Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIVER DUDDON: SONNET 30, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who swerves from innocence, who makes divorce Last Line: That we, who part in love, shall meet again. | ||||||||
WHO swerves from innocence, who makes divorce Of that serene companion -- a good name, Recovers not his loss; but walks with shame, With doubt, with fear, and haply with remorse: And oft-times he -- who, yielding to the force Of chance-temptation, ere his journey end, From chosen comrade turns, or faithful friend -- In vain shall rue the broken intercourse. Not so with such as loosely wear the chain That binds them, pleasant River! to thy side: -- Through the rough copse wheel thou with hasty stride; I choose to saunter o'er the grassy plain, Sure, when the separation has been tried, That we, who part in love, shall meet again. | 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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