Poems

The Prelude. book 5 WHEN Contemplation, like the night-calm felt Through earth and sky, spreads widely, and sends deep Into the soul its tranquillising power, Even […]

The Primrose of the Rock A Rock there is whose homely front The passing traveller slights; Yet there the glow-worms hang their lamps, Like stars, at […]

The Rainbow My heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So be it when I […]

The Reaper Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and […]

The Reverie of Poor Susan At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a Thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years: […]

The Russian Fugitive I ENOUGH of rose-bud lips, and eyes Like harebells bathed in dew, Of cheek that with carnation vies, And veins of violet hue; […]

The Sailor’s Mother . ONE morning (raw it was and wet— A foggy day in winter time) A Woman on the road I met, Not old, […]

The Seven Sisters Or, The Solitude Of Binnorie SEVEN Daughter had Lord Archibald, All children of one mother: You could not say in one short day […]

The Shepherd, Looking Eastward, Softly Said The Shepherd, looking eastward, softly said, “Bright is thy veil, O Moon, as thou art bright!” Forthwith, that little cloud, […]

The Simplon Pass . –Brook and road Were fellow-travellers in this gloomy Pass, And with them did we journey several hours At a slow step. The […]