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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
early Youth
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.
POEMS ON THE NAMING OF PLACES.
It was an April morning: fresh and clear
To Joanna
108
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
Glad sight wherever new with old
The Contrast. The Parrot and the Wren
The Danish Boy. A Fragment
124
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.
145
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"
Yes, it was the mountain Echo
162
-, on her First Ascent to the Summit of Helvellyn
To a Young Lady, who had been reproached for taking long Walks in the Country
Water-fowl
165
166
167
169
On the Detraction which followed the Publication of a certain Poem
Grief, thou hast lost an ever ready friend
Composed in one of the Valleys of Westmoreland, on Easter Sunday
Composed on the eve of the Marriage of a Friend in the Vale of Grasmere, 1812.
PART II.
203
204
205
Fair Prime of life! were it enough to gild
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