Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMPOSED WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS ENGAGED IN WRITING A TRACT (1), by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not 'mid the world's vain objects that enslave Last Line: Triumph, and thoughts no bondage can restrain. | ||||||||
NOT 'mid the world's vain objects that enslave The free-born Soul -- that World whose vaunted skill In selfish interest perverts the will, Whose factions lead astray the wise and brave -- Not there; but in dark wood and rocky cave, And hollow vale which foaming torrents fill With omnipresent murmur as they rave Down their steep beds, that never shall be still: Here, mighty Nature! in this school sublime I weigh the hopes and fears of suffering Spain; For her consult the auguries of time, And through the human heart explore my way; And look and listen -- gathering, whence I may, Triumph, and thoughts no bondage can restrain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ADMONITION [TO A TRAVELLER] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AN APRIL MORNING by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ANIMAL TRANQUILITY AND DECAY; A SKETCH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AT FLORENCE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AT THE GRAVE OF BURNS; SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH BUONAPARTE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, 1803 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SIDE NEAR CALAIS [AUGUST 1802] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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