CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND GIVEN IN 1891 BY HENRY WILLIAMS SAGE Cornell University Library PR 5895.T96 The Wordsworth dictionary of persons and 3 1924 012 971 325 a-gJ Date Due '^f^^-tm-B-^ ^m^=^ PRINTED- IN NO. 23233 B Cornell University ^ Library The original of tliis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924012971325 THE WORDSWORTH DICTIONARY, ETC. Of this Book only six hundred copies have been printed. inlii THE /ORDSWORTH DICTIONARY PERSONS AND PLACES WITH THE fAMILIAR QUOTATIONS FROM HIS WORKS (INCLUDING FULL INDEX) CHRONOLOGICALLY-ARRANGED LIST OF HIS BEST POEMS J. R. TUTIN COMPILER OF " THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORDSWORTH," ETC., ETC. HULL J. R. TUTIN 1891 ^^^r¥-:'rif ■*:*) "^ CONTENTS. Preface ...... 7 IVORDSWORTH DICTIONARY OF PERSONS : — I. Contemporary and Historical 13 II. Mythical and Legendary . 33 III. Biblical 40 IV. Characters of Fiction 41 Wordsworth Dictionary of Places : — I. The English Lake District 47 II. Other Parts of England . " 61 III. Wales .' . . . . 68 IV. Isle of Man . . . . 70 V. Scotland . . . . . 70 VI. Ireland .... 75 VII. The Continent, &c., of Europe . 75 VIII. Asia .... . 88 IX. Africa .... . 90 X. America .... • 91 6 Contents. PI Familiar Quotations from the Poems of Words- worth ... • • 95 Index to Same . . . . .149 A Chronologically-arranged List of Words- worth's Best Poems . . . • '73 APPENDIX. Cancelled version of Wordsworth's " Ode to Duty," with the first published (1807) version ap- pended ...... 201 The Birds of Wordsworth . . . .206 The Trees, Plants, and Flowers of Wordsworth . 2 l i Addenda . . . . . .216 PREFACE. The deep and reverent study of the works of the classic authors of our country is undoubtedly an important feature of nineteenth-century intellectual life, and a work like the present, it is hoped, may be the means of still further promoting such a study. Concordances to the writings of Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, Cowper, Burns, and Tennyson have been pub- lished, but such a useful aid to the study of Words- worth is still a desideratum. The present volume may be taken as an apology for a Wordsworth Con- cordance. Its ground covers some of the more important features of the Poet's work — his numerous allusions to Persons and Places. I have myself long felt the desire for such an aid to the study of the Poet as is now offered, and I put it forth feeling that it would be of real utility to every student and admirer of his works. I have therefore endeavoured to index every description of, or reference to, persons (Contemporary, Historical, Mythical, &c.) named or described in the Poems. The same has been attempted as regards the Places. No other English Poet is so peculiarly associated with locality as is Wordsworth. This latter feature is the more interesting, for wher- ever he went there has he become associated, and his poems are an index to his travels. Often, too, he has interpreted to us the very heart of the scene, as for example in the following lines on Yarrow : — " Meek loveliness is round thee spread/ A softness still and holy ; The grace of forest charms decayed, And pastoral melancholy." 8 Preface. And the picture is for ever afterwards treasured in that " mansion for all lovely forms," the human mind, A glance through the Place-Index section of the present volume shows that the Poet was most at home among his own lakes and mountains, and I trust the division devoted to " The English Lake District " (" Wordsworthshire," as it has not inaptly been called) may be of real service to the Words- worthian tourist among that " multitude of hills, crags, woodlands, waterfalls, and rills." The collection of " Familiar Quotations " is the completest yet given ; and I have taken considerable pains to include none but those used not unfrequently in the pulpit, on the platform, and by the essayist- By far the completest collection of " Familiar Quota- tions " from Wordsworth hitherto published is the one included in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston [U.SA.], Little, Brown & Co., 1882). The present volume contains about half as many more, and I have been compelled to reject a few of those given in the above-named work, for the reason that they had not become sufficiently " familiar " — at any rate in this country. I hope there may be few of those given in my collection which are open to the objection of unfamiliarity ; it has been carefully re- vised a number of times (and has passed through the hands of several persons for that purpose), and a number of passages have been finally rejected which were originally inserted. That Wordsworth, in the future, will be chiefly read in Selection rather than in his entirety, it is safe to predict. That very many thoughtful readers now cannot tolerate him as a whole is a well-known fact. For such the " List of Best Poems," in this volume, may be of some service. In publishing this " List," I am, I am aware, challenging the verdict of several editors of Wordsworth Anthologies. I have in- Preface. 9 eluded the names of a greater number of pieces than have ever been given in any of the published Selec- tions — nearly twice as many as are given in the most popular one of all, Mr Matthew Arnold's. This I have done after mature reflection, and repeated examination of the whole of Wordsworth's poetry ; and find that " the great and ample body of powerful work which remains to him, even after all his inferior work has been cleared away" {Arnold), is much greater than what is given in the great critic's "Selections." A careful examination of the Poet's whole work will, I venture to think, convince any discerning student that he has not got (in Mr Arnold's good selection) the whole of the "great and ample body of powerful work " which Wordsworth has left to us. This volume more than fulfils the promise of its Prospectus. In it is included, as an Appendix, a hitherto unpublished cancelled version of the great " Ode to Duty," and Indices to all the Birds, Trees, Plants, and Flowers described by the Poet. This Dictionary has been compiled from the text of the Poems as finally revised by Wordsworth. Those who consult the present work will have no difficulty in at once finding the passages or Poems they search for, if they possess a properly indexed edition of the works of the Poet. The following are the complete and authoritative editions of the Poet's works: — the later editions published by Moxon; those issued by Ward, Lock & Co. (in 6 vols.) ; Professor Knight's Library edition * (in 8 vols.) ; and the one- volum.e edition published by Macmillan & Co. * It is much to be regretted that there has been no English edition of Wordsworth having the lines of the longer poems numbered, and that this otherwise admirable edition lacks this useful — and almost indispensable — feature of a Student's edition. In the case of The Excursion (Vol. V. of this edition) the numbers of the lines are given lo Preface. In bringing this preface to a close I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to Professor Knight of St Andrews for his kind permission in respect of his edition of Wordsworth's Poetical Works, his "The English Lake District as Interpreted in the Poems of Wordsworth," and his " Through the Words- worth Country." These works have been of consider- able service to me, especially in the preparation of the topographical section of this book. But for the in- formation these supplied my work would have been imperfectly done. On everything that relates to the topography of the poems of Wordsworth, Professor Knight is the greatest authority. In conclusion I have also to thank those gentle- men who have rendered me good service in assisting me in connection with the collection of " Familiar Quotations." By means of their knowledge, this portion of the volume has become, I feel sure, all the more reliable. J. R. TUTIN. Hull, jpth April 1891. at the top of each page, but are incorrect throughout, the editor or the compositor having counted the half lines at the beginning and end of the paragraphs as, in each case, full ones. Consequently the line- numbers, given in the following pages, do not correspond vpith the incorrect numbering in this edition. THE WORDSWORTH DICTIONARY OF PERSONS. I. Contemporary and Historical. Aaliza, Lady. The White Doe of Rylstone, Canto I. The Force of Prayer. iELLA, King ofDeira, 560-88. Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. I. xiii. Aglaia. Epitaphs from Chiabrera, VII. Albert, Prince Consort. Installation Ode, 1847. Alc^US, a Greek Lyric Poet. September 18 19 (Second Poem). Alexander III., Pope. Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. I., xxxviii. Alfred, King of England. The Warning. A Fact, and an Imagination. Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. I., xxvi., xxvii. Amphion, a Greek Lutist. On the Power of Sound, IX. Aneurin, Cymric Bard and Chief. Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. I., x. Archimedes, The famous Mathematician of Syra- cuse. The Excursion, Book VIII., 1. 220. Epitaphs from Chiabrera, IX. Archimedes, Geometer. The Prelude, Book XL, 1. 435- Arion, a Greek Lyric Poet and Musician. On the Power of Sound, IX. Aristogiton, an Athenian. The Prelude, Book X., 1. 199. Arminius [or Hermann]. A Prophecy, Feb. 1807. Arthur, a British Prince (Sth Century). Ecclesi- astical Sonnets, Pt. I., x. 14 Dictionary of Persons. "^ J Bacon (Lord), Philosopher. School Exercise, 1784. Balbi. Epitaphs from Chiabrera, IX. / Barbarossa, Emperor, " Cesar's Successor." Eccle- . siastical Sonnets, Ft. I., xxxviii. / 798) —Peter Bell, Part First. (Poems : Imagination.) 1.3. There was a hardness in his cheek, There was a hardness in his eye, As if the man had fixed his face. In many a solitary place, X/ Against the wind and open sky ! 1798) —Peter Bell* Part First. (POEMS: Imagination.) 14. One of those heavenly days that cannot die. ^ 1799) — Nutting. (Poems : Imagination, VI.) 1.5. Then, dearest Maiden, move along these shades In gentleness of heart ; with gentle hand Touch — for there is a spirit in the woods. 1 799) — Nutting. (Poems : Imagination, VI.) \6. She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, 1/ A Maid whom there were none to praise, C!7 And very few to love : * The first and second editions only of this poem contain the foUow- 3g oft-quoted stanza : — 43A. Is it a party in a parlour ? Crammed just as they on earth were cramm'd — Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But as you by their faces see. All silent, and all damn'd I / I04 Familiar Quotations A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be ; For she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me ! (1799) — >5"^ dwelt among tke untrodden ways. (Poems : Affections, VIII.) 47. I travelled among unknown men In lands beyond the sea ; Nor, England, did I know till then What love I bore to thee. ( 1 799) — I travelled among unknown men. (Poems : Affections, IX.) 48. And her's shall be the breathing balm. And her's the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things. (1799) — Three Years she grew in sun and shower. (Poems : Imagination, X.) 49. The stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round. And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face. (^799) — Three Years she grew in sun and shower. (Poems : Imagination, X.) 50. One that would peep and botanize Upon his mother's grave. (1799) — A Poet's Epitaph. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., VIII.) from Wordsworth. 105 51. A reasoning, self-sufficing thing, ^ An intellectual All-in-all ! (1799) — A Poets Epitaph. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., VIII.) 52. He murmurs near the running brooks A music sweeter than their own. He is retired as noontide dew, Or fountain in a noon-day grove ; And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love. The outward shows of sky and earth. Of hill and valley, he has viewed ; And impulses of deeper birth Have come to him in solitude. (1799) —A Poefs Epitaph. (Poems: Sentiment, %lc., VIII.) 53. The harvest of a quiet eye That broods and sleeps on his .own heart. f^ (1799) — A Poets Epitaph. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., VIII.) 54. Yet, sometimes, when the secret cup Of still and serious thought went round, <^ It seemed as if he drank it up — He felt with spirit so profound. (1799) — Matthew. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., X.) 55. No check, no stay, this Streamlet fears: How merrily it goes ! 'Twill murmur on a thousand years And flow as now it flows. (1799) — The Fountain. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XII.) lo6 Familiar Quotations 56. My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. (1799) — The Fountain. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XII.) 57. The wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind. (1799) — The Fountain. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XII.) 58. They see A happy youth, and their old age Is beautiful and free. (1799) — The Fountain. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XII.) 59. Often, glad no more. We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore. (1799) — The Fountain. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XII.) 60. A wide moor, — The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door ! (1799) — Lucy Gray. (Poems : Childhood, IX.) 61. And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie • As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. (1799) — Ruth. (Poems : Imagination, XXI.) from Wordsworth. 107 62. A Youth to whom was given ^y So much of earth — so much of heaven, And such impetuous blood. (1799) — Ruth. (Poems : Imagination, XXI.) 63. Until a man might travel twelve stout miles, Or reap an acre of his neighbour's corn. (1800) — The Brothers. (Poems : Affections, I.) 64. The thought of death sits easy on the man Who has been born and dies among the mountains. (1800) — The Brothers. (Poems : Affections, I.) 65. Time Is a true friend to sorrow. (1800) — The Brothers. (Poems : Affections, I.) 66. A pleasurable feeling of blind love. The pleasure which there is in life itself. ( 1 800) — Michael. (Poems: Affections, XXXII.) 67. A child, more than all other gifts That earth can offer to declining man. Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts. ( 1 800) — Michael. (Poems : Affections, XXXII.) 68. Something between a hindrance and a help. ( 1 800) — Michael. (Poems : Affections, XXXII.) 1/ /Ci io8 Familiar Quotations /) 6g. Feelings and emanations — things which were <^ Light to the sun and music to the wind. (1800) — Michael. (Poems : Affections, XXXII.) 70. There is a comfort in the strength of love ; n 'Twill make a thing endurable, which else Would overset the brain, or break the heart. (1800) — Michael. (Poems: Affections, XXXII.) 71. Lady of the Mere, /Q Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance. ( 1 800) — A narrow girdle of rough stones and cragi (Poems : Places, IV.) 72. The spot was made by Nature for herself. (1800) —ToM.H. (Poems : Places, V.) O 73. He is oft the wisest man Who is not wise at all. (1800) — The Oak and the Broom, vii. (Poems : Fancy, V.) 74. " A jolly place," said he, " in times of old ! But something ails it now : the spot is curst." (1800) — Hart-leap W^e//, Part Second. (Poems : Imagination, XXIV.) 75. Hunt half a day for a forgotten dream. (1800) —Hart-leap Well, Part Second. (Poems : Imagination, XXIV.) from Wordsworth. 109 76. Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels. (1800) — Hart-leap Well, Part Second. (Poems : Imagination, XXIV.) TJ. She gave me eyes, she gave me ears ; And humble cares, and delicate fears ; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears ; And love, and thought, and joy. (1801) — The Sparrow's Nest. (Poems : Childhood,~III.) 78. O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering voice .' (1802) —To the Cuckoo (" O blithe New-Comer.") (Poems : Imagination, II.) 79. The Child is father of the Man. (1802) — Mf heart leaps up when I behold. (y (Poems : Childhood, I.) 80. The cattle are grazing. Their heads never raising ; There are forty feeding like one ! (1802) — Written in March. (Poems : Imagination, XVI.) 81. Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now. (1802) — To a Butterfly (" I've watched you.") (Poems : Affections, III.) 82. Pleasures newly found are sweet When they lie about our feet. (1802) — To the Small Celandine (" Pleasures newly found are sweet") (Poems : Fancy, XII.) no Familiar Quotations 83. Often have I sighed to measure By myself a lonely pleasure, Sighed to think, I read a book, Only read, perhaps, by me. (1802) — To the Small Celandine ("Pleasures newly found are sweet "). (Poems : Fancy, XII.) 84. As high as we have mounted in delight In our dejection do we sink as low. (1802) — The Leech-Gatherer ; or. Resolution and Independence, iv. (Poems : Imagination, XXII.) 85. But how can he expect that others should Build for him, sow for him, and at his call Love him, who for himself will take no heed at all ? (1802) — The Leech-Gatherer ; or, Resolution and Independence, vi. (Poems : Imagination, XXII.) 86. I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy, The sleepless Soul that perished in his pride ; Of Him who walked in glory and in joy Following his plough, along the mountain-side : By our own spirits are we deified : We Poets in our youth begin in gladness ; But thereof come in the end despondency and madness. (1802) The Leech-Gatherer ; or, Resolution and Independence, vii. (Poems : Imagination, XXII.) 87. Motionless as a cloud .... That heareth not the loud winds when they call ; And moveth all together if it move at all. (1802) — The Leech-Gatherer ; or. Resolution and Independence, xi. (Poems : Imagination, XXII.) from Wordsworth. 1 1 r 88. Choice word and measured phrase, above the reach Of ordinary men. (1802) — The Leech-Gatherer ; or, Resolution and Independence, xiv. (Poems : Imagination, XXII.) 89. And mighty Poets in their misery dead. (1802) — The Leech-Gatherer ; or, Resolution and Independence, xvii. (Poems: Imagination, XXII.) 90. Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep ! The river glideth at his own sweet will : Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! (1802) — Sonnet, composed on Westminster Bridge. (Misc. Sonnets, Pt. II., xxxvi.) 91. The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration. (1802) — It is a beauteous evening, calm, and free. (Misc. Sonnets, Pt. I., xxx.) 92. Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade Of that which once was great, is passed away. (1802) — On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic. (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. I., vi.) 93. Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee ; air, earth, and skies ; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee ; thou hast great allies ; Thy friends are exultations, agonies. And love, and man's unconquerable mind. (1802) — To Toussaint L'Ouverture. (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. I., viii.) 112 Familiar Quotations 94. Plain living and high thinking are no more : The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. (1802) — Written in London, Sept. 1802 (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. I., xiii 95. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart. (1802) — London, 1802. (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. L, xiv.] 96. So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness. (1802) — London, 1802. (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. I., xiv.) 97. We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake ; the faith and morals he Which Milton held. (1802) — It is not to be thought of . (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. I., xvi.) 98. But verse was what he had been wedded to ; And his own mind did like a tempest strong Come to him thus, and drove the weary Wigh along. (1802) — Stanzas Written in Thomson's "Castle Indolence." (Poems : Affections, V.) 99. A noticeable Man with large grey eyes. (1802) — Stanzas written in Thomson's " Castle Indolence!' (Poems : Affections, V.) from Wordsworth. 113 100. Glasses he had, that little things display, The beetle panoplied in gems and gold, A mailed angel on a battle day. (1802) — Stanzas written in Thomson's " Castle of Indolence'.' (Poems : Affections, V.) lOi. And oft alone in nooks remote We meet thee, like a pleasant thought, When such are wanted. (1802) — To the Daisy (" In youth from rock to rock "). (Poems : Fancy, VII.) 102. The Poet's darling. (1802) — To the Daisy (" In youth from rock to rock "). (Poems : Fancy, VII.) 103. Thou unassuming Common-place Of Nature. (1802) —To the Daisy (" With little here to do or see "). (Poems : Fancy, VIII.) 104. Oft on the dappled turf at ease I sit, and play with similes, Loose types of things through all degrees. (1802) — To the Daisy ("With little here to do or see"). (Poems: Fancy, VIII.) H 114 Familiar Quotations 105. Sweet Mercy ! to the gates of Heaven This Minstrel lead, his sins forgiven ; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour. And Memory of Earth's bitter leaven Effaced for ever. (1803) — Thoughts suggested on the Banks of the Nith. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, III.) 106. The best of what we do and are. Just God, forgive ! (1803) — Thoughts suggested on the Banks of the Nith. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, III.) 107. Thou art to me but as a wave Of the wild sea. (1803) — To a Highland Girl. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, VI.) 108. A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the Cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. (1803) The Solitary Reaper. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, IX.) 109. For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago. (1803) The Solitary Reaper. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, IX.) 1 10. Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain. That has been, and may be again. (1803) — The Solitary Reaper. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, IX.) from Wordsworth. 1 1 5 111. The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more. (1803) — The Solitary Reaper. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, IX.) 112. Child of loud-throated War ! the mountain Stream Roars in thy hearing ; but thy hour of rest Is come, and thou art silent in thy age. (1803) — Address to Kilchurn Castle. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, X.) 113. Yon foaming flood seems motionless as ice ; Its dizzy turbulence eludes the eye, O Frozen by distance. (1803) — Address to Kilchurn Castle. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, X.) 1 14. The good old rule Suiificeth them, the simple plan. That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. (1803) — Rob Roy's Grave. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, XL) 115. The Eagle, he was lord above. And Rob was lord below. (1803) — Rob Roy's Grave. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, XL) 116. A brotherhood of venerable Trees. (1803) Sonnet, Composed at Castle. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, XII.) 117. Let beeves and home-bred kine partake The sweets of Burn-mill meadow ; The swan on still St Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow ! (1803) — Yarrow Unvisited. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, XIII.) 1 1 6 Familiar Quotations 1 1 8. A remnant of uneasy light, A flash of soniething over-bright ! (1803) — 1^^ Matron of Jedborough and her husband. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, XV.) 119. Every gift of noble origin Is breathed upon by Hope's perpetual breath. (1803) — October, 1803 ("These times strike"). (Poems to Liberty, Pt. I., xx.) 120. O for a single hour of that Dundee Who on that day the word of onset gave ! (1803) — In the Pass of Killicranky. (Tour in Scotland, 1803, XIV.) 121. She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight ; A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament ; (1804) — She was a Phantom of delight. (Poems : Imagination, VIII.) 1 22. But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn. (1804) — She was a Phantom of delight. (Poems : Imagination, VIII.) 123. A countenance in which did meet h I Sweet records, promises as sweet ; ^ ' A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles. Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. (1804) — She was a Phantom of delight. (Poems : Imagination, VIII.) i 1 from Wordsworth. wj 124. The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command. (1804) — She was a Phantom of delight. (Poems: Imagination, VI 1 1.) 125. That inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude, (l 804) — / wandered lonely as a cloud. (Poems : Imagination, XII.) 126. Enjoyments dwell In the impenetrable cell ^ Of the silent heart which Nature Furnishes to every creature. (1804) — T}ie Kitten and the Falling Leaves. (Poems : Fancy, XXXI.) 127. To be a Prodigal's Favourite — then, worse truth, A Miser's Pensioner — behold our lot ! O Man, that from thy fair and shining youth Age might but take the things Youth needed not ! (1804) — To the Small Celandine ("There is a flower"). (Poems : Old Age, III.) 128. Stern Daughter of the Voice of God ! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod (Q To check the erring, and reprove. (1805) — Ode to Duty. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XIX.) ii8 Familiar Quotations 129. Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light. And joy its own security. — Ode to Duty. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XIX.) 1 30. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. (1805) — Ode to Duty. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XIX.) 131. Give unto me, made lowly wise. The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live! (1805) —Ode to Duty. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XIX.) 132. There sometimes doth a leaping fish Send through the tarn a lonely cheer ; The crags repeat the raven's croak. In symphony austere. (1805) — Fidelity. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XVIII.) from Wordsworth. 119 133. The light that never was on sea or land, The consecration, and the Poet's dream. ( 1 805) — Elegiac Stanzas, suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle. (Elegiac Pieces, VI.) 1 34. Elysian quiet, without toil or strife. (1805) — Elegiac Stanzas, suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle. (Elegiac Pieces, VI.) 135. A silent Poet. ( 1 805) — When to the attractions of the busy world. (Poems : Places, VI.) 1 36. Shalt show us how divine a thing A woman may, be made. (1805) — To a Young Lady. (Poems : Imagination, XXXVI.) 137. But an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night. Shall lead thee to thy grave. (1805) — To a Young Lady. (Poems : Imagination, XXXVI.) 138. A man too happy for mortality. (1805) Vandracour and fulia. (Poems : Affections, XXX.) 1 39. You have been wretched ; yet The silver shower, whose reckless burthen weighs Too heavily upon the lily's head, Oft leaves a saving moisture at its root. ( 1 805) Vandracour and fulia. (Poems : Affections, XXX.) 120 Familiar Quotations 140. Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows Like harmony in music. (1799-1805) — The Prelude, Book I., II. 340-341. 141. The statue .... Of Newton with his prism and silent face, The marble index of a mind for ever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone. — The Prelude, Book III., 11. 60-63. 142. Sweet Spenser, moving through his clouded / heaven, ^ With the moon's beauty and the moon's soft pace. — The Prelude, Book III., 11. 280-281. 143- Hope, That never set the pains against the prize. — The Prelude, Book III., 11. 595-596. 144. Honour misplaced, and Dignity astray. — The Prelude, Book III., 1. 600. 145. I made no vows, but vows Were then made for me. — The Prelude, Book IV., 11. 334-335. o 146. When from our better selves we have too long Been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, How gracious, how benign is Solitude. — The Prelude, Book IV., 11. 354-357. 147. Another morn Risen on mid-noon. — The Prelude, Book VI., 11. 197-198. from Wordsworth. i2i 148. How bright a face is worn when joy of one Is joy for tens of millions. (1799-1805) —The Prelude, Book VI., 11. 348-349. 149. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very Heaven ! — The Prelude, Book XI., 11. 108-109. 150. The budding rose above the rose full blown. — The Prelude, Book XL, 1. 121, 151- There is One great society alone on earth : The noble Living and the noble Dead. — The Prelude, Book XL, IL 393-395. 152. By love subsists All lasting grandeur, by pervading love ; That gone, we are as dust. —The Prelude, Book XIV., 11. 168-170. 153. The One who is thy choice of all the world. —The Prelude, Book XIV., 1. 178. 1 54. Joy in widest commonalty spread.* (1805) — The Recluse, 1. 771. 155. Must hang Brooding above the fierce confederate storm Of sorrow, barricadoed evermore Within the walls of cities. — The Recluse, 11. 830-833. * This and the two following quotations are taken from that portion of the poem which the poet gave in his preface to The Excursion. The whole of Book I. of the poem (all that was written) is now published (London : Macmillan & Co., 18S8). 1 22 Familiar Quotations 156. Descend, prophetic Spirit! that inspir'st The human Soul of universal earth Dreaming on things to come. —The Recluse, 11. 836-838. 157. Who, doomed to go in company with Pain, And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train ! Turns his necessity to glorious gain. (1806) — Character of The Happy Warrior. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XXI.) 158. Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives. (1806) — Character of The Happy Warrior. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XXI.) 159. But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover ; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired. ( 1 806) — Character of The Happy Warrior. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XXI.) 160. And, through the heat of conflict, keeps the law In calmness made, and sees what he foresaw. (1806) — Character of the Happy Warrior. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XXI.) 161. Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray. (1806) — Character of the Happy Warrior. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XXI.) from Wordsworth. 123 162. And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause. (1806) — Character of the Happy Warrior. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XXI.) 163. In the broad open eye of the solitary sky. (1806) — Stray Pleasures. (Poems : Fancy, XXIV.) 164. Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find. (1806) — Stray Pleasures. (Poems : Fancy, XXIV.) 165. Like — but oh, how different ! (1806) — Yes, it was the mountain echo. (Poems : Imagination, XXIX.) 166. Maidens withering on the stalk. (1806) — Personal Talk, i. (Poems : Sentiment, Sec, XIII.) 167. Sweetest melodies Are those that are by distance made more sweet ; Whose mind is but the mind of his own eyes, He is a Slave. (1806) — Personal Talk, ii. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XIII.) 168. Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. (1806) — Personal Talk, iii. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XIII.) 124 Familiar Quotations 169. The gentle Lady married to the Moor ; And heavenly Una, with her milk-white lamb. (1806) — Personal Talk, iii. (Poems: Sentiment, &c., XIII.) 170. Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares — The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! (1806) — Personal Talk, iv. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XIII.) 171. The world is too much with us : late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers : Little we see in Nature that is ours. (i8o6) — The World is too much with us. (Misc. Sonnets, Pt. I., xxxiii.) 172. Great God ! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn ; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn ; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea ; Or hear oldjjriton blow his wreathed horn. (1806) — The world is too much with us. (Misc. Sonnets,' Pt. I., xxxiii.) 173. A Power is passing from the earth. (1806^ — Lines Composed at Grasmer (Elegiac Pieces, X.) 174. But yet I know, whejre'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth. (1803-6) — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, II. from Wordsworth. 125 175. Oiir birth is but a sleep and a forgetting : The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting. And Cometh from afar : , Not in entire forgetfulness, [/ And not in utter nakedness. But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home : Heaven lies about us in our infancy ! (1803-6) — Ode, Intimations of Immortality, V. 176. At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day. (1803-6) — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, V. 177. Haunted for ever by the eternal mind. (1803-6) — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, Y III. 178. O joy ! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers t} What was so fugitive ! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction. (1803-6) — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, IX. 179. Those ohstinate questionings Of sense and outward things. Fallings from us, vanishings ; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised, High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised. (1803-6) — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, IX. 180. Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence. (1803-6) — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, \yi. 126 Familiar Quotations 1 8 1. Truths that wake To perish never. (1803-6) — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, Y^. 182. Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither. (1803-6) — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, \y>.. 183. In years that bring the philosophic mind. (1803-6) — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, X. 1 84. The Clouds that gather round the setting Sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality. — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, XI. 185. To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. — Ode. Intimations of Immortality, XI. 186. Two Voices are there ; one is of the sea, One of the mountains ; each a mighty Voice : In both from age to age thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen music. Liberty ! (1807) — Thought of a Briton on the Subjugation of Switzerland. (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. I., xii.) 187. The silent Heavens have goings on ; The stars have tasks. (1807) — Gipsies (1807 text). (Poems : Imagination, XVIII.) 188. The music and the bloom And all the mighty ravishment of spring. (1807) — To Lady Beaumont. (Misc. Sonnets : Pt. II., xviii.) from Wordsworth. 127 189. Love had he found in huts where poor men lie ; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills. (1807) — Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle. (Poems: Imagination, XXV.) 190. The monumental pomp of age Was with this goodly Personage ; A stature undepressed in size, Unbent, which rather seemed to rise. In open victory o'er the weight Of seventy years, to loftier height. (1807) — The White Doe of Rylstone, Canto III. 191. Sing aloud Old songs, the precious music of the heart ! ^ (1809) — Feelings of the Tyrolese. (Poems: to Liberty, Pt. II., xi.) 192. Call not the royal Swede unfortunate, Who never did to P'ortune bend the knee. (1809) — Call not the royal Swede unfortunate. (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. II., xx.) 193. A few strong instincts and a few plain rules. (1809) — Alas ! what boots the long laborious quest. (Poems : to Liberty, Pt II., xii.) 194. Unbounded is the might Of Martyrdom, and fortitude, and right. (18 10) — -Ah ! where is Palafox? (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. IL, xxiii.) 195. The vision and the faculty divine. (1755-18x4) — The Excursion, Book I., 1. 80. 128 Familiar Quotations 196. Strongest minds Are often those of whom the noisy world Hears least. (1795-1814) — The Excursion, Book I., 11. 91-93. 197. Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise. — The Excursion, Book I., 11. 215-216. 198. That mighty orb of song, The divine Milton. — The Excursion, Book I., 11. 249-250. 199. The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket. — The Excursion, Book I., 11. 500-502. 200. This dull product of a scoffer's pen. — The Excursion, Book II., 1. 483. 201. Towers begirt With battlements that on their restless fronts Bore stars. — The Excursion, Book II., 11. 843-845. 202. Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop Than when we soar. — The Excursion, Book III., 11. 23 1-232. 203. Pleased to have been, contented not to be. — The Excursion, Book III., 1. 269. 204. Feelingly sweet is stillness after storm. Though under covert of the wormy ground ! — The Excursion, Book III., 11. 280-281. 205. Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged. — The Excursion, Book III., 1. 374. from Wordsworth. 129 206. Monastic brotherhood, upon rock Aerial. — The Excursion, Book III., 11. 393-394. 207. The intellectual power, through words and things. Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way ! — The Excursion, Book III., 11. 700-701. 208. Society became my glittering bride. And airy hopes my children. — The Excursion, Book III., 11. 735-736. 209. By the storms of circumstance unshaken, And subject neither to eclipse nor wane. Duty exists. — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 71-73. 210. And touch as gentle as the morning light. — The Excursion, Book IV., 1. 89. 211. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but, to converse with heaven — This is not easy. — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 130-132. 212. And the most difficult of tasks to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 138-139. 213. Rejoicing secretly In the sublime attractions of the grave. — The Excursioft, Book IV., 11. 237-238. 214. There is a luxury in self-dispraise; And inward self-disparagement affords To nieditative spleen a grateful feast. — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 475-477. I / 130 Familiar Quotations 215. The mists Flying, and rainy vapours, call out shapes And phantoms from the crags and solid earth As fast as a musician scatters sounds Out of an instrument. — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 521-525. 216. We live by Admiration, Hope, and Love ; And, even as these are well and wisely fixed, In dignity of being we ascend. — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 763-765. 217. Early he perceives, Within himself, a measure and a rule, Which to the sun of truth he can apply, That shines for him, and shines for all mankind. — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 807-810. 218. Pan himself. The simple shepherd's awe-inspiring God ! — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 9 10- 11. 219. I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith ; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things ; Of ebb and flow, and ever-during power ; And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation. — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 11 32-1 147. from Wordsworth. 131 219A. The glorious habit by which sense is made Subservient still to moral purposes, Auxiliar to divine. — The Excursion, Book IV., 11. 1246-1248. 220. One in whom persuasion and belief Had ripened into faith, and faith become A passionate intuition. — Tlie Excursion, Book IV., 11. 1293- 1295. 22 r. Spires whose "silent finger points to heaven." — The Excursion^ Book VI., 1. 19. 222. Fictions in form, but in their substance truths. — The Excursion, Book VI., 1. 545. 223. Ah ! what a warning for a thoughtless man. Could field or grove, could any spot of earth. Show to his eye an image of the pangs Which it hath witnessed ; render back an echo Of the sad steps by which it hath been trod ! — The Excursion, Book VI., 11. 806-810. 224. To a higher mark than song can reach Rose his pure eloquence. And when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts. That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed. — The Excursion, Book VII., 11. 25-30. 225. Wisdom married to immortal verse. — The Excursion, Book VII., 1. 536. 226. A Man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident to-morrows. — The Excursion, Book VII., 11. 557-558, Q / 132 Familiar Quotations 227. To every Form of being is assigned An active Principle : — Spirit that knows no insulated spot, No chasm, no solitude ; from link to link It circulates, the Soul of all the worlds. — The Excursion, Book IX., 11. 1-15. 228. The mighty stream of tendency.* —The Excursion, Book IX., 1. 87. 229. The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless Are scattered at the feet of man — like flowers. — The Excursion, Book IX., 11. 238-240. 230. By happy chance we saw A two-fold image ; on a grassy bank A snow-white ram, and in the crystal flood Another and the same ! — The Excursion, Book IX., 11. 439-442. 231. The Gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul. (18 14) — Laodamia. (Poems : Imagination, XXXI.) 232. Mightier far Than strength of nerve and sinew, or the sway Of magic potent over sun and star. Is love, though oft to agony distrest, And though his favourite seat be feeble woman's breast. ( 1 8 1 4) — Laodamia. (Poems : Imagination, XXXI.) * Familiarised to modern readers by Matthew Arnold's use of it in one or more of his works. — Ed. from Wordsworth. 133 233. Elysian beauty, melancholy grace, Brought from a pensive though a happy place. (1814) — Laodaniia. (Poems : Imagination, XXXI.) 234. He spake of love, such love as Spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure ; No fears to beat away — no strife to heal — The past unsighed for, and the future sure. (18 14) — Laodamia. (Poems : Imagination, XXXI.) 235. Of all that is most beauteois — imaged there In happier beauty ; more pellucid streams, An ampler ether, a diviner air. And fields invested with purpureal gleams. (1814) — Laodamta. (Poems : Imagination, XXXI.) 236. Learn by a mortal yearning, to ascend — Seeking a higher object. Love was given. Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly for that end ; ^ For this the passion to excess was driven — That self might be annulled. (18 1 4) — Laodamia. (Poems : Imagination, XXXI.) 237. Yet tears to human suffering are due ; And mortal hopes defeated and o'erthrown Are mourned by man, and not by man alone. (18 14) — Laodamia. (Poems : Imagination, XXXI.) 134 Familiar Quotations 238. What pure homage t}un did wait On Dion's virtues ! while the lunar beam Of Plato's genius, from its lofty sphere, ^ Fell round him in the grove of Academe, Softening their inbred dignity austere. (1814) — Dion, i. (POEMS: Imagination, XXXII.) 239. But shapes that come not at an earthly call. Will not depart when mortal voices bid. (1814) — Dion, V. (POEMS: Imagination, XXXII.) 240. Him only pleasure leads, and peace attends, Him, only him, the shield of Jove defends, Whose means are fair and spotless as his ends. (1814) — Dion, vi. (Poems : Imagination,- XXXII.) 241. Flaunting Summer — when he throws His soul into the briar-rose. (1814) — The Brownies Cell, ix. (Tour in Scotland, 18 14, I.) 242. A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight. ( 1 8 1 4) — From the dark chambers of dejection freed. (Miscellaneous Sonnets, Pt. II., iv.) 243. But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination. Dost rival in the' light of day Her delicate creation. (18 14) — Yarrow Visited. (Tour in Scotland, 18 14, IV.) 244. Great is the glory, for the strife is hard ! (1815) —To B. R. Haydon. (Miscellaneous Sonnets, Pt. II., iii.) from Wordsworth. 135 245. Imagination lofty and refined : 'Tis hers to pluck the amaranthine flower Of Faith, and round the Sufferer's temples bind Wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower, And do not shrink from sorrow's keenest wind. (1815?) — Weak is the will of Man, his judgment blind. (Miscellaneous Sonnets, Pt. I., xxxv.) 246. But [God's] most dreaded instrument, In working out a pure intent. Is Man ^arrayed for mutual slaughter, — Yea, Carnage is [his] daughter ! * (1816) — Ode (" Imagination — ne'er before content "), iv. \i\b edn. (Poems : to Liberty, Pt. II., xlv.) 247. For the power of hills is on thee. (1816) — ro , on her first ascent to the summit of Helvellyn. (PoJtMS : Imagination, XXXV.) 248. In youth we love the darksome lawn Brushed by the owlet's wing ; Then, Twilight is preferred to Dawn, And Autumn to the Spring. Sad fancies do we then affect, In luxury of disrespect To our own prodigal excess Of too familiar happiness. (1817) — Ode to Lycoris, ii. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XXV.) * Altered in after-editions to — But Man is thy most awful instrument, In working out a pure intent. 136 Familiar Quotations 249. Still, as we nearer draw to life's dark goal, Be hopeful Spring the favourite of the Soul ! (1817) — Ode to Lycoris, iii. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XXV.) O 250. Oh ! 'tis the heart that magnifies this life, Making a truth and beauty of her own. (1817) — To Lycoris, second Poem. (Poems : Sentiment, &c., XXVI.) 251. Who comes not hither ne'er shall know How beautiful the world below. ( 1 8 1 7) — The Pass of Kirkstone, i v. (Poems: Imagination, XXXIII.) 252. Beauty, for confiding youth. Those shocks of passion can prepare That kill the bloom before its time ; And blanch, without the owner's crime. The most resplendent hair. (1817) —Lament of Mary Queen of Scots, vi. (Poems : Affections, XX.) , 253. What is youth i" — a dancing billow, ^ Winds behind, and rocks before ! (18 1 8) — Inscriptions, Hermifs Cell, i. ("Hopes, what are they "). (Inscriptions, X.) 254. From worlds not quickened by the sun A portion of the gift is won ; An intermingling of Heaven's pomp is spread On ground which British shepherds tread ! ( 1 8 1 8) — Composed upon an Evening of extraordinary splendour and beauty, ii. (Evening Voluntaries, IX.) from Wordsworth. 137 255. The sightless Milton, with his hair Around his placid temples curled ; And Shakspeare at his side — a freight, If clay could think and mind were weight. For him who bore the world ! (1820) — The Italian Itinerant, and the Swiss Goatherd, i. (Tour on Continent, 1820, XXV.) 256. Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows That for oblivion take their daily birth From all the fuming vanities of Earth ! (1820) — Sky Prospect— from the Plain of France. (Tour on Continent, 1820, XXXIV.) 257. Turning, for them who pass, the common dust Of servile opportunity to gold. (1822) — Desultory Stanzas. 258. A Pastor such as Chaucer's verse pourtrays ; Such as the heaven-taught skill of Herbert drew ; And tender Goldsmith crowned with deathless praise ! (1820) — Seathwaite Chapel. r (River Duddon, XVIII.) 259. Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide; The Form remains, the Function never dies ; While we, the brave, the mighty, and the wise, N We men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish ; — be it so ! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour ; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, ( Through love, through hope, and faith's trans- cendent dower. We feel that we are greater than we know. (1820) — After-thought. ^ (River Duddon, XXXIV.) o 138 Familiar Quotations 260. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. (1821) — Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Ft. I., vii. Recovery. 261. Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly. Nor leaves her Speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her. t (1821) — Ecclesiastical Sdnnets, Ft. I., xxv. Missions and Travels. 262. As thou these ashes, little Brook ! wilt bear Into the Avon, Avon to the tide Of Severn, Severn to the narrow Seas, Into main Ocean they, this deed accurst An emblem yields to friends and enemies How the bold Teacher's Doctrine, sanctified By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed. (1821) — Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Ft. II., xvii. Wickliffe. 263. Woman ! above all women glorified. Our tainted nature's solitary boast. (1821) — Ecclesiastica.1 Sonnets, Ft. II., xxv. TIte Virgin.' 264. Fartners in faith, and brothers in distress. (1821) Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Ft. II., xxxvii. English Reformers in Exile. 265. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men. Dropped from an Angel's wing. (1821) — Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Ft. III., v. Walton's Book of Lives. from Wordsworth. 139 266. Meek Walton's heavenly memory. (1821) — Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. III., v. ' Walton's Book of Lives. 267. Bodies fall by wild sword-law ; But who would force the Soul, tilts with a straw Against a Champion cased in adamant. (1823?) —Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. III., vii. Persecution of the Scottish Covenanters. 268. Truth fails not ; but her outward forms that bear The longest date to melt like frosty rime, That in the morning whitened hill and plain And is no more ; drop like the tower sublime Of yesterday, which royally did wear His crown of weeds, but could not even sustain Some casual shout that broke the silent air, Or the unimaginable touch of Time. (1821) — Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. III., xxxiv. Mutability. 269. Once ye were holy, ye are holy still ; Your spirit freely let me drink, and live! (1821) — Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. III., xxxv. Old Abbeys. 270. Give all thou canst ; high Heaven rejects the lore Of nicely-calculated less or more. (1821) " — Ecclesiastical Sonnets,'?t.Wl.,yi\\\\. -o Inside of King's College Cliapel, Cambridge. ^-^ 271. Where music dwells Lingering — and wandering on as loth to die ; Like thoughts whose very sweetness yield et'h proof That they were born for immortality. -^ (1821) — Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. III., xliii. Inside of King' College Cliapel, Cambridge.