William Wordsworth

1770-1850 / Male / English

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A ComplaintThere is a change—and I am poor; / Your love hath been, nor long ago, / A fountain at my fond heart’s door,

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A Poet!—He Hath Put His Heart To SchoolA poet!—He hath put his heart to school, / Nor dares to move unpropped upon the staff / Which art hath lodged within his hand—must laugh

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A Slumber Did My Spirit SealA slumber did my spirit seal; / I had no human fears: / She seemed a thing that could not feel

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Character Of The Happy WarriorWho is the happy Warrior? Who is he / That every man in arms should wish to be? / —It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought

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Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802Earth has not anything to show more fair: / Dull would he be of soul who could pass by / A sight so touching in its majesty:

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DesideriaSurprised by joy—impatient as the Wind / I turned to share the transport—O! with whom / But Thee, deep buried in the silent tomb,

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Elegiac Stanzas Suggested By A Picture Of Peele Castle In A Storm, Painted By Sir George BeaumontI was thy neighbour once, thou rugged Pile! / Four summer weeks I dwelt in sight of thee: / I saw thee every day; and all the while

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England, 1802 IO friend! I know not which way I must look / For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, / To think that now our life is only drest

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England, 1802 IIMilton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: / England hath need of thee: she is a fen / Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,

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England, 1802 IIIGreat men have been among us; hands that penn’d / And tongues that utter’d wisdom—better none: / The later Sidney, Marvel, Harrington,

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