Poems, in Two Volumes


HOUS'D                          
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  Hous'd in a dream, at distance from the Kind!

HOUSE                           
1807 The Sparrow's    My Father's House, in wet and dry
     Nest
1807 To H. C. Six     Lord of thy house and hospitality;
     years old
1807 The Blind        And thus from house to house would go,
     Highland Boy
1807 The Blind        When he was in the house again:
     Highland Boy
1807 The Seven        The empty House when he comes home;
     Sisters
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  Thou shouldst have seem'd a treasure-house, a mine
1807 The Horn of      Had the House of Lucie born, 
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      May have a living House still left in thee!
     Egremont Castle
1807 Stray Pleasures  To their House and their Mill tether'd fast:
1807 Ode. Intimations Shades of the prison-house begin to close
     of Immortality
1807 Song at the      For one fair House by Emont's side,
     Feast of
1807 Song at the      Yonder is a House--but where?
     Feast of

HOUSEHOLD                       
1807 Written in       And pure religion breathing household laws.
     London,
1807 To a Highland    And these gray Rocks; this household Lawn;
     Girl
1807 The Blind        --A Household Tub, like one of those
     Highland Boy
1807 She was a        Her household motions light and free,
     Phantom of
1807 The Seven        Of your fair household, Father Knight,
     Sisters
1807 Tribute to the   Old household thoughts, in which thou hadst thy share;
     Memory of the
1807 The Horn of      All are daunted, all the household
     Egremont Castle

HOUSES                          
1807 Composed upon    Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
     Westminster

HOUSING                         
1807 Resolution and   Housing, with God's good help, by choice or chance:
     Independence

HOVER                           
1807 The Green Linnet Yet seeming still to hover;

HOVERING                        
1807 Fidelity         The Dog, which still was hovering nigh,

HOWEVER                         
1807 Those words were Nor will I praise a Cloud, however bright,
     uttered

HOWLING                         
1807 The world is too The Winds that will be howling at all hours
     much with us

HOWSOEVER                       
1807 To the Small     Howsoever mean it be,
     Celandine

HUBERT                          
1807 The Horn of      And to Hubert thus said he,
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      Hubert, if alive that day; 
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      Fear not, quickly answer'd Hubert;
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      Sir! the Ruffians said to Hubert,
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      Pale and trembling Hubert stood.
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      To his Castle Hubert sped;
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      But bold Hubert lives in glee:
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      Hubert! though the blast be blown
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      Speak! astounded Hubert cannot;
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      Thus Hubert thought in his dismay,
     Egremont Castle

HUE                             
1807 The Small        Stiff in it's members, wither'd, changed of hue.
     Celandine

HUES                            
1807 The Redbreast    Like the hues of thy breast
     chasing the

HUGE                            
1807 Resolution and   As a huge Stone is sometimes seen to lie
     Independence
1807 Fidelity         It was a Cove, a huge Recess,
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  And this huge Castle, standing here sublime,

HULK                            
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  That Hulk which labours in the deadly swell,

HULL                            
1807 The Sailor's     And I have been as far as Hull, to see
     Mother

HUMAN                           
1807 Resolution and   A more than human weight upon his frame had cast.
     Independence
1807 Resolution and   To give me human strength, by apt admonishment.
     Independence
1807 To a Highland    I bless thee with a human heart:
     Girl
1807 To a Highland    Sweet looks, by human kindness bred!
     Girl
1807 Stepping         A human sweetness with the thought
     Westward
1807 The Matron of    Our Human-nature throws away
     Jedborough
1807 The Blind        Did human Creature leave the shore:
     Highland Boy
1807 The Blind        By any human eye. 
     Highland Boy
1807 There is a       With Human Nature? Never be it ours
     bondage worse
1807 She was a        For human nature's daily food;
     Phantom of
1807 The Kitten and   Far from human neighbourhood;
     Falling Leaves
1807 Fidelity         From trace of human foot or hand.
1807 Fidelity         A human skeleton on the ground;
1807 Fidelity         Above all human estimate!
1807 Character of the Which is our human-nature's highest dower;
     Happy Warrior
1807 Character of the Great issues, good or bad for human-kind, 
     Happy Warrior
1807 Star-gazers      Or is it, that when human Souls a journey long have had,
1807 Ode. Intimations Some fragment from his dream of human life,
     of Immortality
1807 Ode. Intimations Out of human suffering;
     of Immortality
1807 Ode. Intimations Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
     of Immortality
1807 To Thomas        Repose at length, firm Friend of human kind!
     Clarkson
1807 Gipsies          Of human Beings, in the self-same spot!

HUMANITY                        
1807 To the Daisy     Some concord with humanity,

HUMANIZ'D                       
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  A deep distress hath humaniz'd my Soul.

HUMBLE                          
1807 The Sparrow's    And humble cares, and delicate fears;
     Nest
1807 To the Small     Little, humble Celandine!
     Celandine
1807 The Solitary     Or is it some more humble lay,
     Reaper
1807 To the Spade of  That Man will have a trophy, humble Spade!
     a Friend
1807 Song at the      Beside her little humble Stream;
     Feast of
1807 Song at the      His garb is humble; ne'er was seen
     Feast of
1807 Song at the      Who, long compell'd in humble walks to go,
     Feast of

HUMBLED                         
1807 The Affliction   My Son, if thou be humbled, poor,
     of Margaret ----

HUMBLER                         
1807 To the Daisy     I drink out of an humbler urn
1807 Ode to Duty      To humbler functions, awful Power!

HUMOUR                          
1807 To the same      As is the humour of the game,
     Flower [To the
1807 Who fancied what Was it the humour of a Child?
     a pretty sight

HUMOUROUS                       
1807 Ode. Intimations Filling from time to time his humourous stage
     of Immortality

HUNDRED                         
1807 To the Daisy     A hundred times, by rock or bower,

HUNG                            
1807 It is not to be  Be lost for ever. In our Halls is hung
     thought of
1807 The Kitten and   Hung with head towards the ground,
     Falling Leaves
1807 The Horn of      Where by the Castle-gate it hung forlorn. 
     Egremont Castle

HUNGRY                          
1807 Power of Music   The weary have life, and the hungry have bliss; 

HUNT                            
1807 Louisa           To hunt the waterfalls.
1807 Song at the      Hunt the Mother and the Child. 
     Feast of

HUNTER                          
1807 To a Butterfly   A very hunter did I rush

HURRIES                         
1807 The Blind        Then hurries back the road it came--
     Highland Boy

HURRY                           
1807 Fidelity         That, if it could, would hurry past;

HURRYING                        
1807 The Blind        On the swift water hurrying down,
     Highland Boy

HUSH'D                          
1807 Written in very  Is hush'd, am I at rest. My Friends! restrain
     Early Youth

HUTS                            
1807 Song at the      Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie;
     Feast of

HYMNS                           
1807 To the Small     Hymns in praise of what I love!
     Celandine

I'D                             
1807 The world is too It moves us not. Great God! I'd rather be
     much with us

I'M                             
1807 Alice Fell       I'm fatherless and motherless.
1807 The Emigrant     Come to me--I'm no enemy:
     Mother
1807 To the Small     I'm as great as they, I trow,
     Celandine

ICE                             
1807 Incident         To the ice, and safely crost; 
     characteristic
1807 Incident         When, lo! the ice, so thinly spread,
     characteristic
1807 Incident         As he breaks the ice away.
     characteristic

IDEAL                           
1807 From the Same    Ideal Form, the universal mould.
     ["No mortal

IDLE                            
1807 The Emigrant     These tears---and my poor idle tongue.
     Mother
1807 To the same      And many a fond and idle name
     Flower [To the

IDOLATRY                        
1807 Written in       This is idolatry; and these we adore: 
     London,

IGNORANT                        
1807 England! the     But worse, more ignorant in love and hate, 
     time is come
1807 The Affliction   Why am I ignorant of the same
     of Margaret ----

ILL                             
1807 The Emigrant     --I cannot help it--ill intent
     Mother
1807 Written in March And now doth fare ill
1807 To the Small     Ill befal the yellow Flowers,
     Celandine
1807 To the Sons of   'Tis twilight time of good and ill,
     Burns
1807 The Matron of    Ill health of body; and had pin'd
     Jedborough
1807 The Affliction   From that ill thought; and, being blind,
     of Margaret ----
1807 Character of the To evil for a guard against worse ill, 
     Happy Warrior
1807 The Horn of      Stricken by this ill assurance,
     Egremont Castle

ILLS                            
1807 Resolution and   Cold, pain, and labour, and all fleshly ills;
     Independence

ILLUSTRIOUS                     
1807 The King of      Nor chear him; for the illustrious Swede hath done
     Sweden

ILUSTRIOUS                      
1807 Character of the with a Name so ilustrious.
     Happy Warrior

IMAGE                           
1807 To a Butterfly   A solemn image to my heart,
1807 She was a        A dancing Shape, an Image gay,
     Phantom of
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  Whene'er I look'd, thy Image still was there;

IMAGERY                         
1807 To H. C. Six     Where earth and heaven do make one imagery; 
     years old

IMAGES                          
1807 Character of the Sweet images! which, wheresoe'er he be,
     Happy Warrior

IMITATION                       
1807 Ode. Intimations Were endless imitation.
     of Immortality

IMMEDIATELY                     
1807 Fidelity         From which immediately leaps out

IMMENSITY                       
1807 Ode. Intimations Thy Soul's immensity;
     of Immortality

IMMORTAL                        
1807 Those words were The immortal Mind craves objects that endure:
     uttered
1807 Ode. Intimations Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea
     of Immortality

IMMORTALITY                     
1807 Ode. Intimations Thou, over whom thy Immortality
     of Immortality
1807 Song at the      In their immortality,
     Feast of

IMPARTS                         
1807 From the Italian Who such Divinity to thee imparts
     of Michael

IMPATIENT                       
1807 October 1803     Impatient to put out the only light
     ["One might
1807 Star-gazers      Calm, though impatient is the crowd; Each stands ready with the fee,

IMPEARLING                      
1807 To the Daisy     Her head impearling;

IMPELL'D                        
1807 O mountain       Thee hath some awful Spirit impell'd to leave,
     Stream!

IMPENETRABLE                    
1807 The Kitten and   In the impenetrable cell
     Falling Leaves

IMPERIAL                        
1807 Ode. Intimations And that imperial palace whence he came.
     of Immortality

IMPIETY                         
1807 Admonition       This blissful leaf, with worst impiety.

IMPIOUS                         
1807 Though narrow be Doomed, with their impious Lord, the flying Hart
     that old Man's

IMPLEMENT                       
1807 Star-gazers      Yet, Show-man, where can lie the cause? Shall thy Implement have
                               blame,

IMPORTUNATE                     
1807 Lines composed   Importunate and heavy load! 
     at Grasmere

IMPRISON'D                      
1807 To the Daisy     Imprison'd by hot sunshine lie

INCH                            
1807 Power of Music   Not an inch of his body is free from delight;

INCOMMUNICABLE                  
1807 The Affliction   An incommunicable sleep.
     of Margaret ----

INDEED                          
1807 Alice Fell       A wretched, wretched rag indeed!
1807 To a Butterfly   And, little Butterfly! indeed
1807 To the Daisy     Thou art indeed by many a claim
1807 To the Sons of   Then, then indeed.
     Burns
1807 Glen Almain      Does then the Bard sleep here indeed?
1807 To the Supreme   The prayers I make will then be sweet indeed
     Being
1807 Ode. Intimations Perpetual benediction: not indeed
     of Immortality

INDEPENDENT                     
1807 To the Sons of   Be independent, generous, brave!
     Burns

INDIA                           
1807 England! the     If for Greece, Egypt, India, Africa,
     time is come

INDIAN                          
1807 The Kitten and   Like an Indian Conjuror; 
     Falling Leaves

INDIVIDUAL                      
1807 To H. C. Six     Preserve for thee, by individual right,
     years old

INDUCES                         
1807 Character of the of his great fellow-countryman induces him to mention this; though he
     Happy Warrior             is

INDUSTRIOUS                     
1807 To H. C. Six     O too industrious folly!
     years old

INDUSTRY                        
1807 To the Spade of  And industry of body and of mind; 
     a Friend

INEVITABLE                      
1807 Ode. Intimations The Years to bring the inevitable yoke,
     of Immortality

INFANCY                         
1807 To a Butterfly   Historian of my Infancy!
1807 Ode. Intimations Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
     of Immortality

INFANT                          
1807 The Emigrant     An Infant thou, a Mother I!
     Mother
1807 The Kitten and   That way look, my Infant, lo!
     Falling Leaves
1807 Song at the      Or she sees her Infant die!
     Feast of

INFANT'S                        
1807 The Emigrant     An Infant's face and looks are thine,
     Mother
1807 The Emigrant     Be shed upon an Infant's face,
     Mother
1807 The Kitten and   Or an infant's laughing eye
     Falling Leaves

INFANTS                         
1807 The Matron of    Of little Infants, when their eyes
     Jedborough
1807 Anticipation.    Clap, Infants, clap your hands! Divine must be 
     October 1803

INFINITE                        
1807 The Affliction   With love and longings infinite.
     of Margaret ----

INFLUENCE                       
1807 To the Daisy     A happy, genial influence, 
1807 Character of the Of their bad influence, and their good receives:
     Happy Warrior
1807 Character of the A constant influence, a peculiar grace;
     Happy Warrior

INGENUOUS                       
1807 The Affliction   Ingenuous, innocent, and bold:
     of Margaret ----

INGLORIOUS                      
1807 In the Pass of   And her Foes find a like inglorious Grave.
     Killicranky

INHABIT                         
1807 From the Italian The world which we inhabit? Better plea
     of Michael

INHERIT                         
1807 To the Spade of  Who shall inherit Thee when Death has laid
     a Friend

INHERITANCE                     
1807 The Horn of      Horn of the inheritance.
     Egremont Castle

INHERITEST                      
1807 The Affliction   Inheritest the Lion's Den;
     of Margaret ----

INHUMAN                         
1807 The Affliction   Maim'd, mangled by inhuman men;
     of Margaret ----

INJURIES                        
1807 To H. C. Six     Or the injuries of tomorrow?
     years old

INLAND                          
1807 The Redbreast    And Russia far inland?
     chasing the
1807 Near Dover,      Inland, within a hollow Vale, I stood,
     September 1802
1807 Lines composed   Loud is the Vale;--this inland Depth
     at Grasmere
1807 Ode. Intimations Though inland far we be,
     of Immortality

INLY                            
1807 The Small        I stopp'd, and said with inly muttered voice,
     Celandine

INMATE                          
1807 Ode. Intimations To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man,
     of Immortality
1807 Song at the      Without an Inmate or a Guest,
     Feast of

INMATES                         
1807 O mountain       Are privileg'd Inmates of deep solitude:
     Stream!

INNER                           
1807 It is a          And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner shrine,
     beauteous
1807 Though narrow be The region of his inner spirit teems
     that old Man's

INNOCENCE                       
1807 Written in       Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence,
     London,
1807 To a Highland    Ripening in perfect innocence.
     Girl

INNOCENT                        
1807 The Emigrant     I've none, my pretty Innocent!
     Mother
1807 The Sun has long And all these innocent blisses,
     been set
1807 Who fancied what Where life is wise and innocent.
     a pretty sight
1807 The Blind        Alone, and innocent, and gay!
     Highland Boy
1807 The Affliction   Ingenuous, innocent, and bold:
     of Margaret ----
1807 Ode. Intimations The innocent brightness of a new-born Day
     of Immortality

INQUEST                         
1807 It is no Spirit  O most ambitious Star! an inquest wrought

INSIDE                          
1807 The Kitten and   Turning blossoms inside out;
     Falling Leaves

INSIGHT                         
1807 Star-gazers      And envies him that's looking;--what an insight must it be!

INSPIRED                        
1807 Character of the With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired;
     Happy Warrior

INSPIRING                       
1807 To the Spade of  His powerful Servant, his inspiring Mate!
     a Friend

INSTANTLY                       
1807 To the same      That thought comes next--and instantly
     Flower [To the
1807 Fidelity         He instantly recall'd the name,

INSTEAD                         
1807 There is a       Instead of gathering strength, must droop and pine,
     bondage worse

INSTINCT                        
1807 To the Daisy     An instinct call it, a blind sense;
1807 Incident         Hath an instinct what to do;
     characteristic
1807 Character of the Who, with a natural instinct to discern
     Happy Warrior

INSTINCTS                       
1807 Ode. Intimations High instincts before which our mortal Nature
     of Immortality

INSTRUMENTS                     
1807 October 1803     Of such poor Instruments, with thoughts sublime
     ["When looking"]

INSULT                          
1807 The Seven        With menace proud, and insult loud,
     Sisters

INTELLECTUAL                    
1807 Tribute to the   A soul of Love, Love's intellectual law:--
     Memory of the

INTELLIGENCE                    
1807 Yes, it was the  Recogniz'd intelligence?
     mountain Echo

INTEMPERANCE                    
1807 To the Sons of   Intemperance with less harm, beware!
     Burns

INTENSE                         
1807 Tribute to the   Best gift of God, in thee was most intense;
     Memory of the

INTENSENESS                     
1807 The Kitten and   What intenseness of desire
     Falling Leaves

INTENT                          
1807 The Emigrant     --I cannot help it--ill intent
     Mother
1807 The Blind        And guesses their intent.
     Highland Boy
1807 To the Men of    And hear you shouting forth your brave intent.
     Kent. October

INTERCOURSE                     
1807 The Affliction   That there was ever intercourse
     of Margaret ----

INVADERS                        
1807 Anticipation.    On British ground the Invaders are laid low;
     October 1803

INVENTION                       
1807 To the Daisy     Or stray invention.

INVINCIBLE                      
1807 It is not to be  Armoury of the invincible Knights of old: 
     thought of

INVISIBLE                       
1807 To the Cuckoo    No Bird, but an invisible Thing,
1807 The Kitten and   Each invisible and mute,
     Falling Leaves

INVITATION                      
1807 To the Men of    To France be words of invitation sent!
     Kent. October

INWARD                          
1807 London, 1802     Of inward happiness. We are selfish men;
1807 The Blind        So all his dreams, that inward light
     Highland Boy
1807 I wandered       They flash upon that inward eye
     lonely as a
1807 Character of the Whose high endeavours are an inward light
     Happy Warrior
1807 O Nightingale!   Of serious faith, and inward glee;
     thou surely art

ISLANDS                         
1807 The Seven        Seven little Islands, green and bare,
     Sisters

ISLE                            
1807 Stray Pleasures  To the small wooden Isle where, their work to beguile, 

ISLES                           
1807 Beggars          Or ruling Bandit's Wife among the Grecian isles.

ISSUED                          
1807 Gipsies          --Then issued Vesper from the fulgent West,

ISSUES                          
1807 Character of the Great issues, good or bad for human-kind, 
     Happy Warrior

ITSELF                          
1807 Among all lovely Laid safely by itself, beneath a Tree.
     things
1807 Resolution and   Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself.
     Independence
1807 London, 1802     The lowliest duties on itself did lay.
1807 To the same      That spreads itself, some Faery bold
     Flower [To the
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  And for the law itself we fight
1807 The Small        It cannot help itself in it's decay;
     Celandine
1807 Personal Talk    Sound sense, and love itself, and mirth and glee
1807 A Prophecy.      True to itself--the mighty Germany,
     February 1807

JACK                            
1807 Power of Music   It gleams on the face, there, of dusky-browed Jack,

JANE                            
1807 The Blind        Jane hangs her head upon my breast,
     Highland Boy

JAY                             
1807 Resolution and   The Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters;
     Independence

JEDBOROUGH                      
1807 The Matron of    --But dance! for under Jedborough Tower
     Jedborough
1807 The Matron of    He is as mute as Jedborough Tower:
     Jedborough