Poems

A Wren’s Nest AMONG the dwellings framed by birds In field or forest with nice care, Is none that with the little Wren’s In snugness may […]

After-Thought . I thought of Thee, my partner and my guide, As being past away.–Vain sympathies! For, backward, Duddon! as I cast my eyes, I see […]

Anecdote For Fathers I HAVE a boy of five years old; His face is fair and fresh to see; His limbs are cast in beauty’s mold […]

Animal Tranquility and Decay The little hedgerow birds, That peck along the roads, regard him not. He travels on, and in his face, his step, His […]

By the Seaside The sun is couched, the sea-fowl gone to rest, And the wild storm hath somewhere found a nest; Air slumbers–wave with wave no […]

Calm is all Nature as a Resting Wheel Calm is all nature as a resting wheel. The kine are couched upon the dewy grass; The horse […]

Character of the Happy Warrior . Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be? –It is the […]

Composed During a Storm One who was suffering tumult in his soul, Yet failed to seek the sure relief of prayer, Went forth–his course surrendering to […]

Composed upon Westminster Bridge… Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching […]

Dion . See Plutarch. Serene, and fitted to embrace, Where’er he turned, a swan-like grace Of haughtiness without pretence, And to unfold a still magnificence, Was […]