The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 1Edward Moxon, 1836 - English poetry |
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Page 59
... babes to shield , And faint the fire a dying heart can yield ! Press the sad kiss , fond mother ! vainly fears Thy flooded cheek to wet them with its tears ; No tears can chill them , and no bosom warms , Thy breast their death - bed ...
... babes to shield , And faint the fire a dying heart can yield ! Press the sad kiss , fond mother ! vainly fears Thy flooded cheek to wet them with its tears ; No tears can chill them , and no bosom warms , Thy breast their death - bed ...
Page 76
... babe her only comforter ; Lo , where she sits beneath yon shaggy rock , A cowering shape half hid in curling smoke ! When rueful moans along the forest swell Protracted , and the twilight storm foretel , And , headlong from the cliffs ...
... babe her only comforter ; Lo , where she sits beneath yon shaggy rock , A cowering shape half hid in curling smoke ! When rueful moans along the forest swell Protracted , and the twilight storm foretel , And , headlong from the cliffs ...
Page 77
... babe's small cry that leads him to his prey . * Now passing Urseren's open vale serene , Her quiet streams , and hills of downy green , By cells upon whose image , while he prays , The kneeling peasant scarcely dares to gaze : By rocks ...
... babe's small cry that leads him to his prey . * Now passing Urseren's open vale serene , Her quiet streams , and hills of downy green , By cells upon whose image , while he prays , The kneeling peasant scarcely dares to gaze : By rocks ...
Page 79
... babes undaunted thither creeps , And hangs his small wood - hut upon the steeps . A garden - plot the desert air perfumes , ' Mid the dark pines a little orchard blooms ; A zig - zag path from the domestic skiff , Thridding the painful ...
... babes undaunted thither creeps , And hangs his small wood - hut upon the steeps . A garden - plot the desert air perfumes , ' Mid the dark pines a little orchard blooms ; A zig - zag path from the domestic skiff , Thridding the painful ...
Page 99
... babes had lain upon my breast ; And often , viewing their sweet smiles , I sighed , And knew not why . My happy father died , When sad distress reduced the children's meal : Thrice happy ! that for him the grave could hide The empty ...
... babes had lain upon my breast ; And often , viewing their sweet smiles , I sighed , And knew not why . My happy father died , When sad distress reduced the children's meal : Thrice happy ! that for him the grave could hide The empty ...
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Alps babe BARRY CORNWALL beneath Benjamin Betty Betty Foy bird blessed bowers breast breath bright brook brother CHARLES LAMB cheer child church-yard cliffs clouds cottage crag dear delight door dread EDWARD MOXON Ennerdale eyes Fancy father fear flowers gale gone Grasmere grave green happy hath head hear heard heart heaven hills hope horses hour Idiot Boy images Imagination JAMES MACKINTOSH JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES Johnny Kilve lamb LEONARD light live look Luke Maid mind moon mother mountain never night o'er pain pass pleasure Poems Poet poor porringer Price PRIEST racter rill rocks round SERJEANT TALFOURD shade Shepherd side sight silent sing sleep smile snow song soul sound star steep Sugh Susan sweet tears tell thee thine things thou art thought trees Twas vale voice waggon ween wild WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wood word Youth