The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 2 (of 8)Front matterReading editionChapter navigation140 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterWordsworth's Poetical WorksWordsworth's Poetical Works, Volume 2: 1798Peter Bell: a TaleALinesA, composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a tour, July 13, 1798BThere was a BoyThe Two Thieves; or, the Last Stage of AvariceWritten with a Slate Pencil upon a Stone, the largest of a Heap lying near a Deserted Quarry, upon one of the IslandsA at RydalWordsworth's Poetical Works, Volume 2: 17991799Influence of Natural Objects in calling forth and strengthening the Imagination in Boyhood and Early YouthThe Simplon PassANuttingWritten in Germany, on one of the Coldest Days of the CenturyA Poet's Epitaph"Strange fits of passion have I known""She dwelt among the untrodden ways""I travelled among unknown men""Three years she grew in sun and shower""A slumber did my spirit seal"Address to the Scholars of the Village School of ——MatthewThe Two April MorningsThe FountainTo a SextonThe Danish BoyLucy Gray; or, SolitudeRuthWordsworth's Poetical Works, Volume 2: 18001800"On Nature's invitation do I come""Bleak season was it, turbulent and bleak"AEllen Irwin; or, The Braes of KirtleAHart-Leap WellThe Idle Shepherd-Boys; or, Dungeon-Ghyll ForceAThe Pet-LambThe Farmer of Tilsbury ValeWordsworth's Poetical Works, Volume 2: Poems on the Naming of PlacesPoems on the Naming of Places"It was an April morning: fresh and clear"To Joanna"There is an Eminence,—of these our hills""A narrow girdle of rough stones and crags"To M. H.The Waterfall and the EglantineThe Oak and the Broom"'Tis said, that some have died for love"The Childless FatherSong for the Wandering JewThe BrothersAThe Seven Sisters; or, The Solitude of BinnorieARural ArchitectureA CharacterInscription for the spot where the Hermitage stood on St. Herbert's Island, Derwent-WaterWritten with a Pencil upon a Stone in the Wall of the House (an Out-House), on the Island at GrasmereAMichaelWordsworth's Poetical Works, Volume 2: 18011801The Sparrow's Nest"Pelion and Ossa flourish side by side"Selections from Chaucer (Modernised)The Prioress' TaleThe Cuckoo and the NightingaleTroilus and CresidaWordsworth's Poetical Works, Volume 2: 18021802The Sailor's MotherAlice Fell; or, PovertyABeggarsSequel to the ForegoingTo a Butterfly (1)The Emigrant MotherTo the Cuckoo"My heart leaps up when I behold"Written in March, while resting on the Bridge at the Foot of Brothers WaterThe Redbreast chasing the ButterflyATo a Butterfly (2)ForesightTo the Small CelandineATo the Same FlowerStanzas written in my Pocket Copy of Thomson's Castle of IndolenceResolution and Independence"I grieved for Buonaparté"A Farewell"The sun has long been set"Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802Composed by the Sea-side, near Calais, August, 1802Calais, August, 1802Composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres, August 7, 1802ACalais, August 15, 1802"It is a beauteous evening, calm and free"On the Extinction of the Venetian RepublicThe King of SwedenTo Toussaint L'OuvertureComposed in the Valley near Dover, on the Day of LandingSeptember 1, 1802September, 1802, near DoverAWritten in London, September, 1802London, 1802"Great men have been among us; hands that penned""It is not to be thought of that the Flood""When I have borne in memory what has tamed"Composed after a Journey across the Hambleton Hills, YorkshireATo H. C.To the DaisyTo the Same FlowerATo the Daisy (2)LouisaTo a Young Lady, who had been Reproached for taking Long Walks in the CountryA1803Wordsworth's Poetical Works, Volume 2: 1803The Green LinnetYew-Trees"Who fancied what a pretty sight""It is no Spirit who from heaven hath flown"Memorials of a Tour in ScotlandDeparture from the Vale of Grasmere. (August, 1803)AAt the Grave of Burns, 1803. Seven Years after his DeathThoughts suggested the Day following, on the Banks of Nith, near the Poet's ResidenceTo the Sons of Burns, after Visiting the Grave of their FatherATo a Highland GirlGlen-Almain; or, The Narrow GlenStepping WestwardThe Solitary ReaperAddress to Kilchurn CastleRob Roy's GraveSonnet composed at —— CastleYarrow UnvisitedThe Matron of Jedborough and her Husband"Fly, some kind Harbinger, to Grasmere-dale"AThe Blind Highland BoyOctober, 1803"There is a bondage worse, far worse, to bear"October, 1803 (2)"England! the time is come when thou should'st wean"October, 1803 (3)To the Men of Kent. October, 1803In the Pass of KillicrankyAnticipation. October, 1803Lines on the Expected Invasion, 1803Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Wordsworth's Poetical WorksAll chapters and sections (140)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsWordsworth's Poetical WorksSections2Volume 2 · Other sectionsPeter Bell: a TaleALinesA, composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a tour, July 13, 1798BThere was a BoyThe Two Thieves; or, the Last Stage of AvariceWritten with a Slate Pencil upon a Stone, the largest of a Heap lying near a Deserted Quarry, upon one of the IslandsA at RydalVolume 2 · Sections2Volume 2 · Other sections1799Influence of Natural Objects in calling forth and strengthening the Imagination in Boyhood and Early YouthThe Simplon PassANuttingWritten in Germany, on one of the Coldest Days of the CenturyA Poet's Epitaph"Strange fits of passion have I known""She dwelt among the untrodden ways""I travelled among unknown men""Three years she grew in sun and shower""A slumber did my spirit seal"Address to the Scholars of the Village School of ——MatthewThe Two April MorningsThe FountainTo a SextonThe Danish BoyLucy Gray; or, SolitudeRuthVolume 2 · Sections2Volume 2 · Other sections1800"On Nature's invitation do I come""Bleak season was it, turbulent and bleak"AEllen Irwin; or, The Braes of KirtleAHart-Leap WellThe Idle Shepherd-Boys; or, Dungeon-Ghyll ForceAThe Pet-LambThe Farmer of Tilsbury ValeVolume 2 · Sections2Volume 2 · Other sectionsPoems on the Naming of Places"It was an April morning: fresh and clear"To Joanna"There is an Eminence,—of these our hills""A narrow girdle of rough stones and crags"To M. H.The Waterfall and the EglantineThe Oak and the Broom"'Tis said, that some have died for love"The Childless FatherSong for the Wandering JewThe BrothersAThe Seven Sisters; or, The Solitude of BinnorieARural ArchitectureA CharacterInscription for the spot where the Hermitage stood on St. Herbert's Island, Derwent-WaterWritten with a Pencil upon a Stone in the Wall of the House (an Out-House), on the Island at GrasmereAMichaelVolume 2 · Sections2Volume 2 · Other sections1801The Sparrow's Nest"Pelion and Ossa flourish side by side"Selections from Chaucer (Modernised)The Prioress' TaleThe Cuckoo and the NightingaleTroilus and CresidaVolume 2 · Sections2Volume 2 · Other sections1802The Sailor's MotherAlice Fell; or, PovertyABeggarsSequel to the ForegoingTo a Butterfly (1)The Emigrant MotherTo the Cuckoo"My heart leaps up when I behold"Written in March, while resting on the Bridge at the Foot of Brothers WaterThe Redbreast chasing the ButterflyATo a Butterfly (2)ForesightTo the Small CelandineATo the Same FlowerStanzas written in my Pocket Copy of Thomson's Castle of IndolenceResolution and Independence"I grieved for Buonaparté"A Farewell"The sun has long been set"Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802Composed by the Sea-side, near Calais, August, 1802Calais, August, 1802Composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres, August 7, 1802ACalais, August 15, 1802"It is a beauteous evening, calm and free"On the Extinction of the Venetian RepublicThe King of SwedenTo Toussaint L'OuvertureComposed in the Valley near Dover, on the Day of LandingSeptember 1, 1802September, 1802, near DoverAWritten in London, September, 1802London, 1802"Great men have been among us; hands that penned""It is not to be thought of that the Flood""When I have borne in memory what has tamed"Composed after a Journey across the Hambleton Hills, YorkshireATo H. C.To the DaisyTo the Same FlowerATo the Daisy (2)LouisaTo a Young Lady, who had been Reproached for taking Long Walks in the CountryA1803Volume 2 · Sections2Volume 2 · Other sectionsThe Green LinnetYew-Trees"Who fancied what a pretty sight""It is no Spirit who from heaven hath flown"Memorials of a Tour in ScotlandDeparture from the Vale of Grasmere. (August, 1803)AAt the Grave of Burns, 1803. Seven Years after his DeathThoughts suggested the Day following, on the Banks of Nith, near the Poet's ResidenceTo the Sons of Burns, after Visiting the Grave of their FatherATo a Highland GirlGlen-Almain; or, The Narrow GlenStepping WestwardThe Solitary ReaperAddress to Kilchurn CastleRob Roy's GraveSonnet composed at —— CastleYarrow UnvisitedThe Matron of Jedborough and her Husband"Fly, some kind Harbinger, to Grasmere-dale"AThe Blind Highland BoyOctober, 1803"There is a bondage worse, far worse, to bear"October, 1803 (2)"England! the time is come when thou should'st wean"October, 1803 (3)To the Men of Kent. October, 1803In the Pass of KillicrankyAnticipation. October, 1803Lines on the Expected Invasion, 1803Dame Tyson's CottageWordsworth's Poetical Works →
