The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 4 (of 8)1813Reading editionChapter navigation99 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE POETICAL WORKSWILLIAM WORDSWORTHLondon1806TO THE SPADE OF A FRIENDCHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIORTHE HORN OF EGREMONT CASTLEA COMPLAINTSTRAY PLEASURESPOWER OF MUSICSTAR-GAZERS"YES, IT WAS THE MOUNTAIN ECHO""NUNS FRET NOT AT THEIR CONVENT'S NARROW ROOM"PERSONAL TALKADMONITION"'BELOVED VALE!' I SAID, 'WHEN I SHALL CON'""HOW SWEET IT IS, WHEN MOTHER FANCY ROCKS""THOSE WORDS WERE UTTERED AS IN PENSIVE MOOD""WITH HOW SAD STEPS, O MOON, THOU CLIMB'ST THE SKY""THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US; LATE AND SOON""WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED FAR AND NIGH""WHERE LIES THE LAND TO WHICH YON SHIP MUST GO?"TO SLEEPTO SLEEPTO SLEEPTO THE MEMORY OF RAISLEY CALVERT"METHOUGHT I SAW THE FOOTSTEPS OF A THRONE"LINESNOVEMBER, 1806ADDRESS TO A CHILD"BROOK! WHOSE SOCIETY THE POET SEEKS""THERE IS A LITTLE UNPRETENDING RILL"1807TO LADY BEAUMONTA PROPHECY. FEBRUARY, 1807THOUGHT OF A BRITON ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLANDTO THOMAS CLARKSON, ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE, MARCH, 1807THE MOTHER'S RETURNGIPSIES"O NIGHTINGALE! THOU SURELY ART""THOUGH NARROW BE THAT OLD MAN'S CARES, AND NEAR"COMPOSED BY THE SIDE OF GRASMERE LAKE. 1807IN THE GROUNDS OF COLEORTON, THE SEAT OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., LEICESTERSHIREIN A GARDEN OF THE SAMEWRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., AND IN HIS NAME, FOR AN URN, PLACED BY HIM AT THE TERMINATION OF A NEWLY-PLANTED AVENUE, IN THE SAME GROUNDSFOR A SEAT IN THE GROVES OF COLEORTONSONG AT THE FEAST OF BROUGHAM CASTLE,1808THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE;THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE; (continued 2)THE FORCE OF PRAYER;[A]COMPOSED WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS ENGAGED IN WRITING A TRACT, OCCASIONED BY THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA. 1808COMPOSED AT THE SAME TIME AND ON THE SAME OCCASION1809IIIIIIIVVVI"AND IS IT AMONG RUDE UNTUTORED DALES""O'ER THE WIDE EARTH, ON MOUNTAIN AND ON PLAIN""HAIL, ZARAGOZA! IF WITH UNWET EYE""SAY, WHAT IS HONOUR?—'TIS THE FINEST SENSE""BRAVE SCHILL! BY DEATH DELIVERED, TAKE THY FLIGHT""CALL NOT THE ROYAL SWEDE UNFORTUNATE""LOOK NOW ON THAT ADVENTURER WHO HATH PAID""IS THERE A POWER THAT CAN SUSTAIN AND CHEER"EPITAPHS TRANSLATED FROM CHIABRERA1810"AH! WHERE IS PALAFOX? NOR TONGUE NOR PEN""IN DUE OBSERVANCE OF AN ANCIENT RITE"FEELINGS OF A NOBLE BISCAYAN AT ONE OF THOSE FUNERALS, 1810ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORYUPON THE SAME EVENTTHE OAK OF GUERNICAINDIGNATION OF A HIGH-MINDED SPANIARD, 1810"AVAUNT ALL SPECIOUS PLIANCY OF MIND""O'ERWEENING STATESMEN HAVE FULL LONG RELIED"THE FRENCH AND THE SPANISH GUERILLASMATERNAL GRIEF1811CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHILD THREE YEARS OLDSPANISH GUERILLAS, 1811"THE POWER OF ARMIES IS A VISIBLE THING""HERE PAUSE: THE POET CLAIMS AT LEAST THIS PRAISE"EPISTLEUPON PERUSING THE FOREGOING EPISTLE THIRTY YEARS AFTER ITS COMPOSITIONUPON THE SIGHT OF A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE,TO THE POET, JOHN DYER1812SONG FOR THE SPINNING WHEELCOMPOSED ON THE EVE OF THE MARRIAGE OF A FRIEND IN THE VALE OF GRASMERE, 1812WATER-FOWL[A]1813VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BLACK COMBWRITTEN WITH A SLATE PENCIL ON A STONE, ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN OF BLACK COMBNOVEMBER, 1813Previous chapter ←WATER-FOWL[A]Next chapter →VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BLACK COMBAll chapters and sections (99)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE POETICAL WORKSWILLIAM WORDSWORTHLondon1806TO THE SPADE OF A FRIENDCHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIORTHE HORN OF EGREMONT CASTLEA COMPLAINTSTRAY PLEASURESPOWER OF MUSICSTAR-GAZERS"YES, IT WAS THE MOUNTAIN ECHO""NUNS FRET NOT AT THEIR CONVENT'S NARROW ROOM"PERSONAL TALKADMONITION"'BELOVED VALE!' I SAID, 'WHEN I SHALL CON'""HOW SWEET IT IS, WHEN MOTHER FANCY ROCKS""THOSE WORDS WERE UTTERED AS IN PENSIVE MOOD""WITH HOW SAD STEPS, O MOON, THOU CLIMB'ST THE SKY""THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US; LATE AND SOON""WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED FAR AND NIGH""WHERE LIES THE LAND TO WHICH YON SHIP MUST GO?"TO SLEEPTO SLEEPTO SLEEPTO THE MEMORY OF RAISLEY CALVERT"METHOUGHT I SAW THE FOOTSTEPS OF A THRONE"LINESNOVEMBER, 1806ADDRESS TO A CHILD"BROOK! WHOSE SOCIETY THE POET SEEKS""THERE IS A LITTLE UNPRETENDING RILL"1807TO LADY BEAUMONTA PROPHECY. FEBRUARY, 1807THOUGHT OF A BRITON ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLANDTO THOMAS CLARKSON, ON THE FINAL PASSING OF THE BILL FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE, MARCH, 1807THE MOTHER'S RETURNGIPSIES"O NIGHTINGALE! THOU SURELY ART""THOUGH NARROW BE THAT OLD MAN'S CARES, AND NEAR"COMPOSED BY THE SIDE OF GRASMERE LAKE. 1807IN THE GROUNDS OF COLEORTON, THE SEAT OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., LEICESTERSHIREIN A GARDEN OF THE SAMEWRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT, BART., AND IN HIS NAME, FOR AN URN, PLACED BY HIM AT THE TERMINATION OF A NEWLY-PLANTED AVENUE, IN THE SAME GROUNDSFOR A SEAT IN THE GROVES OF COLEORTONSONG AT THE FEAST OF BROUGHAM CASTLE,1808THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE;THE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE; (continued 2)THE FORCE OF PRAYER;[A]COMPOSED WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS ENGAGED IN WRITING A TRACT, OCCASIONED BY THE CONVENTION OF CINTRA. 1808COMPOSED AT THE SAME TIME AND ON THE SAME OCCASION1809Chapters123456Other sections"AND IS IT AMONG RUDE UNTUTORED DALES""O'ER THE WIDE EARTH, ON MOUNTAIN AND ON PLAIN""HAIL, ZARAGOZA! IF WITH UNWET EYE""SAY, WHAT IS HONOUR?—'TIS THE FINEST SENSE""BRAVE SCHILL! BY DEATH DELIVERED, TAKE THY FLIGHT""CALL NOT THE ROYAL SWEDE UNFORTUNATE""LOOK NOW ON THAT ADVENTURER WHO HATH PAID""IS THERE A POWER THAT CAN SUSTAIN AND CHEER"EPITAPHS TRANSLATED FROM CHIABRERA1810"AH! WHERE IS PALAFOX? NOR TONGUE NOR PEN""IN DUE OBSERVANCE OF AN ANCIENT RITE"FEELINGS OF A NOBLE BISCAYAN AT ONE OF THOSE FUNERALS, 1810ON A CELEBRATED EVENT IN ANCIENT HISTORYUPON THE SAME EVENTTHE OAK OF GUERNICAINDIGNATION OF A HIGH-MINDED SPANIARD, 1810"AVAUNT ALL SPECIOUS PLIANCY OF MIND""O'ERWEENING STATESMEN HAVE FULL LONG RELIED"THE FRENCH AND THE SPANISH GUERILLASMATERNAL GRIEF1811CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHILD THREE YEARS OLDSPANISH GUERILLAS, 1811"THE POWER OF ARMIES IS A VISIBLE THING""HERE PAUSE: THE POET CLAIMS AT LEAST THIS PRAISE"EPISTLEUPON PERUSING THE FOREGOING EPISTLE THIRTY YEARS AFTER ITS COMPOSITIONUPON THE SIGHT OF A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE,TO THE POET, JOHN DYER1812SONG FOR THE SPINNING WHEELCOMPOSED ON THE EVE OF THE MARRIAGE OF A FRIEND IN THE VALE OF GRASMERE, 1812WATER-FOWL[A]1813VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BLACK COMBWRITTEN WITH A SLATE PENCIL ON A STONE, ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN OF BLACK COMBNOVEMBER, 1813See the note to the previous year, 1812.—Ed.◇← WATER-FOWL[A]VIEW FROM THE TOP OF BLACK COMB →