The Idle Shepherd-boys; or, Dungeon-Ghyll Force. A Pastoral

The valley rings with mirth and joy.

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1800 1800

I marvel how Nature could ever find space.

Inscription for the Spot where the Hermitage stood on St. Her-

bert's Island, Derwentwater

154

If thou in the dear love of some one Friend.

1800 1800

Written with a Pencil upon a Stone in the Wall of the House

(an Out-house) on the Island at Grasmere

155

Rude is this Edifice, and Thou hast seen.

1800 1800

Written with a Slate Pencil upon a Stone, the largest of a Heap

lying near a deserted Quarry, upon one of the Islands at Rydal

Stranger! this hillock of mis-shapen stones.

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Next morning Troilus began to clear.

1802

[Miss Wordsworth's MS. Journal enables us to fix the dates of the com-
position of the Poems of 1802 more accurately than those of any other
year, and also to correct several of the dates given by the Poet him-
self to Miss Fenwick in 1845.]

The Sailor's Mother

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One morning (raw it was and wet.

Alice Fell; or, Poverty

The post-boy drove with fierce career.

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168

Written in March, while resting on the Bridge at the foot of

Brothers Water

171

1802 1807

August 7

Composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres, August

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180

180

1802

August

1807

1802 1807

Composed in the Valley near Dover, on the day of landing

180

Composed after a Journey across the Hambleton Hills, Yorkshire

Dark and more dark the shades of evening fell.

182

1815

Stanzas written in my Pocket-copy of Thomson's "Castle of

Indolence"

182

2. At the Grave of Burns, 1803. Seven years after his death.

I shiver, Spirit fierce and bold.

188

3. Thoughts suggested the Day following, on the Banks of

Nith, near the Poet's Residence

189

Too frail to keep the lofty vow.

4. To the Sons of Burns, after visiting the Grave of their Father

'Mid crowded obelisks and urns

190

1803 1807

October

In the Pass of Killicranky, an invasion being expected, October

1803

201

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Six thousand veterans, practised in War's game.

1804 1815

Sept. 16

Address to my Infant Daughter, Dora, on being reminded that

she was a Month old that Day, September 16

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Hast thou then survived.