Poems

Elegiac Stanzas Suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle . I was thy neighbour once, thou rugged Pile! Four summer weeks I dwelt in sight of […]

Expostulation and Reply “Why, William, on that old gray stone, Thus for the length of half a day, Why, William, sit you thus alone, And dream […]

Extempore Effusion upon the Death of James Hogg . When first, descending from the moorlands, I saw the Stream of Yarrow glide Along a bare and […]

Foresight That is work of waste and ruin– Do as Charles and I are doing! Strawberry-blossoms, one and all, We must spare them–here are many: Look […]

I Know an Old Man Constrained to Dwell I know an aged Man constrained to dwell In a large house of public charity, Where he abides, […]

Influence of Natural Objects In Calling Forth and Strengthening the Imagination in Boyhood and Early Youth Wisdom and Spirit of the Universe! Thou Soul, that art […]

Inscriptions Written with a Slate Pencil upon a Stone Stranger! this hillock of mis-shapen stones Is not a Ruin spared or made by time, Nor, as […]

Inside of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge . Tax not the royal Saint with vain expense, With ill-matched aims the Architect who planned– Albeit labouring for a […]

It Is a Beauteous Evening It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad […]

It is not to be Thought of . It is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea […]