Sonnet XLII: Composed During a Walk
Sonnet XLII: Composed During a Walk The dark and pillowy cloud, the sallow trees, Seem o’er the ruins of the year to mourn; And, cold and […]
READ MORESonnet XLIII: The Unhappy Exile
Sonnet XLIII: The Unhappy Exile The unhappy exile, whom his fates confine To the bleak coast of some unfriendly isle, Cold, barren, desart, where no harvests […]
READ MORESonnet XLIV: Press’d by the Moon
Sonnet XLIV: Press’d by the Moon Press’d by the Moon, mute arbitress of tides, While the loud equinox its power combines, The sea no more its […]
READ MORESonnet XLVII: To Fancy
Sonnet XLVII: To Fancy Thee, Queen of Shadows! — shall I still invoke, Still love the scenes thy sportive pencil drew, When on mine eyes the […]
READ MORESonnet XXXIV: Charm’d by Thy Suffrage
Sonnet XXXIV: Charm’d by Thy Suffrage Charm’d by thy suffrage, shall I yet aspire (All inauspicious as my fate appears, By troubles darken’d, that encrease with […]
READ MOREThe Emigrants: Book I-
The Emigrants: Book I- Scene, on the Cliffs to the Eastward of the Town of Brighthelmstone in Sussex. Time, a Morning in November, 1792. Slow in […]
READ MOREThe Emigrants: Book II
The Emigrants: Book II Scene, on an Eminence on one of those Downs, which afford to the South a view of the Sea; to the North […]
READ MOREThe First Swallow
The First Swallow The gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers are gay, The oaks are budding, and, beneath, The hawthorn soon […]
READ MOREWritten near a Port on a Dark Evening
Written near a Port on a Dark Evening Huge vapours brood above the clifted shore, Night on the ocean settles dark and mute, Save where is […]
READ MORESchool of my heart, tomorrow i will be separated from you!
School of my heart, tomorrow i will be separated from you! The blazing rays of sunshine, little by little, condense; and the South Wind, with its […]
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