This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...which the Queen? Published 1842 XII TO THE MOON COMPOSED BY THE SEASIDE, ON THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND ANDERER! that stoop'st so low, and com'st so near To human life's unsettled atmosphere; Who lov'st with Night and Silence to partake, So might it seem, the cares of them that wake; And, through the cottage ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...which the Queen? Published 1842 XII TO THE MOON COMPOSED BY THE SEASIDE, ON THE COAST OF CUMBERLAND ANDERER! that stoop'st so low, and com'st so near To human life's unsettled atmosphere; Who lov'st with Night and Silence to partake, So might it seem, the cares of them that wake; And, through the cottage-lattice softly peeping, Dost shield from harm the humblest of the sleeping; What pleasure once encompassed those sweet names Which yet in thy behalf the Poet claims, An idolizing dreamer as of yore!--I slight them all; and, on this sea-beat shore 10 Sole-sitting, only can to thoughts attend That bid me hail thee as the Sailor's Friend; So call thee for heaven's grace through thee made known By confidence supplied and mercy shown, When not a twinkling star or beacon's light Abates the perils of a stormy night; And for less obvious benefits, that find Their way, with thy pure help, to heart and mind; Both for the adventurer starting in life's prime; And veteran ranging round from clime to clime, 20 Long-baffled hope's slow fever in his veins, And wounds and weakness oft his labour's sole remains. The aspiring Mountains and the winding Streams, Empress of Night! are gladdened by thy beams; A look of thine the wilderness pervades, And penetrates the forest's inmost shades; Thou, chequering peaceably the minster's gloom, Guid'st the pale Mourner to the lost one's tomb; Canst reach the Prisoner--to his grated cell Welcome, though silent and intangible!--30 And lives there one, of all that come and go On the great waters toiling to and fro, One, who has watched thee at some quiet hour Enthroned aloft in undisputed power, Or crossed by vapoury streaks and clouds that move Catching the lustre they in part reprove--Nor sometimes felt a fitness in thy sway...
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Add this copy of The Poems of William Wordsworth Volume 2 to cart. $33.60, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Hardpress Publishing.
Add this copy of The Poems of William Wordsworth Volume 2 to cart. $44.69, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2013 by Hardpress Publishing.