Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798)Front matterReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterADVERTISEMENT.THE RIME OF THE ANCYENT MARINERE, IN SEVEN PARTS.THE FOSTER-MOTHER’S TALE, A DRAMATIC FRAGMENT.LINES LEFT UPON A SEAT IN A YEW-TREE WHICH STANDS NEAR THE LAKE OF ESTHWAITE, ON A DESOLATE PART OF THE SHORE, YET COMMANDING A BEAUTIFUL PROSPECT.THE NIGHTINGALE;GOODY BLAKE, AND HARRY GILL, A TRUE STORY.LINES WRITTEN AT A SMALL DISTANCE FROM MY HOUSE, AND SENT BY MY LITTLE BOY TO THE PERSON TO WHOM THEY ARE ADDRESSED.SIMON LEE, THE OLD HUNTSMAN, WITH AN INCIDENT IN WHICH HE WAS CONCERNED.ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS SHEWING HOW THE ART OF LYING MAY BE TAUGHT.WE ARE SEVEN.LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING.THE THORN.THE LAST OF THE FLOCK.THE DUNGEON.THE MAD MOTHER.THE IDIOT BOY.EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY.THE TABLES TURNED; AN EVENING SCENE, ON THE SAME SUBJECT.OLD MAN TRAVELLING; ANIMAL TRANQUILLITY AND DECAY, A SKETCH.THE COMPLAINT OF A FORSAKEN INDIAN WOMANTHE CONVICT.LINES WRITTEN A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY, ON REVISITING THE BANKS OF THE WYE DURING A TOUR, July 13, 1798.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →ADVERTISEMENT.All chapters and sections (23)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsADVERTISEMENT.THE RIME OF THE ANCYENT MARINERE, IN SEVEN PARTS.THE FOSTER-MOTHER’S TALE, A DRAMATIC FRAGMENT.LINES LEFT UPON A SEAT IN A YEW-TREE WHICH STANDS NEAR THE LAKE OF ESTHWAITE, ON A DESOLATE PART OF THE SHORE, YET COMMANDING A BEAUTIFUL PROSPECT.THE NIGHTINGALE;GOODY BLAKE, AND HARRY GILL, A TRUE STORY.LINES WRITTEN AT A SMALL DISTANCE FROM MY HOUSE, AND SENT BY MY LITTLE BOY TO THE PERSON TO WHOM THEY ARE ADDRESSED.SIMON LEE, THE OLD HUNTSMAN, WITH AN INCIDENT IN WHICH HE WAS CONCERNED.ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS SHEWING HOW THE ART OF LYING MAY BE TAUGHT.WE ARE SEVEN.LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING.THE THORN.THE LAST OF THE FLOCK.THE DUNGEON.THE MAD MOTHER.THE IDIOT BOY.EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY.THE TABLES TURNED; AN EVENING SCENE, ON THE SAME SUBJECT.OLD MAN TRAVELLING; ANIMAL TRANQUILLITY AND DECAY, A SKETCH.THE COMPLAINT OF A FORSAKEN INDIAN WOMANTHE CONVICT.LINES WRITTEN A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY, ON REVISITING THE BANKS OF THE WYE DURING A TOUR, July 13, 1798.LONDONPRINTED FOR J. & A. ARCH, GRACECHURCH-STREET.1798ADVERTISEMENT. →