Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMPOSED AFTER A JOURNEY ACROSS THE HAMBLETON HILLS, YORKSHIRE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH



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COMPOSED AFTER A JOURNEY ACROSS THE HAMBLETON HILLS, YORKSHIRE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dark and more dark the shades of evening fell
Last Line: And from our earthly memory fade away.
Variant Title(s): "ere We Had Reached The Wished-for Place"";


DARK and more dark the shades of evening fell;
The wished-for point was reached -- but at an hour
When little could be gained from that rich dower
Of prospect, whereof many thousands tell.
Yet did the glowing west with marvellous power
Salute us; there stood Indian citadel,
Temple of Greece, and minster with its tower
Substantially expressed -- a place for bell
Or clock to toll from! Many a tempting isle,
With groves that never were imagined, lay
'Mid seas how steadfast! objects all for the eye
Of silent rapture; but we felt the while
We should forget them; they are of the sky,
And from our earthly memory fade away.





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