THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, ་་་ D. C. L., POET LAUREATE, ETC., ETC. VOLUME I. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. NEW YORK: EVANS AND DICKERSON. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO, AND CO. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massa chusetts. CAMBRIDGE: METCALF AND COMPANY, STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS. If thou indeed derive thy light from Heaven, And they that from the zenith dart their beams, Though half a sphere be conscious of their brightness,) No purer essence, than the one that burns, Like an untended watch-fire, on the ridge Of some dark mountain; or than those which seem (RECAP) 3997 .1854 908256 Extract from the Conclusion of a Poem, composed in Anticipation of leaving School An Evening Walk. Addressed to a Young Lady. Lines written while sailing in a Boat at Evening Remembrance of Collins, composed upon the Thames Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree, which stands near the Lake of Esthwaite, on a desolate Part of the Shore, commanding a beautiful Prospect |