Wordsworth's PoetsDuncan Wu A unique opportunity to examine the apprenticeship of a great writer, this selection of poems composed between 1785 and 1790 reveals a precocious and remarkably accomplished early talent and shows that even in his earliest work, Wordsworth was already preoccupied with the themes that would later be explored fully in The Prelude. |
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... green their helms , and green their silk attire ; And here and there , right venerably old , 300 The long - robed minstrels wake the warbling wire , 305 And some with mellow breath the martial pipe inspire . With merriment , and song ...
... green their helms , and green their silk attire ; And here and there , right venerably old , 300 The long - robed minstrels wake the warbling wire , 305 And some with mellow breath the martial pipe inspire . With merriment , and song ...
Page 66
... green grows , green grows the grass , Yellow on Yarrow's bank the gowan , 50 Fair hangs the apple frae the rock , Sweet the wave of Yarrow flowan . Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet , as sweet flows Tweed , As green its grass , its gowan as ...
... green grows , green grows the grass , Yellow on Yarrow's bank the gowan , 50 Fair hangs the apple frae the rock , Sweet the wave of Yarrow flowan . Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet , as sweet flows Tweed , As green its grass , its gowan as ...
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... green Grey - headed Beadles walked before , with wands as white as snow Till into the high dome of Paul's , they ... green Woods laugh with the voice of joy And the dimpling stream runs laughing by When the air does laugh with our merry ...
... green Grey - headed Beadles walked before , with wands as white as snow Till into the high dome of Paul's , they ... green Woods laugh with the voice of joy And the dimpling stream runs laughing by When the air does laugh with our merry ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Acknowledgements | 23 |
Copyright | |
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