The complete poetical works of William Wordsworth. With an introduction by John Morley

Introduction

BY JOHN MORLEY 3Lonfcon MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1888 All rights reserved CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.

Page xlix A LIST OF WORDSWORTH'S POEMS ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. AS FAR AS CAN BE DETERMINED FROM ACCESSIBLE DATA.1 ■j Com- First T-I^S tO 1797 posed. Published. ''AGE 1785 1850 Written as a School Exercise at Hawkshead, anno ætatis 14 . 1 And has the Sun his naming chariot driven. 1786 1815 Extract from the Conclusion of a Poem composed in anticipation of leaving School ........ 2 Dear native regions, I foretell. 1786 1807 Written in very Early Youth ....... 3 (probably) Calm is all nature as a resting wheel. 1787-89 1793 An Evening Walk. Addressed to a Young Lady ... 3 Far from my dearest Friend, 'tis mine to rove. 1789 1798 Lines written while sailing in a Boat at Evening ... 9 How richly glows the waters' breast. 1789 1798 Remembrance of Collins, composed upon the Thames near Richmond ......... 10 Glide gently, thus for ever glide.

Descriptive Sketches taken during a Pedestrian Tour among J793 1793 Descriptive Sketches taken during a reaestnan lour among the Alps IO Were there, below, a spot of holy ground. 1793-94 1842 Guilt and Sorrow ; or, Incidents upon Salisbury Plain . . 21 [One-third of this poem was published under the title of " The Female Vagrant" in 1798. 1 A Traveller on the skirt of Sarum's Plain. !79S 1798 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 33 Nay, Traveller ! rest. This lonely Yew-tree stands. 1795-96 1842 The Borderers. A Tragedy 34 The troop will be impatient : let us hie. 1797 1800 The Reverie of Poor Susan 72 At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears. 1 In every instance of a Poem pubhshed during Wordsworth's hfe ime the title is that which^he adopted in his final edition.

The first line of the Poem follows in smaller print. When no t.tle was |iven-as in the case of many of the Sonnets, etc.-the first line alone is printed. VI CONTENTS Com- First PAGE posed. Published. 1795 1842 The Birth of Love, translated from some French Stanzas by Francis Wrangham ..,..••• 72 When Love was born of heavenly line. 1798 1798 1815 A Night-Piece 73 -The sky is overcast. 1798 1798 We are Seven .......•• 73 -A simple Child. 1798 1798 Anecdote for Fathers . . . . . . ■ ■ 75 I have a boy of five years old. 1798 1798 The Thorn 76 There is a Thorn— it looks so old. 1798 1798 Goody Blake and Harry Gill. A true Story .... 79 Oh ! what's the matter? what's the matter? 1798 1798 Her eyes are Wild ........ 81 Her eyes are wild, her head is bare. 1798 1798 Simon Lee, the old Huntsman ; with an incident in which he was concerned ... . . . . . . . 82 In the sweet shire of Cardigan. 1798 1798 Lines written in Early Spring ...... 83 I heard a thousand blended notes. 1798 1798 To my Sister 84 It is the first mild day of March. 1798 1800 A whirl-blast from behind the hill 84 1798 1798 Expostulation and Reply . .... 85 " Why, William, on that old grey stone. 1798 1798 The Tables Turned.

An evening Scene, on the same Subject . 85 Up 1 up ! my Friend, and quit your books. 1798 1798 The Complaint of a Forsaken Indian Woman . . . 85 Before I see another day. 1798 1798 The Last of the Flock . . . . . ... . 87 In distant countries have I been. 1798 1798 The Idiot Boy ....... 88 'Tis eight o'clock, — a clear March night 1798 1798 Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798 . t po Five years have past ; five summers, with the length. 1798 1800 The Old Cumberland Beggar . .... T . i T> : 11 -^ I saw an aged Beggar in my walk. 1798 1798 Animal Tranquillity and Decay .... q8 T-U™ Kill. 1 1 1_- j_ " The little hedgerow birds. 1798 1819 Peter Bell. A Tale 8 There's something in a flying horse. CONTENTS VII Com- First 1799 posed.

Published. PAGE 1799 1845 The Simplon Pass ........ 112 ■Brook and road. 1799 1809 Influence of Natural Objects in calling forth and strengthening the imagination in Boyhood and early Youth (published in " The Friend") . . . . . . . .112 Wisdom and Spirit of the universe ! 1799 1800 There was a Boy ........ 113 There was a Boy ; ye knew him well, ye cliffs. 1799 1800 Nutting .......... 113 ■It seems a day. 1799 1800 Strange fits of passion have I known ...... 114 1799 1800 She dwelt among the untrodden ways ...... 114 1799 1807 I travelled among unknown men . . . . . . .115 1799 1800 Three years she grew in sun and shower . . . . .115 1799 1800 A slumber did my spirit seal ....... 115 1799 1800 A Poet's Epitaph . . . 115 Art thou a Statist in the van. 1799 1845 Address to the Scholars of the Village School of . . 116 I come, ye little noisy Crew. 1799 1800 Matthew . . . . . . . . . .117 If Nature, for a favourite child. 1799 1800 The two April Mornings ....... 118 We walked along, while bright and red. 1799 1800 The Fountain.

A Conversation . . . . . .118 We talked with open heart, and tongue. 1799 1800 To a Sexton . . . . . . . . . .119 Let thy wheel-barrow alone. 1799 1800 The Danish Boy. A Fragment 120 Between two sister moorland rills. 1799 1800 Lucy Gray; or, Solitude I2° Oft I had heard of Lucy Gray. 1799 1800 Ruth I21 When Ruth was left half desolate. 1799 1800 Written in Germany, on one of the coldest days of the Century 124 A plague on your languages, German and Norse. 1800 1800 1800 The Brothers I25 These Tourists, heaven preserve us I needs must live. 1800 1800 Michael. A Pastoral Poem '31 If from the public way you turn your steps. CONTENTS Com- First page posed. Published. . _ 1800 1800 The Idle Shepherd-boys ; or, Dungeon-Ghyll Force. A Pastoral 138 The valley rings with mirth and joy. 1800 1800 The Pet -lamb.

A Pastoral J39 The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink. Poems on the Naming of Places — 1800 1800 It was an April morning, fresh and clear . . . ■ • I4I 1800 1800 To Joanna ....-•■■• I4I Amid the smoke of cities did you pass. 1800 1800 There is an Eminence,— of these our hills . . . • ■ *43 1800 1800 A narrow girdle of rough stones and crags . . . • • J43 1800 1800 To M. H J44 Our walk was far among the ancient trees. 1800 1800 The Waterfall and the Eglantine 144 " Begone, thou fond presumptuous Elf." 1800 1800 The Oak and the Broom.

A Pastoral 145 His simple truths did Andrew glean. 1800 1800 Hart-leap Well 147 The Knight had ridden down from Wensley Moor. 1800 1800 'Tis said that some have died for love ...... 150 1800 1800 The Childless Father 150 " Up, Timothy, up with your staff and away I 1800 1800 Song for the Wandering Jew 151 Though the torrents from their fountains. 1800 1800 Rural Architecture . . . . . . . .151 There's George Fisher, Charles Fleming, and Reginald Shore. 1800 1800 Ellen Irwin ; or, The Braes of Kirtle ..... 152 Fair Ellen Irwin, when she sate. 1800 1800 Andrew Jones ......... 153 I hate that Andrew Jones ; he'll breed. 1800 1800 The Two Thieves ; or, The Last Stage of Avarice . . . 153 Oh now that the genius of Bewick were mine. 1800 1800 A Character ......... 154 I marvel how Nature could ever find space. 1800 1800 Inscription for the Spot where the Hermitage stood on St. Herbert'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 155 Stranger ! this hillock of mis-shapen stones.

CONTENTS IX Com- First 1 80 1 pAGE f>osed. Published. 1801 1807 The Sparrow's Nest 156 Behold, within the leafy shade. 1801 1815 Pelion and Ossa flourish side by side ...... 156 1801 1820 The Prioress' Tale (from Chaucer) ...... 156 Dec. 5 " O Lord, our Lord 1 how wondrously," (quoth she). 1801 1842 The Cuckoo and the Nightingale (from Chaucer) . . 160 Dec 8 The God of Love— ah, bcnedicite. 1801 1842 Troilus and Cresida (from Chaucer) ..... 165 Next morning Troilus began to clear. 1802 [Miss Wordsworth' s MS.

Journal enables us to fix the dates of the composition of the Poems of iZo2 more accurately than those of any other year, and also to correct several of the dates given by the Poet himself to Miss Fenwick in 1845.] 1802 1807 The Sailor's Mother ........ 167 March One morning (raw it was and wet. 1802 1807 Alice Fell ; or, Poverty ....... 168 March The post-boy drove with fierce career. 1 802 1 807 Beggars 1 69 March She had a tall man's height or more. 1802 1807 To a Butterfly (first poem) .170 March Stay near me— do not take thy flight ! 1802 1807 The Emigrant Mother 170 March Once in a lonely hamlet I sojourned. 1802 1807 My heart leaps up when I behold . • ■ • - ■ I7I March 26 1802 1807 Among all lovely things my Love had been ..... 171 April 12 1802 1807 Written in March, while resting on the Bridge at the foot of April 16 Brothers Water 171 The Cock is crowing. 1802 1807 The Redbreast chasing the Butterfly .... 172 April 18 Art thou the bird whom Man loves best. 1802 1807 To a Butterfly {second poem) . 172 April 20 I've watched you now a full half-hour. 1802 1807 Foresight J72 April 28 That is work of waste and ruin. 1802 1807 To the Small Celandine (first poem) 173 April 30 Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies. 1802 1807 To the same Flower (second poem) 174 May 1 Pleasures newly found are sweet. 1802 1807 Resolution and Independence *74 May 7 There was a roaring in the wind all night.

CONTENTS X Com- First PAGE posed. Published. 177 1802 1807 I grieved for Buonaparte, with a vain • May 21 1802 1815 A Farewell ' I?7 May 29 Farewell, thou little Nook of mountain-ground. 1802 1807 The Sun has long oeen set . ....--• 7 June 8 1802 1807 Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802 . . 17S July 30 Earth has not anything to show more fair. 1802 1807 Composed by the Sea-side, near Calais, August 1802 . . 178 August Fair Star of evening, Splendour of the west. 1802 1807 Calais, August 1802 ' J79 August Is it a reed that's shaken by the wind. 1802 1807 Composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres, August August 7 7, 1802 . . . . . - • - • ■ T79 Jones ! as from Calais southward you and I. 1802 1807 Calais, August 15, 1802 179 Aug. 15 Festivals have I seen that were not names. 1802 1807 It is a beauteous evening, calm and free ..... 179 August 1802 1807 On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic .... 179 August Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee. 1802 The King of Sweden . . . . . . .180 August The Voice of song from distant lands shall call. 1802 1807 To Toussaint L'Ouverture . . . . . . .180 August Toussaint, the most unhappy man of men ! 1802 1807 Composed in the Valley near Dover, on the day of landing . 180 Aug. 29 Here, on our native soil, we breathe once more. 1802 1807 September 1, 1802 ........ 180 Sept. 1 We had a female Passenger who came. 1802 1807 Near Dover, September 1802. ..... 181 Sept.

Inland within a hollow vale, I stood. 1802 1807 Written in London, September 1802 ..... 181 Sept. O Friend ! I know not which way I must look. 1802 1807 London, 1802 ......... 181 Sept. Milton ! thou should'st be living at this hour. 1802 1807 Great men have been among us ; hands that penned . . . . 181 Sept. 0 1802 1807 It is not to be thought of that the Flood ..... 182 Sept. 1802 1807 When I have borne in memory what has tamed . . . . 182 Sept. 1802 1807 Composed after a Journey across the Hambleton Hills, Yorkshire 182 Oct. 4 Dark and more dark the shades of evening fell. 1802 1815 Stanzas written in my Pocket-copy of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence" ....... jRz Within our happy Castle there dwelt One. CONTENTS XI Comlirst posed. Published. page 1802 1807 To H. C. Six years old T84 O Thou ! whose fancies from afar are brought. 1802 1807 To the Daisy (first poem) . . . . . . .184 In youth from rock to rock I went. 1802 1807 To the same Flower (second poem) ..... 185 With little here to do or see. 1802 1807 To the Daisy (third poem) ....... 186 Bright Flower ! whose home is everywhere. 1803 1803 1807 The Green Linnet ........ 186 Beneath these fruit-tree boughs that shed. 1803 1815 Yew-trees .......... 186 There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale. 1803 1807 Who fancied what a pretty sight ....... 187 1803 1807 It is no Spirit who from heaven hath flown . ■ . . .187 Memorials of a Tour in Scotland, 1803 — 1803 1827 1.

Departure from the vale of Grasmere, August 1803 . . 188 The gentlest Shade that walked Elysian plains. 1803 1845 2. At the Grave of Burns, 1803. Seven years after his death . 188 I shiver, Spirit fierce and bold. 1803 1845 3. Thoughts suggested the Day following, on the Banks of Nith, near the Poet's Residence . ... 189 Too frail to keep the lofty vow. 1803 1807 4. To theSons of Burns, after visiting the Grave of their Father 190 'Mid crowded obelisks and urns 1803 1807 5. To a Highland Girl ....... 191 Sweet Highland Girl, a very shower. 1803 1807 6. Glen Almain ; or, The Narrow Glen .... 191 In this still place, remote from men. 1803 1807 7. Stepping Westward 192 " What, you are stepping westward?" — Yea. 1803 1807 8. The Solitary Reaper fc . 192 Behold her, single in the field. 1803 1827 9.

Address to Kilchurn Castle, upon Loch Awe . . . 193 Child of loud-throated War ! the mountain Stream. 1803 1807 10. Rob Roy's Grave . . . . . . . .193 A famous man is Robin Hood. 1803 1807 11. Sonnet. Composed at Castle .... 195 Sept. 1 3 Degenerate Douglas ! oh, the unworthy Lord. 1803 1807 12. Yarrow Unvisited . 195 From Stirling Castle we had seen. CONTENTS XII Com- First PAGE posed. Published. [Memorials of a Tour in Scotland — continued.] 1803 1807 13. The Matronof Jedborough and her Husband . . .196 Age ! twine thy brows with fresh spring flowers. 1803 1815 14. Fly, some kind Harbinger, to Grasmere-dale ! . • ■ • J97 1803 1807 15. The Blind Highland Boy T97 Now we are tired of boisterous joy. 1803 1807 October 1803 2°° October One might believe that natural miseries. 1803 1807 There is a bondage worse, far worse, to bear . . • • • 200 October 1803 1807 October 1803 2°° October These times strike monied worldlings with dismay. 1803 1807 England ! the time is come when thou should'st wean . . ■ 201 October 1803 1807 October 1803 ......... 201 October When, looking On the present face of things. 1803 1807 To the Men of Kent.

October 1803 201 October Vanguard of Liberty, ye men of Kent. 1803 1807 In the Pass of Killicranky, an invasion being expected, October October 1803 .......... 201 Six thousand veterans, practised in War's game. 1803 1807. Anticipation. October 1803 ...... 202 October Shout, for a mighty Victory is won. 1803 1845 Lines on the expected Invasion ...... 202 Come ye— who, if (which Heaven avert !) the Land. 1803 1815 The Farmer of Tilsbury Vale 202 'Tis not for the unfeeling, the falsely refined. 1804 1804 1807 To the Cuckoo ......... 204 O blithe New-comer ! I have heard. 1804 1807 She was a Phantom of delight ....... 205 1804 1807 I wandered lonely as a cloud ....... 205 1804 1807 The Affliction of Margaret ...... 205 Where art thou, my beloved Son. 1804 1845 The Forsaken 206 The peace which others seek they find. 1804 1820 Repentance.

A Pastoral Ballad ...... 207 The fields which with covetous spirit we sold. 1804 1807 The Seven Sisters ; or, The Solitude of Binnorie . . . 208 Seven Daughters had Lord Archibald. 1804 1815 Address to my Infant Daughter, Dora, on being reminded that Sept. 16 she was a Month old that Day, September 16 . . 208 ■Hast thou then survived. CONTENTS XIII Com- First posed. Published. PAGE 1804 1807 The Kitten and Falling Leaves ...... 209 That way look, my Infant, lo ! 1804 1807 To the Spade of a Friend (an Agriculturist). Composed while we were labouring together in his Pleasure-ground . . 211 Spade ! with which Wilkinson hath tilled his lands. 1804 1807 The Small Celandine (third poem) ..... 212 There is a Flower, the lesser Celandine. 1804 1845 At Applethwaite, near Keswick, 1804 ..... 212 Beaumont 1 it was thy wish that I should rear. 1804 1807 From the Italian of Michael Angelo.

To the Supreme Being . 212 The prayers I make will then be sweet indeed. l8o5 1805 1807 Ode to Duty ......... 213 Stern Daughter of the Voice of God ! 1805 1807 To a Skylark ......... 213 Up with me ! up with me into the clouds ! 1805 1807 Fidelity .......... 214 A barking sound the Shepherd hears. 1805 1807 Incident characteristic of a Favourite Dog . . . . 215 On his morning rounds the Master. 1805 1807 Tribute to the Memory of the same Dog . . . . 215 Lie here, without a record of thy worth. 1805 1815 To the Daisy (fourth poem) ....... 216 Sweet Flower 1 belike one day to have. 1805 1807 Elegiac Stanzas, suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle in a Storm, painted by Sir George Beaumont . . . . 217 I was thy neighbour once, thou rugged Pile ! 1805 1845 Elegiac Verses in memory of my Brother, John Wordsworth, Commander of the E.I. Company's ship the Earl of Abergavenny, in which he perished by Calamitous Shipwreck, February 6, 1805.

Composed near the mountain track that leads from Grasmere through Grisdale Hawes, where it descends towards Paterdale . . . . . .218 The Sheep-boy whistled loud, and lo ! 1805 1815 When, to the attractions of the busy world ..... 219 1805 1807 Louisa. After accompanying her on a Mountain Excursion . 220 I met Louisa in the shade. 1805 1807 To a Youn^ Lady, who had been reproached for taking long Walks in the Country ....... 220 Dear Child of Nature, let them rail ! 1805 1820 Vaudracour and Julia ........ 221 O happy time of youthful lovers (thus. 1805 1815 The Cottager to her Infant, by my Sister .... 225 The days are cold, the nights are long. CONTENTS Com- First PAGE Posed. Published. 1805 1819 The Waggoner 225 'Tis spent — this burning day of June. 1805 1810 French Revolution, as it appeared to Enthusiasts at its Commencement [first published in " The Friend," 18 10] . . 234 I7gq_ Oh ! pleasant exercise of hope and joy ! 1805 1850 The Prelude 234 Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze. 1888 The Recluse . 334 Once to the verge of yon steep barrier came. 1806 1806 1807 Character of the Happy Warrior ...... 345 Who is the happy Warrior ?

Who is he. 1806 1807 The Horn of Egremont Castle ...... 346 Ere the Brothers through the Gateway. 1806 1807 A Complaint ......... 347 There is a change — and I am poor. 1806 1807 Stray Pleasures ......... 348 By their floating mill. 1806 1807 Power of Music ......... 348 An Orpheus ! an Orpheus ! yes, Faith may grow bold. 1806 1807 Star-gazers .......... 349 What crowd is this ? what have we here ! we must not pass it by. 1806 1807 Yes, it was the mountain Echo ....... 350 1806 1807 Nuns fret not at their convent's narrow room ..... 350 1806 1807 Personal Talk ......... -151 I am not One who much or oft delight. 1806 1807 Admonition ....... 3<ro Well may'st thou halt — and gaze with brightening eye ! 1806 1807 "Beloved Vale!" I said, "when I shall con 352 1806 1807 How sweet it is, when mother Fancy rocks ..... 352 1806 1807 Those words were uttered as in pensive mood ..... 353 1806 1820 Composed by the side of Grasmere Lake .... 353 Clouds, lingering yet, extend in solid bars. 1806 1807 With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the sky . . . . 353 1806 1807 The world is too much with us ; late and soon . . . 353 1806 1807 With Ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh . . 354 1806 1807 Where lies the Land to which yon Ship must go ? . . 354 1806 1807 To Sleep ....... r\ .1- pi 1 j. ., t ., ., ~04 O gentle Sleep ! do they belong to thee. 1806 1807 To Sleep a a 1. _r _i ..1 1 • i_ ___ i JdH- A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by.

CONTENTS XV Com- First posed. Published. page 1806 1807 To Sleep 355 Fond words have oft been spoken to thee, Sleep ! Michael Angelo in reply to the passage upon his Statue of Night sleeping 355 Grateful is Sleep, my life in stone bound fast. 1806 1807 From the Italian of Michael Angelo 355 Yes 1 hope may with my strong desire keep pace 1806 1807 From the Same . . . . . . . ." ,rr No mortal object did these eyes behold. 1806 1807 To the Memory of Raisley Calvert 356 Calvert 1 it must not be unheard by them. 1806 1807 Methought I saw the footsteps of a throne ..... 356 1806 1807 Lines composed at Grasmere, during a walk one Evening after a stormy day, the Author having just read in a Newspaper that the dissolution of Mr. Fox was hourly expected . . . 356 Loud is the Vale 1 the Voice is up. 1806 1807 November 1806 ......... 356 Nov.

Another year ! — another deadly blow. 1806 1815 Address to a Child, during a boisterous winter Evening, by my Sister 357 What way does the wind come ? What way does he go? 1803-6 1807 Ode. Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood ......... 357 There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream. 1807 1807 1807 A Prophecy. February 1807 .... . 360 Feb. High deeds, O Germans, are to come from you ! 1807 1807 Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland . . 361 Two Voices are there ; one is of the sea. 1807 1807 To Thomas Clarkson, on the Final Passing of the Bill for the March Abolition of the Slave Trade . . . . . .361 Clarkson ! it was an obstinate hill to climb. 1807 1815 The Mother's Return, by my Sister 361 Spring A month, sweet Little-ones, is past. 1807 1807 Gipsies 36z Yet are they here the same unbroken knot. 1807 1807 O Nightingale ! thou surely art • ■ 3°2 1807 1807 To Lady Beaumpnt . . ■ ■ • ■ • • 3^3 Lady ! the songs of Spring were in the grove. 1807 1807 Though narrow be that old Man's cares, and near .... 363 1807 1807 Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle, upon the Restoration of Lord Clifford, the Shepherd, to the Estates and Honours of his Ancestors 363 High in the breathless Hall the Minstrel sate.

CONTENTS Com- First PAGE posed. Published. 1807 1815 The White Doe of Rylstone ; or, The Fate of the Nortons . 365 From Bolton's old monastic tower. 1807 1815 The Force of Prayer ; or, The Founding of Bolton Priory. A Sept. tradition 386 " What is good for a bootless bene?' 180S 1 808 181 5 Composed while the Author was engaged in Writing a Tract occasioned by the Convention of Cintra .... 387 Not 'mid the world's vain objects that enslave. 1808 1815 Composed at the same Time and on the same Occasion . .• 387 I dropped my pen ; and listened to the Wind. 1808 1839 George and Sarah Green ....-•• 3°7 Who weeps for strangers ? Many wept. 1809 1809 1815 Hoffer 388 Of mortal parents is the Hero born. 1809 1 8 15 Advance — come forth from thy Tyrolean ground .... 388 1809 1815 Feelings of the Tyrolese ....... 388 The Land we from our fathers had in trust. 1809 1815 Alas ! what boots the long laborious quest ..... 388 1809 1 8 15 And is it among rude untutored Dales ...... 389 1809 1815 O'er the wide earth, on mountain and on plain .... 389 1809 1815 On the Final Submission of the Tyrolese .... 389 It was a moral end for which they fought. 1809 1815 Hail, Zaragoza !

If with unwet eye 389 1809 1815 Say, what is Honour ?— 'Tis the finest sense ..... 390 1809 1815 The martial courage of a day is vain ...... 390 1809 1815 Brave Schill ! by death delivered, take thy flight .... 390 1809 1 815 Call not the royal Swede unfortunate ...... 390 1809 1815 Look now on that Adventurer who hath paid ..... 390 1809 1815 Is there a power that can sustain and cheer ..... 391 l8lO 1810 1815 Ah ! where is Palafox? Nor tongue nor pen . . . . '391 1810 1815 In due observance of an ancient rite ...... 301 1810 1815 Feelings of a Noble Biscayan at one of those Funerals . , 391 Yet, yet, Biscayans ! we must meet our Foes. 1810 1815 On a celebrated Event in Ancient History .... 3q2 A Roman Master stands on Grecian ground. CONTENTS XVII Com- First posed. Published. PAGE 1810 1815 Upon the same Event ........ 392 When, far and wide, swift as the beams of morn. 1810 1815 The Oak of Guernica 392 Oak of Guernica !

Tree of holier power. 1810 1815 Indignation of a high-minded Spaniard ..... 392 We can endure that He should waste our lands. 1810 1815 Avaunt all specious pliancy of mind ...... 393 1810 1815 O'erweening Statesmen have full long relied ..... 393 1810 1815 The French and the Spanish Guerillas ..... 393 Hunger, and sultry heat, and nipping blast. Epitaphs translated from Chiabrera — 1810 1837 Weep not, beloved Friends ! nor let the air .... 393 1810 1810 Perhaps some needful service of the State [published in " The Friend" Feb. 22] . . . . . . . . 394 1810 1810 O Thou who movest onward with a mind .... 394 1 810 1815 There never breathed a man who, when his life . . . 394 1810 1837 True is it that Ambrosio Salinero ...... 395 1810 1815 Destined to war from very infancy . • - . -395 1810 1837 O flower of all that springs from gentle blood .... 395 1810 1815 Not without heavy grief of heart did He . .... 395 1810 1815 Pause, courteous Spirit ! — Balbi supplicates .... 396 1810 1842 Maternal Grief 396 Departed Child !

I could forget thee once. l8ll 1811 1815 Characteristics of a Child three Years old . 397 Loving she is, and tractable, though wild. 1811 1815 Spanish Guerillas 397 They seek, are sought ; to daily battle led. 1811 1815 The power of Armies is a visible thing ...... 398 1811 1815 Here pause : the poet claims at least this praise . . • 398 181 1 1842 Epistle to Sir George Howland Beaumont, Bart. From the South-West Coast of Cumberland 398 Far from our home by Grasmere's quiet Lake. 181 1 1842 Upon perusing the foregoing Epistle thirty years after its Composition .....••■•• 4°3 Soon did the Almighty Giver of all rest. 181 1 1 8 15 Upon the sight of a Beautiful Picture, painted by Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart 404 Praised be the Art whose subtle power could stay. CONTENTS Com- First rAGE posed. Published. 1808 1815 In the Grounds of Coleorton, the Seat of Sir George Beaumont, Bart., Leicestershire .....-■■ 4°4 The embowering rose, the acacia, and the pine. 1811 1815 In a Garden of the Same 4°4 Oft is the medal faithful to its trust. 1808 1815 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 . . . 4°S Ye Lime-trees, ranged before this hallowed Um. 1811 1815 For a Seat in the Groves of Coleorton 4°5 Beneath yon eastern ridge, the craggy bound. lSl2 1 8 12 1820 Song for the Spinning- Wheel.