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CONTENTS.
POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH.
Extract from the Conclusion of a Poem, composed in anticipation of leaving School
Written in very early Youth
An Evening Walk. Addressed to a Young Lady
Lines written while sailing in a Boat at Evening
Remembrance of Collins, composed upon the Thames near Richmond
Descriptive Sketches taken during a Pedestrian Tour among the Alps
Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree, which stands near the Lake of Esthwaite, on a desolate
part of the Shore, commanding a beautiful Prospect
Guilt and Sorrow; or, Incidents upon Salisbury Plain
Influence of Natural Objects in calling forth and strengthening the imagination in Boyhood and
The Brothers
Artegal and Elidure.
To a Butterfly
POEMS FOUNDED ON THE AFFECTIONS.
A Farewell
Stanzas written in my Pocket-copy of Thomson's Castle of Indolence.
Louisa. After accompanying her on a Mountain Excursion
Strange fits of passion have I known
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
I travelled among unknown men
Ere with cold beads of midnight dew
To
The Forsaken
'Tis said, that some have died for love
A Complaint.
Yes! thou art fair, yet be not moved
How rich that forehead's calm expanse
What heavenly smiles! O Lady mine
Lament of Mary Queen of Scots, on the Eve of a New Year
The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman
The Last of the Flock.
Repentance. A Pastoral Ballad
The Affliction of Margaret
The Cottager to her Infant
Maternal Grief
The Sailor's Mother
The Childless Father
The Emigrant Mother
Vaudracour and Julia
The Idiot Boy
Michael. A Pastoral Poem.
The Widow on Windermere Side
The Armenian Lady's Love.
Loving and Liking. Irregular Verses, addressed to a Child.
Farewell Lines
The Redbreast. Suggested in a Westmoreland Cottage
Her Eyes are Wild
108
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112
Song for the Spinning Wheel. Founded upon a Belief prevalent among the Pastoral Vales of
Westmoreland
122
Hint from the Mountains for certain Political Pretenders
On seeing a Needlecase in the Form of a Harp
123
To a Lady, in answer to a request that I would write her a Poem upon some Drawings that she
had made of Flowers in the Island of Madeira
Address to my Infant Daughter, on being reminded that she was a Month old, on that Day.
130
Written in March, while resting on the Bridge at the foot of Brother's Water
Lyre! though such power do in thy magic live.
146
147
Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle, upon the Restoration of Lord Clifford, the Shepherd, to
the Estates and Honours of his Ancestors
158
It is no Spirit who from heaven hath flown
Lines, composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the Banks of the Wye during
a Tour, July 13, 1798
160
161
French Revolution, as it appeared to Enthusiasts at its Commencement. Reprinted from "The
Friend"
View from the top of Black Comb
The Haunted Tree. To
To a Young Lady, who had been reproached for taking long Walks in the Country
Water-fowl
169
170
On the Detraction which followed the Publication of a certain Poem
Grief, thou hast lost an ever ready friend
To S. H..
Composed in one of the Valleys of Westmoreland, on Easter Sunday
Decay of Piety.
Composed on the eve of the Marriage of a Friend in the Vale of Grasmere, 1812.
PART II.
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I watch, and long have watched, with calm regret
I heard (alas! 't was only in a dream)
Retirement.
Not Love, not War, nor the tumultuous swell
Mark the concentred hazels that enclose