To the Daisy

Once I could hail (howe'er serene the sky)

Elegiac Stanzas

Invocation to the Earth

Sonnet on the late General Fast

Ode

Preface to the Second Edition of the "Lyrical

Ballads "

Appendix

THE RIVER DUDDON rises upon Wrynose Fell, on the confines of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire; and, serving as a boundary to the two last counties, for the space of about twenty-five miles, enters the Irish Sea, between the Isle of Walney and the Lordship of Millum.

TO THE REV. DR. WORDSWORTH.

(WITH THE SONNETS TO THE RIVER DUDDON, AND OTHER POEMS IN THIS COLLECTION.)

THE Minstrels played their Christmas tune
To-night beneath my cottage eaves;
While, smitten by a lofty moon,

The encircling laurels, thick with leaves,
Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen,
That overpowered their natural green.

Through hill and valley every breeze
Had sunk to rest with folded wings:
Keen was the air, but could not freeze
Nor check the music of the strings;

So stout and hardy were the band

That scraped the chords with strenuous hand.

And who but listened? till was paid

Respect to every Inmate's claim;

The greeting given, the music played,
In honour of each household name,
Duly pronounced with lusty call,
And "
merry Christmas" wished to all!