,and1 near the golden sceptre grasped by ,jove1 ,his ,eagle's favourite perch1 while round him sate #cj ,the ,gods revolving the decrees of ,fate1 ,thou1 too1 wert present at ,minerva's side3 ,hark to that second larum6--far and wide ,the elements have heard1 and rock and cave replied4 ,,footnotes3 #ajjj ,see also the extract from ,dorothy ,wordsworth's ,journal1 in the note to ,the ,excursion 7vol4 v4 p4 #ahi74--;,,ed4 #ajja #ahcg4 444 the 444 #ahce4 #ajjb ,the owl became the emblem of ,athens--and was associated with ,minerva--because the birds abounded there4--,,ed4 ,,the ,,labourer',s ,,noon-,,day ,,hymn ,composed #ahcd4--,published #ahce ,bishop ,ken's ,morning and ,evening ,hymns are1 as they deserve to be1 familiarly known4 ,many other hymns have also been written on the same subject2 but1 not being aware of any designed for noon-day1 ,i was induced to compose these verses4 ,often one has occasion to observe cottage children carrying1 in their baskets1 dinner to their ,fathers engaged with their daily labours in the fields and woods4 ,how gratifying would it be to me could ,i be assured that any portion of these stanzas had been sung by such a domestic concert under such circumstances4 ,a friend of mine has told me that she introduced this ,hymn into a village-school which she superintended1 and the stanzas in succession furnished her with texts to comment upon in a way which without difficulty was made intelligible to the children1 and in which they obviously took delight1 and they were taught to sing it to the tune of the old #ajjth ,psalm4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,poems of ,sentiment and ,reflection4--,,ed4 ,up to the throne of ,god is borne ,the voice of praise at early morn1 ,and he accepts the punctual hymn ,sung as the light of day grows dim4 ,nor will he turn his ear aside #e ,from holy offerings at noontide4 ,then here reposing let us raise ,a song of gratitude and praise4 ,what though our burthen be not light1 ,we need not toil from morn to night2 #aj ,the respite of the mid-day hour ,is in the thankful ,creature's power4 ,blest are the moments1 doubly blest1 ,that1 drawn from this one hour of rest1 ,are with a ready heart bestowed #ae ,upon the service of our ,god6 ,each field is then a hallowed spot1#ajjc ,an altar is in each man's cot1 ,a church in every grove that spreads ,its living roof above our heads4 #bj ,look up to ,heaven6 the industrious ,sun ,already half his race hath run2 ,he cannot halt nor go astray1 ,but our immortal ,spirits may4 ,lord6 since his rising in the ,east1 #be ,if we have faltered or transgressed1 ,guide1 from thy love's abundant source1 ,what yet remains of this day's course3 ,help with thy grace1 through life's short day1 ,our upward and our downward way2 #cj ,and glorify for us the west1 ,when we shall sink to final rest4 ,,footnotes3 #ajjc #ahde4 ,why should we crave a hallowed spot8 #ahce4 ,,the ,,redbreast 7,,suggested ,,in ,a ,,westmoreland ,,cottage7 ,composed #ahcd4--,published #ahce ,written at ,rydal ,mount4 ,all our cats having been banished the house1 it was soon frequented by redbreasts4 ,two or three of them1 when the window was open1 would come in1 particularly when ,mrs4 ,wordsworth was breakfasting alone1 and hop about the table picking up the crumbs4 ,my sister being then confined to her room by sickness1 as1 dear creature1 she still is1 had one that1 without being caged1 took up its abode with her1 and at night used to perch upon a nail from which a picture had hung4 ,it used to sing and fan her face with its wings in a manner that was very touching4--,i4,f4 ,one of the ,poems founded on the ,affections4--,,ed4 ,driven in by ,autumn's sharpening air ,from half-stripped woods and pastures bare1 ,brisk ,robin seeks a kindlier home3 ,not like a beggar is he come1 ,but enters as a looked-for guest1 #e ,confiding in his ruddy breast1 ,as if it were a natural shield ,charged with a blazon on the field1 ,due to that good and pious deed ,of which we in the ,ballad read4 #aj ,but pensive fancies putting by1 ,and wild-wood sorrows1 speedily ,he plays the expert ventriloquist2 ,and1 caught by glimpses now--now missed1 ,puzzles the listener with a doubt #ae ,if the soft voice he throws about ,comes from within doors or without6 ,was ever such a sweet confusion1 ,sustained by delicate illusion8 ,he's at your elbow--to your feeling #bj ,the notes are from the floor or ceiling2 ,and there's a riddle to be guessed1 ',till you have marked his heaving chest1 ,and busy throat whose sink and swell1#ajjd ,betray the ,elf that loves to dwell #be ,in ,robin's bosom1 as a chosen cell4 ,heart-pleased we smile upon the ,bird ,if seen1 and with like pleasure stirred ,commend him1 when he's only heard4 ,but small and fugitive our gain #cj ,compared with hers#ajje who long hath lain1 ,with languid limbs and patient head ,reposing on a lone sick-bed2 ,where now1 she#ajjf daily hears a strain ,that cheats her#ajjg of too busy cares1 #ce ,eases her pain1 and helps her prayers4#ajjh ,and who but this dear ,bird beguiled ,the fever of that pale-faced ,child2 ,now cooling1 with his passing wing1 ,her forehead1 like a breeze of ,spring3 #dj ,recalling now1 with descant soft ,shed round her pillow from aloft1 ,sweet thoughts of angels hovering nigh1 ,and the invisible sympathy ,of ,matthew1 ,mark1 and ,luke1 and ,john1 #de ,blessing the bed she lies upon8#ajji ,and sometimes1 just as listening ends ,in slumber1 with the cadence blends ,a dream of that low-warbled hymn ,which old folk1 fondly pleased to trim #ej ,lamps of faith1 now burning dim1 ,say that the ,cherubs carved in stone1 ,when clouds gave way at dead of night ,and the ancient church was filled with light1#ajaj ,used to sing in heavenly tone1 #ee ,above and round the sacred places ,they guard1 with winged baby-faces4 ,thrice happy ,creature6 in all lands ,nurtured by hospitable hands3 ,free entrance to this cot has he1 #fj ,entrance and exit both yet free2 ,and1 when the keen unruffled weather ,that thus brings man and bird together1 ,shall with its pleasantness be past1 ,and casement closed and door made fast1 #fe ,to keep at bay the howling blast1 ,he needs not fear the season's rage1 ,for the whole house is ,robin's cage4 ,whether the bird flit here or there1 ,o'er table lilt1 or perch on chair1 #gj ,though some may frown and make a stir1 ,to scare him as a trespasser1 ,and he belike will flinch or start1 ,good friends he has to take his part2 ,one chiefly1 who with voice and look #ge ,pleads for him from the chimney-nook1 ,where sits the ,dame1 and wears away ,her long and vacant holiday2 ,with images about her heart1 ,reflected from the years gone by1 #hj ,on human nature's second infancy4 ,,footnotes3 #ajjd #ahcf4 444 breast1 ,where tiny sinking1 and faint swell1 #ahce4 #ajje #ahde4 444 his 444 #ahce4 #ajjf #ahde4 444 he 444 #ahce4 #ajjg #ahde4 444 him 444 #ahce4 #ajjh #ahde4 ,eases his pain1 and helps his prayers4 #ahce4 #ajji ,the words-- ,matthew1 ,mark1 and ,luke1 and ,john1 ,bless the bed that ,i lie on1 are part of a child's prayer1 still in general use through the northern counties4--,w4 ,w4 #ahce4 #ajaj #ahcf4 ,and the moon filled the church with light1 #ahce4 ,,addenda 7#a7 p4 #ce4 ,how soon--alas6 etc4 ,the following version is written in the late ,lord ,coleridge's copy of the ,poems3-- ,alas6 full soon did man created pure1 ,by ,angels guarded1 deviate from the line ,of innocence1 and woeful forfeiture ,incur by wilful breach of law divine4 ,even so ,christ's church1 how prone was she to appear ,obedient to her ,lord1 how prompt to twine ',mid glorious flowers that shall for aye endure1 ,weeds on whose front the world hath fixed her sign4 ,so ,man1 if with thy trials thus it fares1 ,and good can smooth the way to evil choice1 ,from hasty censure be the mind kept free4 ,he only judges right who weighs1 compares1 ,and in the sternest sentence1 which his voice ,may utter1 ne'er abandons ,charity4 ,c4 7#b7 p4 #hc4 ,down a swift stream1 etc41 l4 #ad-- ,the manifold aspects of our sacred theme4 ,c4 7#c7 p4 #hf4 ,bishops and ,priests1 etc41 l4 #a-- 444 how blessed 444 ,c4 7#d7 p4 #afj1 footnote #ddh-- ,the extract is from ,the ,shepherd and the ,calm1 p4 #aac1 in ,miscellany ,poems on ,several ,occasions1 written by a ,lady1 ,anne ,finch1 ,countesse of ,w41 #agac4 7#e7 p4 #cjf4 ,fancy and ,tradition1 l4 #d-- ,ere he took flight2 the ,sage in this alcove ,,ms4 7#f7 p4 #cjg4 ,fancy and ,tradition1 l4 #ab-- ,there is an ampler page from which to quote1 ,,ms4 7#g7 p4 #cdb4 ,adieu1 ,rydalian ,laurels1 etc41 l4 #b-- ,as if not ignorant that days would come ,,ms4 7#h7 p4 #ceh4 ,stanzas suggested in a ,steam-boat1 ll4 #aef-i-- ,would merge1 ,idolatress of formal skill1 ,in her own systems1 ,god's eternal will1 ,to her1 despising faith in things unseen1 ,matter and spirit are in one machine4 ,c4 ,,end ,,of ,,vol4 ,,vii ,printed by ,r4 ,r4 ,,clark1 ,,limited1 ,edinburgh4 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,simple spelling1 grammar1 and typographical errors were corrected4 ,punctuation normalized4 ,anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed4 ,italics markup is enclosed in underscores4 ,greek text is transliterated and enclosed in number symbols4 ,dagger symbol is denoted as dagger4