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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Page 70
... round me drew , And Syren Sloth a dull quietus sung . Sithence no fairy lights , no quick'ning ray , 40 No stir of pulse , nor objects to entice Abroad the spirits : but the cloyster❜d heart Sits squat at home , like pagod in a niche ...
... round me drew , And Syren Sloth a dull quietus sung . Sithence no fairy lights , no quick'ning ray , 40 No stir of pulse , nor objects to entice Abroad the spirits : but the cloyster❜d heart Sits squat at home , like pagod in a niche ...
Page 188
... round a Moss - Rose pulled on New Years Day , and sent to M. Wilson While cold o'er the Hills spread the mid Winter snows , I pull in my Garden the Moss - cover'd Rose ; Tho ' the last and the least , I will send it to Thee , Of the ...
... round a Moss - Rose pulled on New Years Day , and sent to M. Wilson While cold o'er the Hills spread the mid Winter snows , I pull in my Garden the Moss - cover'd Rose ; Tho ' the last and the least , I will send it to Thee , Of the ...
Page 238
... Round your mansions of moss you may warble all day , From the apple - tree bough or the juniper spray , Unmolested by me ; I partake of your joy , Nor went about robbing your nests when a boy . You've often amused a poor head full of ...
... Round your mansions of moss you may warble all day , From the apple - tree bough or the juniper spray , Unmolested by me ; I partake of your joy , Nor went about robbing your nests when a boy . You've often amused a poor head full of ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
James Graham 1st Marquis of Montrose Great | 15 |
Acknowledgements | 23 |
Copyright | |
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