Poems, in Two Volumes


MISCHANCE                       
1807 The Blind        Without a shadow of mischance,
     Highland Boy

MISER'S                         
1807 The Small        A Miser's Pensioner--behold our lot!
     Celandine

MISERABLE                       
1807 To Toussaint     O miserable Chieftain! where and when
     L'Ouverture
1807 Character of the And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train!
     Happy Warrior
1807 Methought I saw  Ever put on; a miserable crowd,
     the footsteps

MISERIES                        
1807 October 1803     One might believe that natural miseries
     ["One might

MISERY                          
1807 Resolution and   And mighty Poets in their misery dead.
     Independence
1807 The Blind        What shrieking and what misery!
     Highland Boy

MISGIVING                       
1807 Ode to Duty      Where no misgiving is, rely

MISGIVINGS                      
1807 Ode. Intimations Blank misgivings of a Creature
     of Immortality

MISS                            
1807 The Affliction   I catch at them, and then I miss;
     of Margaret ----

MIST                            
1807 Resolution and   Raises a mist; which, glittering in the sun,
     Independence
1807 Character of the And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws
     Happy Warrior

MISTS                           
1807 Fidelity         And Mists that spread the flying shroud; 
1807 Methought I saw  Which mists and vapours from mine eyes did shroud,
     the footsteps

MOAN                            
1807 Alice Fell       A moan, a lamentable sound.
1807 Alice Fell       What can it be, this piteous moan?
1807 The Seven        Repeats a moan o'er moss and stone,
     Sisters

MOANS                           
1807 Incident         And afflicting moans she fetches,
     characteristic

MOCK                            
1807 To H. C. Six     Who of thy words dost make a mock apparel,
     years old
1807 The Green Linnet And mock the Form which he did feign,

MOCKERY                         
1807 To Sleep ["O     Now on the water vex'd with mockery.
     gentle Sleep!"]
1807 O Nightingale!   A song in mockery and despite
     thou surely art

MOCKS                           
1807 How sweet it is  When she stands cresting the Clown's head, and mocks

MODEST                          
1807 To the Small     Modest, yet withal an Elf
     Celandine

MOLD                            
1807 To the same      Sticking 'kerchief-plots of mold 
     Flower

MOMENT                          
1807 The Emigrant     One moment let me be thy Mother!
     Mother
1807 Composed in the  Thought for another moment. Thou art free
     Valley near
1807 To H. C. Six     Slips in a moment out of life.
     years old
1807 The Green Linnet When in a moment foth he teems
1807 It is no Spirit  A moment I was startled at the sight:
1807 The Small        And, the first moment that the sun may shine,
     Celandine
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  Not for a moment could I now behold
1807 Character of the Some awful moment to which Heaven has join'd
     Happy Warrior
1807 Ode. Intimations Can in a moment travel
     of Immortality

MOMENT'S                        
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Not worth a moment's pains.
1807 She was a        To be a moment's ornament;
     Phantom of

MOMENTS                         
1807 A Complaint      What happy moments did I count!
1807 Ode. Intimations Our noisy years seem moments in the being
     of Immortality

MONEY                           
1807 Alice Fell       And I gave money to the Host,

MONEY'D                         
1807 October 1803     These times touch money'd Worldlings with dismay:
     ["These times"]

MONITORY                        
1807 Though narrow be With vital sounds, and monitory gleams
     that old Man's

MONTHS                          
1807 The Horn of      Months passed on, and no Sir Eustace!
     Egremont Castle
1807 The Horn of      Months and years went smilingly; 
     Egremont Castle

MONTHS'                         
1807 Fidelity         This Dog had been through three months' space

MONUMENT                        
1807 To the Spade of  Thou monument of peaceful happiness!
     a Friend
1807 Fidelity         A lasting monument of words
1807 Tribute to the   Will gladly stand a monument of thee. 
     Memory of the

MOOD                            
1807 To the Small     Poets, vain men in their mood!
     Celandine
1807 Resolution and   As if life's business were a summer mood;
     Independence
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  An Outlaw of as daring mood,
1807 I wandered       In vacant or in pensive mood, 
     lonely as a
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  No mood, which season takes away, or brings: 
1807 Personal Talk    Blank ocean and mere sky, support that mood
1807 Those words were Those words were utter'd as in pensive mood,
     uttered
1807 To the Memory of Of higher mood, which now I meditate,
     Raisley Calvert

MOODS                           
1807 Nuns fret not    In sundry moods, 'twas pastime to be bound 

MOON                            
1807 Alice Fell       For threat'ning clouds the moon had drown'd;
1807 To the same      Thou art not beyond the moon,
     Flower
1807 The Sun has long With that beautiful soft half-moon,
     been set
1807 The Blind        Mounting as if to reach the moon,
     Highland Boy
1807 Louisa           Take all that's mine beneath the moon,
1807 Power of Music   As the Moon brightens round her the clouds of the night,
1807 Star-gazers      The silver Moon with all her Vales, and Hills of mightiest fame,
1807 With how sad     With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the sky,
     steps, O Moon
1807 The world is too The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
     much with us
1807 Ode. Intimations The Moon doth with delight
     of Immortality
1807 Gipsies          Behold the mighty Moon! this way

MOOR                            
1807 To the Small     On the moor, and in the wood,
     Celandine
1807 Resolution and   I was a Traveller then upon the moor;
     Independence
1807 Resolution and   From Pond to Pond he roam'd, from moor to moor,
     Independence
1807 Resolution and   I'll think of the Leech-gatherer on the lonely moor!
     Independence
1807 The Kitten and   Others slunk to moor and wood,
     Falling Leaves
1807 Personal Talk    The gentle Lady, married to the Moor;

MOORISH                         
1807 Resolution and   Beside the little pond or moorish flood
     Independence

MOORLAND                        
1807 Louisa           Yet o'er the moorland will she roam

MOORS                           
1807 Resolution and   The grass is bright with rain-drops; on the moors
     Independence
1807 Resolution and   About the weary moors continually,
     Independence

MORAL                           
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  He sought his moral creed. 
1807 Character of the But makes his moral being his prime care;
     Happy Warrior

MORALISTS                       
1807 Great men have   These Moralists could act and comprehend:
     been among us

MORALS                          
1807 It is not to be  That Shakspeare spake; the faith and morals hold
     thought of

MORN                            
1807 To H. C. Six     Thou art a Dew-drop, which the morn brings forth,
     years old
1807 The Matron of    Upon a sun-bright morn of May,
     Jedborough
1807 The Horn of      Night or day, at even or morn;
     Egremont Castle

MORNING                         
1807 The Sailor's     One morning (raw it was and wet,
     Mother
1807 Resolution and   To me that morning did it happen so;
     Independence
1807 Resolution and   This morning gives us promise of a glorious day.
     Independence
1807 Composed upon    The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
     Westminster
1807 To the Daisy     When, smitten by the morning ray,
1807 To the Daisy     As morning Leveret,
1807 The Kitten and   Of this morning bright and fair,
     Falling Leaves
1807 The Kitten and   Vainly Morning spreads the lure
     Falling Leaves
1807 To a Skylark     Joyous as Morning,
1807 Incident         On his morning rounds the Master
     characteristic
1807 Stray Pleasures  They from morning to even take whatever is given;--
1807 Ode. Intimations sweet May-morning,
     of Immortality

MORNING'S                       
1807 Resolution and   The sky rejoices in the morning's birth;
     Independence
1807 To Sleep ["A     Without Thee what is all the morning's wealth?
     flock of sheep"]

MORNINGS                        
1807 I travelled      Thy mornings shew'd, thy nights conceal'd
     among unknown

MORRICE                         
1807 To the Daisy     In shoals and bands, a morrice train,

MORROW                          
1807 Composed near    Good-morrow, Citizen! a hollow word,
     Calais

MORTAL                          
1807 Character of the And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws
     Happy Warrior
1807 Yes, it was the  Hears not also mortal Life?
     mountain Echo
1807 Personal Talk    Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
1807 From the Same    No mortal object did these eyes behold
     ["No mortal
1807 Ode. Intimations High instincts before which our mortal Nature
     of Immortality

MORTALITY                       
1807 Ode. Intimations That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;
     of Immortality

MOSEDALE'S                      
1807 Song at the      The Boy must part from Mosedale's Groves,
     Feast of

MOSS                            
1807 The Seven        Repeats a moan o'er moss and stone,
     Sisters

MOSSY                           
1807 Louisa           Of some old cave, or mossy nook,
1807 Methought I saw  Sleeping alone within a mossy cave,
     the footsteps

MOST                            
1807 To Toussaint     Toussaint, the most unhappy Man of Men!
     L'Ouverture
1807 It is not to be  That this most famous Stream in Bogs and Sands
     thought of
1807 To the Daisy     Most pleas'd when most uneasy;
1807 It is no Spirit  O most ambitious Star! an inquest wrought
1807 The Blind        Lei-gha--Lei-gha--most eagerly;
     Highland Boy
1807 The Blind        But most of all, his Mother dear,
     Highland Boy
1807 Ode to Duty      The Godhead's most benignant grace;
1807 Ode to Duty      And the most ancient Heavens through Thee are fresh and strong.
1807 Tribute to the   Best gift of God, in thee was most intense;
     Memory of the
1807 Character of the Where what he most doth value must be won;
     Happy Warrior
1807 To Sleep ["Fond  Still last to come where thou art wanted most!
     words"]
1807 Ode. Intimations For that which is most worthy to be blest;
     of Immortality
1807 Song at the      Joy! joy to both! but most to her
     Feast of

MOSTLY                          
1807 Fidelity         *Tarn is a small Mere or Lake mostly high

MOTHER                          
1807 Beggars          Your Mother has had alms of mine. 
1807 Beggars          It was your Mother, as I say!
1807 The Emigrant     One moment let me be thy Mother!
     Mother
1807 The Emigrant     An Infant thou, a Mother I!
     Mother
1807 The Emigrant     She with her Mother cross'd the sea;
     Mother
1807 The Emigrant     The Babe and Mother near me dwell:
     Mother
1807 The Blind        His Mother, too, no doubt, above
     Highland Boy
1807 The Blind        His Mother often thought, and said,
     Highland Boy
1807 The Blind        His Mother, she who loved him best,
     Highland Boy
1807 The Blind        But most of all, his Mother dear,
     Highland Boy
1807 The Affliction   Heard by his Mother unawares!
     of Margaret ----
1807 The Affliction   Years to a Mother bring distress;
     of Margaret ----
1807 The Affliction   Kind mother have I been, as kind
     of Margaret ----
1807 The Seven        All Children of one Mother:
     Sisters
1807 Power of Music   A Mother, whose Spirit in fetters is bound,
1807 How sweet it is  How sweet it is, when mother Fancy rocks
1807 To Sleep ["A     Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!
     flock of sheep"]
1807 Song at the      Him, and his Lady Mother dear!
     Feast of
1807 Song at the      Hunt the Mother and the Child. 
     Feast of
1807 Song at the      Blissful Mary, Mother mild,
     Feast of
1807 Song at the      Maid and Mother undefiled, 
     Feast of
1807 Song at the      Save a Mother and her Child!
     Feast of

MOTHER'S                        
1807 The Emigrant     And sure a Mother's heart is mine:
     Mother
1807 The Emigrant     Thy own dear Mother's far away,
     Mother
1807 The Emigrant     Contentment, hope, and Mother's glee,
     Mother
1807 The Blind        And more than Mother's love. 
     Highland Boy
1807 The Affliction   Oh! do not dread thy mother's door;
     of Margaret ----
1807 Ode. Intimations And the Babe leaps up on his mother's arm:--
     of Immortality
1807 Ode. Intimations And, even with something of a Mother's mind,
     of Immortality
1807 Ode. Intimations Fretted by sallies of his Mother's kisses,
     of Immortality

MOTHERLESS                      
1807 Alice Fell       I'm fatherless and motherless.

MOTHERLY                        
1807 I grieved for    Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood.
     Buonaparte

MOTHERS                         
1807 Personal Talk    Sons, Mothers, Maidens withering on the stalk,

MOTION                          
1807 It is a          And doth with his eternal motion make
     beauteous
1807 To H. C. Six     The breeze-like motion and the self-born carol;
     years old
1807 To the Daisy     With kindred motion: 
1807 The Blind        He felt the motion--took his seat;
     Highland Boy
1807 The Blind        That with a motion overthrow
     Highland Boy
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  No motion but the moving tide, a breeze,
1807 Louisa           Smiles, that with motion of their own

MOTIONLESS                      
1807 To a Butterfly   How motionless! not frozen seas
1807 To a Butterfly   More motionless! and then
1807 Resolution and   I watch'd him, he continuing motionless:
     Independence
1807 Resolution and   Motionless as a Cloud the old Man stood;
     Independence
1807 September 1,     Was silent, motionless in eyes and face.
     1802

MOTIONS                         
1807 The Matron of    He tracks her motions, quick or slow.
     Jedborough
1807 She was a        Her household motions light and free,
     Phantom of
1807 The Kitten and   From the motions that are made,
     Falling Leaves
1807 Fidelity         Its motions, too, are wild and shy; 

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

MOUND                           
1807 Tribute to the   Lie here sequester'd:--be this little mound
     Memory of the

MOUNT                           
1807 I grieved for    By which true Sway doth mount; this is the stalk
     Buonaparte
1807 The Blind        Nor mount the mast, nor row, nor float
     Highland Boy
1807 The Affliction   They mount, how short a voyage brings
     of Margaret ----
1807 Methought I saw  I seem'd to mount those steps;the vapours gave
     the footsteps

MOUNTAIN                        
1807 Written in very  O'er vale, and mountain, and the starless sky.
     Early Youth
1807 Resolution and   Behind his plough, along the mountain-side:
     Independence
1807 The Blind        In land where many a mountain towers,
     Highland Boy
1807 In the Pass of   And Garry thundering down his mountain-road
     Killicranky
1807 To a Skylark     With a soul as strong as a mountain River,
1807 Fidelity         The Dog is not of mountain breed;
1807 Louisa           Oh! might I kiss the mountain rains
1807 Lines composed   Yon Star upon the mountain-top
     at Grasmere
1807 Thought of a     That mountain Floods should thunder as before,
     Briton on the
1807 O mountain       O mountain Stream! the Shepherd and his Cot
     Stream!

MOUNTAINEER                     
1807 To a Highland    The freedom of a Mountaineer.
     Girl

MOUNTAINS                       
1807 I travelled      Among thy mountains did I feel
     among unknown
1807 Written in March There's joy in the mountains;
1807 Sonnet. Composed And the pure mountains, and the gentle Tweed,
     at ------ Castle
1807 The Kitten and   Lambs, that through the mountains went
     Falling Leaves
1807 Fidelity         up in the mountains.
1807 The Horn of      Ancient Castle, Woods, and Mountains
     Egremont Castle
1807 Ode. Intimations I hear the Echoes through the mountains throng,
     of Immortality
1807 Thought of a     One of the Mountains; each a mighty Voice:
     Briton on the
1807 Song at the      Our Fields rejoice, our Mountains ring,
     Feast of
1807 Song at the      Upon the Mountains visitant;
     Feast of

MOUNTEBANKS                     
1807 How sweet it is  At Wakes and Fairs with wandering Mountebanks,

MOUNTED                         
1807 Resolution and   As high as we have mounted in delight
     Independence
1807 The Solitary     And, as I mounted up the hill,
     Reaper

MOUNTING                        
1807 The Blind        Mounting as if to reach the moon,
     Highland Boy

MOURN                           
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  Not without hope we suffer and we mourn. 
1807 Lines composed   Then wherefore should we mourn?
     at Grasmere

MOURN'D                         
1807 The Emigrant     The big and lesser griefs with which she mourn'd,
     Mother

MOURNER                         
1807 Power of Music   The mourner is cheared, and the anxious have rest;

MOURNFUL                        
1807 Fidelity         Of which this mournful Tale I tell!

MOURNFULLY                      
1807 The Seven        Sing, mournfully, oh! mournfully,
     Sisters
1807 The Seven        Sing, mournfully, oh! mournfully,
     Sisters
1807 The Seven        Sing, mournfully, oh! mournfully,
     Sisters
1807 The Seven        Sing, mournfully, oh! mournfully,
     Sisters
1807 The Seven        Sing, mournfully, oh! mournfully,
     Sisters
1807 The Seven        Sing, mournfully, oh! mournfully,
     Sisters

MOURNING                        
1807 Ode. Intimations A mourning or a funeral;
     of Immortality

MOVE                            
1807 Resolution and   And moveth altogether, if it move at all.
     Independence
1807 To the Daisy     Thou wilt be move belov'd by men
1807 The Matron of    With legs that move not, if they can,
     Jedborough
1807 With how sad     Which they would stifle, move at such a pace!
     steps, O Moon

MOVED                           
1807 Glen Almain      Was moved; and in such way express'd 
1807 Song at the      They moved about in open sight,
     Feast of

MOVEMENTS                       
1807 When I have      Among the many movements of his mind,
     borne in memory

MOVES                           
1807 Stray Pleasures  Moves all nature to gladness and mirth. 
1807 The world is too It moves us not. Great God! I'd rather be
     much with us

MOVETH                          
1807 Resolution and   And moveth altogether, if it move at all.
     Independence

MOVING                          
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  No motion but the moving tide, a breeze,
1807 Ode. Intimations Moving about in worlds not realiz'd,
     of Immortality

MUCH                            
1807 The Sailor's     I trail it with me, Sir! he took so much delight in it.
     Mother
1807 To a Butterfly   Much converse do I find in Thee,
1807 Character of the More brave for this, that he hath much to love:
     Happy Warrior
1807 Star-gazers      And bounty never yields so much but it seems to do her wrong?
1807 Nuns fret not    Who have felt the weight of too much liberty,
1807 Personal Talk    I am not One who much or oft delight
1807 The world is too The world is too much with us; late and soon,
     much with us
1807 To the Memory of To think how much of this will be thy praise.
     Raisley Calvert
1807 Gipsies          Much witnessing of change and chear,

MUDDY                           
1807 Resolution and   Upon the muddy water, which he conn'd,
     Independence

MUFFLED                         
1807 The Small        Oft have I seen it muffled up from harm,
     Celandine

MULTITUDE                       
1807 To the Small     Travel with the multitude:
     Celandine
1807 Star-gazers      Poor in estate, of manners base, men of the multitude,

MULTITUDES                      
1807 The Kitten and   Multitudes are swept away
     Falling Leaves

MURDERER                        
1807 The Horn of      Wherefore, bold as day, the Murderer
     Egremont Castle

MURDERERS'                      
1807 The Horn of      Had preserv'd from Murderers' hands,
     Egremont Castle

MURMUR                          
1807 To a Highland    A murmur near the silent Lake;
     Girl
1807 Nuns fret not    Will murmur by the hour in Foxglove bells:
1807 Song at the      And Emont's murmur mingled with the Song.--
     Feast of

MURMUR'D                        
1807 September 1,     Nor murmur'd at the unfeeling Ordinance.
     1802

MURMURING                       
1807 To the Spade of  In concord with his River murmuring by;
     a Friend
1807 A Complaint      Of murmuring, sparkling, living love, 
1807 To Sleep ["A     Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas,
     flock of sheep"]
1807 To Lady Beaumont And these perennial bowers and murmuring pines