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Transcriber's Note:

THE POETICAL WORKS

OF

EDITED BY

WILLIAM KNIGHT

VOL. IV

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., Ltd.

NEW YORK: MACMILLAN & CO.

1896

CONTENTS

1806

1807

1808

1809

1810

1811

1812

1813

WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS

1806

TO THE SPADE OF A FRIEND

(An Agriculturist)

CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR

THE HORN OF EGREMONT CASTLE

A COMPLAINT

STRAY PLEASURES

POWER OF MUSIC

STAR-GAZERS

"YES, IT WAS THE MOUNTAIN ECHO"

"NUNS FRET NOT AT THEIR CONVENT'S NARROW ROOM"

PERSONAL TALK

ADMONITION

"'BELOVED VALE!' I SAID, 'WHEN I SHALL CON'"

"HOW SWEET IT IS, WHEN MOTHER FANCY ROCKS"

"THOSE WORDS WERE UTTERED AS IN PENSIVE MOOD"

"WITH HOW SAD STEPS, O MOON, THOU CLIMB'ST THE SKY"

"THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US; LATE AND SOON"

"WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED FAR AND NIGH"

"WHERE LIES THE LAND TO WHICH YON SHIP MUST GO?"

TO SLEEP

TO SLEEP

TO SLEEP

TO THE MEMORY OF RAISLEY CALVERT

"METHOUGHT I SAW THE FOOTSTEPS OF A THRONE"

LINES

NOVEMBER, 1806

ADDRESS TO A CHILD

During a Boisterous Winter Evening

"BROOK! WHOSE SOCIETY THE POET SEEKS"

"THERE IS A LITTLE UNPRETENDING RILL"

1807

TO LADY BEAUMONT

A PROPHECY. FEBRUARY, 1807

THOUGHT OF A BRITON ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLAND

TO THOMAS CLARKSON, ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE, MARCH, 1807

THE MOTHER'S RETURN

GIPSIES

"O NIGHTINGALE! THOU SURELY ART"

"THOUGH NARROW BE THAT OLD MAN'S CARES, AND NEAR"

COMPOSED BY THE SIDE OF GRASMERE LAKE. 1807

IN THE GROUNDS OF COLEORTON, THE SEAT OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., LEICESTERSHIRE

IN A GARDEN OF THE SAME

WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., AND IN HIS NAME, FOR AN URN, PLACED BY HIM AT THE TERMINATION OF A NEWLY-PLANTED AVENUE, IN THE SAME GROUNDS

FOR A SEAT IN THE GROVES OF COLEORTON

SONG AT THE FEAST OF BROUGHAM CASTLE,

1808

THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE;

Or, The Fate of the Nortons

THE FORCE OF PRAYER;[A]

Or, The Founding of Bolton Priory

A Tradition

COMPOSED WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS ENGAGED IN WRITING A TRACT, OCCASIONED BY THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA. 1808

COMPOSED AT THE SAME TIME AND ON THE SAME OCCASION

1809

TYROLESE SONNETS

I

HOFFER

II

"ADVANCE—COME FORTH FROM THY TYROLEAN GROUND"

III

FEELINGS OF THE TYROLESE

IV

"ALAS! WHAT BOOTS THE LONG LABORIOUS QUEST"

V

ON THE FINAL SUBMISSION OF THE TYROLESE

VI

"THE MARTIAL COURAGE OF A DAY IS VAIN"

1

Andreas Hofer.

2[B]

3

Gefühle der Tiroler.

4

5

Auf die schließliche Unterwerfung der Tiroler.

"AND IS IT AMONG RUDE UNTUTORED DALES"

"O'ER THE WIDE EARTH, ON MOUNTAIN AND ON PLAIN"

"HAIL, ZARAGOZA! IF WITH UNWET EYE"

"SAY, WHAT IS HONOUR?—'TIS THE FINEST SENSE"

"BRAVE SCHILL! BY DEATH DELIVERED, TAKE THY FLIGHT"

"CALL NOT THE ROYAL SWEDE UNFORTUNATE"

"LOOK NOW ON THAT ADVENTURER WHO HATH PAID"

"IS THERE A POWER THAT CAN SUSTAIN AND CHEER"

EPITAPHS TRANSLATED FROM CHIABRERA

I

"WEEP NOT, BELOVÈD FRIENDS! NOR LET THE AIR"

II

"PERHAPS SOME NEEDFUL SERVICE OF THE STATE"

III

"O THOU WHO MOVEST ONWARD WITH A MIND"

IV

"THERE NEVER BREATHED A MAN WHO, WHEN HIS LIFE"

V

"TRUE IS IT THAT AMBROSIO SALINERO"

VI

"DESTINED TO WAR FROM VERY INFANCY"

VII

"O FLOWER OF ALL THAT SPRINGS FROM GENTLE BLOOD"

VIII

"NOT WITHOUT HEAVY GRIEF OF HEART DID HE"

IX

"PAUSE, COURTEOUS SPIRIT!—BALBI SUPPLICATES"[A]

1810

"AH! WHERE IS PALAFOX? NOR TONGUE NOR PEN"

"IN DUE OBSERVANCE OF AN ANCIENT RITE"

FEELINGS OF A NOBLE BISCAYAN AT ONE OF THOSE FUNERALS, 1810

ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORY

UPON THE SAME EVENT

THE OAK OF GUERNICA

INDIGNATION OF A HIGH-MINDED SPANIARD, 1810

"AVAUNT ALL SPECIOUS PLIANCY OF MIND"

"O'ERWEENING STATESMEN HAVE FULL LONG RELIED"

THE FRENCH AND THE SPANISH GUERILLAS

MATERNAL GRIEF

1811

CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHILD THREE YEARS OLD

SPANISH GUERILLAS, 1811

"THE POWER OF ARMIES IS A VISIBLE THING"

"HERE PAUSE: THE POET CLAIMS AT LEAST THIS PRAISE"

EPISTLE

TO SIR GEORGE HOWLAND BEAUMONT, BART.

FROM THE SOUTH-WEST COAST OF CUMBERLAND.—1811

UPON PERUSING THE FOREGOING EPISTLE THIRTY YEARS AFTER ITS COMPOSITION

UPON THE SIGHT OF A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE,

Painted by Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart.

TO THE POET, JOHN DYER

1812

SONG FOR THE SPINNING WHEEL

FOUNDED UPON A BELIEF PREVALENT AMONG THE PASTORAL VALES OF WESTMORELAND

COMPOSED ON THE EVE OF THE MARRIAGE OF A FRIEND IN THE VALE OF GRASMERE, 1812

WATER-FOWL[A]

1813

VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BLACK COMB

WRITTEN WITH A SLATE PENCIL ON A STONE, ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN OF BLACK COMB

NOVEMBER, 1813