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LUCY (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Poet Analysis

First Line: I TRAVELLED AMONG UNKNOWN MEN
Last Line: THAT LUCY'S EYES SURVEYED.
Subject(s): DEATH; ENGLAND; TRAVEL; DEAD, THE; ENGLISH; JOURNEYS; TRIPS;
I TRAVELLED among unknown men,
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee.
'Tis past, that melancholy dream!
Nor will I quit thy shore
A second time; for still I seem
To love thee more and more.
Among thy mountains did I feel
The joy of my desire;
And she I cherished turned her wheel
Beside an English fire.
Thy mornings showed, thy nights concealed
The bowers where Lucy played;
And thine too is the last green field
That Lucy's eyes surveyed.





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