Poems, in Two Volumes


RIGHTFUL                        
1807 The King of      The Heroes bless him, him their rightful Son.
     Sweden
1807 The Horn of      Save He who came as rightful Heir
     Egremont Castle
1807 Song at the      Where sits in state our rightful Lord,
     Feast of

RIGHTFULLY                      
1807 Great men have   Taught us how rightfully nation shone
     been among us
1807 Glen Almain      Have rightfully been laid at last

RIGHTLY                         
1807 Glen Almain      And, therefore, was it rightly said

RIGHTS                          
1807 I grieved for    True Power doth grow on; and her rights are these.
     Buonaparte
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  To have my ends, maintain my rights,
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Then rents and Factors, rights of chace,

RILL                            
1807 To the Daisy     My thirst at every rill can slake,
1807 The Kitten and   Save a little neighbouring Rill,
     Falling Leaves

RILLS                           
1807 The Blind        And drinks up all the pretty rills
     Highland Boy
1807 Song at the      His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills,
     Feast of

RIMLESS                         
1807 Beggars          The Other wore a rimless crown,

RING                            
1807 The Matron of    And Thou, too, mingle in the Ring!
     Jedborough
1807 Song at the      Our Fields rejoice, our Mountains ring,
     Feast of

RINGING                         
1807 To a Skylark     With all the heav'ns about thee ringing,

RINGLETS                        
1807 The Seven        For us your yellow ringlets comb,
     Sisters

RINGS                           
1807 October 1803     The great events with which old story rings
     ["When looking"]

RIPENING                        
1807 To a Highland    Ripening in perfect innocence.
     Girl

RIS'N                           
1807 Star-gazers      Have souls which never yet have ris'n, and therefore prostrate lie?

RISE                            
1807 To Toussaint     Though fallen Thyself, never to rise again,
     L'Ouverture
1807 To the Daisy     I see thee rise alert and gay,
1807 Anticipation.    Never to rise again!--the work is done.
     October 1803
1807 Louisa           Do spread, and sink, and rise;
1807 Character of the Is placable because occasions rise
     Happy Warrior
1807 Character of the --Who, if he rise to station of command,
     Happy Warrior

RISEN                           
1807 The Seven        Have risen from out the deep:
     Sisters

RISES                           
1807 Character of the Rises by open means; and there will stand
     Happy Warrior
1807 Ode. Intimations The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star,
     of Immortality

RISING                          
1807 To the same      When the rising sun he painted,
     Flower
1807 Resolution and   But now the sun is rising calm and bright;
     Independence
1807 October 1803     Are cheerful as the rising Sun in May.
     ["These times"]
1807 The world is too Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
     much with us

RISK                            
1807 The Horn of      Life to risk by sea and land,
     Egremont Castle

RIVER                           
1807 Composed upon    The river glideth at his own sweet will:
     Westminster
1807 Near Dover,      Was like a Lake, or River bright and fair,
     September 1802
1807 Yarrow Unvisited What's Yarrow but a River bare,
1807 To the Spade of  In concord with his River murmuring by;
     a Friend
1807 To a Skylark     With a soul as strong as a mountain River,
1807 Incident         But, like an arrow, to the River takes.
     characteristic
1807 Incident         Deep the River was, and crusted
     characteristic

RIVER'S                         
1807 Composed in the  And even this little River's gentle roar,
     Valley near
1807 Stray Pleasures  While they dance on the calm river's breast.

RIVERS                          
1807 The Blind        And rivers large and strong: 
     Highland Boy
1807 To Sleep ["A     Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas,
     flock of sheep"]

RIVULET                         
1807 To Sleep ["O     Upon a fretful rivulet, now above,
     gentle Sleep!"]

RIVULETS                        
1807 Louisa           Like rivulets in May?

ROAD                            
1807 The Sailor's     A Woman on the road I met,
     Mother
1807 Great men have   No master spirit, no determined road;
     been among us
1807 It is not to be  Road by which all might come and go that would,
     thought of
1807 To a Highland    This little Bay; a quiet Road
     Girl
1807 The Blind        Then hurries back the road it came--
     Highland Boy
1807 In the Pass of   And Garry thundering down his mountain-road
     Killicranky
1807 Fidelity         Remote from public Road or Dwelling,
1807 With Ships the   Some lying fast at anchor in the road,
     sea was
1807 Lines composed   Upon this lonely road;
     at Grasmere

ROAM                            
1807 To the same      Others roam about the sea;
     Flower
1807 Stepping         If we, who thus together roam
     Westward
1807 The Seven        Cried they, Your Father loves to roam:
     Sisters
1807 Louisa           Yet o'er the moorland will she roam
1807 Those words were These cleave to it; from these it cannot roam,
     uttered

ROAM'D                          
1807 Resolution and   From Pond to Pond he roam'd, from moor to moor,
     Independence

ROAR                            
1807 Resolution and   I heard the woods, and distant waters, roar;
     Independence
1807 Composed in the  And even this little River's gentle roar,
     Valley near
1807 The Blind        And when he heard the torrents roar,
     Highland Boy
1807 Power of Music   Now, Coaches and Chariots, roar on like a stream;

ROARING                         
1807 Resolution and   There was a roaring in the wind all night;
     Independence
1807 Lines composed   In peace is roaring like the Sea;
     at Grasmere

ROB                             
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  She has her brave ROB ROY!
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  HEAVEN gave Rob Roy a dauntless heart
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Yet was Rob Roy as wise as brave;
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  A Poet worthy of Rob Roy
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Said generous Rob, What need of Books?
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  And Rob was Lord below. 
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Rob Roy had never linger'd here,
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  And we our own Rob Roy!
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  At sound of ROB ROY's name.

ROBIN                           
1807 The Redbreast    Our little English Robin;
     chasing the
1807 The Redbreast    Our consecrated Robin!
     chasing the
1807 The Redbreast    What ail'd thee Robin that thou could'st pursue
     chasing the
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  A famous Man is Robin Hood,
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Since then, said Robin, right is plain,
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  For Robin was the poor Man's stay,

ROBIN'S                         
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Had Robin's to command.

ROCK                            
1807 Resolution and   Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself.
     Independence
1807 Composed upon    In his first splendour valley, rock, or hill; 
     Westminster
1807 To the Daisy     In youth from rock to rock I went,
1807 To the Daisy     If to a rock from rains he fly,
1807 To the Daisy     A hundred times, by rock or bower,
1807 Who fancied what This Rock would be if edged around
     a pretty sight
1807 Who fancied what Who loved the little Rock, and set
     a pretty sight
1807 Yarrow Unvisited Fair hangs the apple frae the rock*,

ROCKING                         
1807 The Blind        Upon the rocking waves.
     Highland Boy

ROCKS                           
1807 To a Highland    And these gray Rocks; this household Lawn;
     Girl
1807 Glen Almain      Where rocks were rudely heap'd, and rent
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  And thus among these rocks he liv'd,
1807 The Blind        Between the woods and lofty rocks;
     Highland Boy
1807 Fidelity         Among the scatter'd rocks:
1807 Fidelity         Towards the Dog, o'er rocks and stones,
1807 Fidelity         From those abrupt and perilous rocks
1807 Louisa           And down the rocks can leap along
1807 Personal Talk    Rocks in its harbour, lodging peaceably.
1807 How sweet it is  How sweet it is, when mother Fancy rocks
1807 Song at the      He knew the Rocks which Angels haunt
     Feast of

ROCKY                           
1807 The Kitten and   That from out the rocky ground
     Falling Leaves
1807 Thought of a     And Ocean bellow from his rocky shore,
     Briton on the

ROD                             
1807 Ode to Duty      Who art a Light to guide, a Rod

ROLL                            
1807 Near Dover,      Virtuous and wise; Winds blow, and Waters roll, 
     September 1802

ROLLING                         
1807 Ode. Intimations And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
     of Immortality

ROMAN                           
1807 The Sailor's     And like a Roman matron's was her mien and gait.
     Mother

ROMP'D                          
1807 The Blind        We've romp'd enough, my little Boy!
     Highland Boy

ROOF                            
1807 There is a       Than his who breathes, by roof, and floor, and wall,
     bondage worse
1807 Admonition       Even thine, though few thy wants!--Roof, window, door, 

ROOM                            
1807 The Matron of    His world is in this single room:
     Jedborough
1807 Stray Pleasures  The Platform is small, but there's room for them all;
1807 Nuns fret not    Nuns fret not at their Convent's narrow room;

ROOT                            
1807 To the Memory of Thy youth to hopeless wasting, root and stem:
     Raisley Calvert

ROOTED                          
1807 The Matron of    Him who is rooted to his chair!
     Jedborough

ROSE                            
1807 To the Daisy     Proud be the Rose, with rains and dews
1807 How sweet it is  And Wild rose tip-toe upon hawthorn stocks,
1807 Ode. Intimations And lovely is the Rose,
     of Immortality
1807 A Prophecy.      Stirr'd by the breeze--they rose, a Nation, true,
     February 1807
1807 A Prophecy.      She rose,--and off at once the yoke she threw.
     February 1807
1807 Song at the      The Red Rose is a gladsome Flower.
     Feast of
1807 Song at the      The Red Rose is revived at last;
     Feast of

ROSES                           
1807 Admonition       The roses to the porch which they entwine:
1807 Song at the      Both Roses flourish, Red and White.
     Feast of

ROUGH                           
1807 Glen Almain      Where sights were rough, and sounds were wild, 
1807 The Blind        That, rough or smooth, is full of change,
     Highland Boy
1807 The Small        But lately, one rough day, this Flower I pass'd
     Celandine
1807 Louisa           In weather rough and bleak;

ROUND                           
1807 Beggars          Wreath'd round with yellow flow'rs. the gayest of the land.
1807 I grieved for    Wisdom doth live with children round her knees:
     Buonaparte
1807 Composed in the  All, all are English. Oft have I look'd round
     Valley near
1807 To the Daisy     Child of the Year! that round dost run
1807 The Blind        Which gathering round did on the banks
     Highland Boy
1807 The Kitten and   Eddying round and round they sink
     Falling Leaves
1807 The Kitten and   Flutter'd, perch'd; into a round 
     Falling Leaves
1807 Fidelity         All round, in Hollow or on Height;
1807 Fidelity         Looks round, to learn the history.
1807 Character of the Whose powers shed round him in the common strife,
     Happy Warrior
1807 Power of Music   As the Moon brightens round her the clouds of the night,
1807 Personal Talk    Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
1807 "Beloved Vale!"  Distress'd me; I look'd round, I shed no tears;
1807 Ode. Intimations Look round her when the heavens are bare;
     of Immortality
1807 Ode. Intimations Shout round me, let me hear thy shouts, thou happy Shepherd Boy!
     of Immortality
1807 Ode. Intimations The Clouds that gather round the setting sun
     of Immortality

ROUNDS                          
1807 Incident         On his morning rounds the Master
     characteristic
1807 Though narrow be Seen the SEVEN WHISTLERS in their nightly rounds, 
     that old Man's

ROUSED                          
1807 To Thomas        First roused thee.--O true yoke-fellow of Time
     Clarkson

ROUT                            
1807 To the Small     Men that keep a mighty rout!
     Celandine
1807 The Kitten and   Made such wanton spoil and rout,
     Falling Leaves

ROUZ'D                          
1807 The Matron of    It rouz'd the Vale to Holiday.
     Jedborough

ROUZE                           
1807 Stray Pleasures  Rouze the Birds and they sing;

ROVE                            
1807 To the Cuckoo    To seek thee did I often rove
1807 To Lady Beaumont A labyrinth Lady! which your feet shall rove.

ROVER                           
1807 The Seven        Across the wave, a Rover brave
     Sisters

ROVERS                          
1807 The Seven        The youthful Rovers follow.
     Sisters

ROW                             
1807 The Blind        Nor mount the mast, nor row, nor float
     Highland Boy

ROY                             
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  She has her brave ROB ROY!
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  HEAVEN gave Rob Roy a dauntless heart
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Yet was Rob Roy as wise as brave;
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  A Poet worthy of Rob Roy
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Rob Roy had never linger'd here,
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  And we our own Rob Roy!

ROY'S                           
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  At sound of ROB ROY's name.

RUBIES                          
1807 To the same      A Queen in crown of rubies drest;
     Flower [To the

RUDDY                           
1807 Louisa           That she is ruddy, fleet, and strong;

RUDE                            
1807 Star-gazers      Or must we be constrain'd to think that these Spectators rude,

RUDELY                          
1807 Glen Almain      Where rocks were rudely heap'd, and rent

RUE                             
1807 Yarrow Unvisited It must, or we shall rue it: 

RUEFUL                          
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  This rueful sky, this pageantry of fear!

RUEFULLEST                      
1807 Methought I saw  With sights the ruefullest that flesh and bone
     the footsteps

RUEING                          
1807 Foresight        That is work which I am rueing--

RUFFIANS                        
1807 The Horn of      Sir! the Ruffians said to Hubert,
     Egremont Castle

RUGGED                          
1807 Elegiac Stanzas  I was thy Neighbour once, thou rugged Pile!
1807 Song at the      And leave Blencathara's rugged Coves, 
     Feast of

RULE                            
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  For why?--because the good old Rule
1807 November 1806    We shall exult, if They who rule the land 

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

RUN                             
1807 Resolution and   Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.
     Independence
1807 Written in       Or groom! We must run glittering like a Brook
     London,
1807 To the Daisy     Child of the Year! that round dost run
1807 The Seven        They run, and cry, Nay, let us die,
     Sisters

RUNNING                         
1807 Resolution and   The Hare is running races in her mirth;
     Independence
1807 The Blind        And swiftly down the running Lake
     Highland Boy
1807 With how sad     Running among the clouds a Wood-nymph's race?
     steps, O Moon

RUNS                            
1807 Resolution and   Runs with her all the way, wherever she doth run.
     Independence
1807 Fidelity         A Dog, and yelping runs about.
1807 Power of Music   What matter! he's caught--and his time runs to waste--

RURAL                           
1807 To Toussaint     Whether the rural Milk-maid by her Cow
     L'Ouverture
1807 October 1803     Shed gentle favors; rural works are there;
     ["One might

RUSH                            
1807 To a Butterfly   A very hunter did I rush

RUSHES                          
1807 The Sun has long And a noise of wind that rushes,
     been set

RUSSIA                          
1807 The Redbreast    And Russia far inland?
     chasing the

RUSTIC                          
1807 To the Spade of  His rustic chimney with the last of Thee!
     a Friend

RUSTING                         
1807 Song at the      Armour rusting in his Halls
     Feast of

RUSTLING                        
1807 The Affliction   I dread the rustling of the grass;
     of Margaret ----

SABBATH                         
1807 The Blind        To Kirk he on the Sabbath day
     Highland Boy

SACRED                          
1807 Admonition       The very flowers are sacred to the Poor,
1807 A Prophecy.      First open Traitor to her sacred name!
     February 1807

SACRIFICE                       
1807 Ode to Duty      The spirit of self-sacrifice;
1807 Character of the So often that demand such sacrifice;
     Happy Warrior

SAD                             
1807 Fidelity         Sad sight! the Shepherd with a sigh 
1807 The Horn of      Smitten to the heart, and sad.
     Egremont Castle
1807 Star-gazers      And are returned into themselves, they cannot but be sad? 
1807 With how sad     With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the sky,
     steps, O Moon
1807 Lines composed   Sad was I, ev'n to pain depress'd,
     at Grasmere
1807 Lines composed   And many thousands now are sad,
     at Grasmere

SADNESS                         
1807 The Redbreast    The Chearer Thou of our in-door sadness, 
     chasing the
1807 Resolution and   Dim sadness, and blind thoughts I knew not nor could name.
     Independence
1807 "Beloved Vale!"  The weight of sadness was in wonder lost.

SAFE                            
1807 The Blind        A Bee-hive would be ship as safe
     Highland Boy
1807 The Blind        That he is safe at last. 
     Highland Boy
1807 Song at the      Among thy branches safe he lay,
     Feast of

SAFEGUARD                       
1807 On the           And was the safeguard of the West: the worth
     Extinction of

SAFELY                          
1807 Among all lovely Laid safely by itself, beneath a Tree.
     things
1807 The Blind        Come Boats and Ships, that safely ride
     Highland Boy
1807 Incident         To the ice, and safely crost; 
     characteristic

SAFETY                          
1807 November 1806    That in ourselves our safety must be sought;

SAGE                            
1807 Who fancied what Of Man mature, or Matron sage?
     a pretty sight

SAIL                            
1807 The Blind        For He must never handle sail;
     Highland Boy

SAIL'D                          
1807 The Sailor's     Sail'd on the seas, but he is dead;
     Mother
1807 The Sailor's     When last he sail'd he left the Bird behind;
     Mother

SAILING                         
1807 Written in March Small clouds are sailing,

SAILOR'S                        
1807 The Blind        In Sailor's ship, or Fisher's boat,
     Highland Boy

SAILS                           
1807 The Blind        As that in which he sails.
     Highland Boy

SAINT                           
1807 To Sleep ["Fond  All anguish; Saint that evil thoughts and aims
     words"]

SAINTED                         
1807 To the same      (Workman worthy to be sainted)
     Flower

SAINTS                          
1807 The Horn of      And by all the saints in heaven;
     Egremont Castle

SAKE                            
1807 The Emigrant     For sake of a young Child whose home was there.
     Mother
1807 To the Sons of   To shew you favor for his sake, 
     Burns
1807 The Matron of    Delighted am I for thy sake;
     Jedborough
1807 Fidelity         But hear a wonder now, for sake 
1807 The Horn of      His Brother's life, for Land's and Castle's sake?
     Egremont Castle

SALLIES                         
1807 Ode. Intimations Fretted by sallies of his Mother's kisses,
     of Immortality

SALLY                           
1807 With how sad     Should sally forth to keep thee company.
     steps, O Moon

SALUTATION                      
1807 Stepping         The salutation had to me
     Westward

SAME                            
1807 The Emigrant     I am the same who at thy side
     Mother
1807 The Emigrant     Thy features seem to me the same;
     Mother
1807 Resolution and   Wonder to all who do the same espy
     Independence
1807 Resolution and   He, having made a pause, the same discourse renewed.
     Independence
1807 September 1,     A weight of languid speech, or to the same
     1802
1807 Who fancied what That gives to all the self-same bent
     a pretty sight
1807 Rob Roy's Grave  Are faces that attest the same;
1807 The Blind        Returns, on errand still the same;
     Highland Boy
1807 To the Cuckoo    The same whom in my School-boy days
1807 The Affliction   Why am I ignorant of the same
     of Margaret ----
1807 Ode to Duty      I long for a repose that ever is the same. 
1807 Fidelity         Repeating the same timid cry,
1807 Character of the Who comprehends his trust, and to the same
     Happy Warrior
1807 Power of Music   Near the stately Pantheon you'll meet with the same
1807 Ode. Intimations the same tale repeat:
     of Immortality
1807 Gipsies          Yet are they here?--the same unbroken knot
1807 Gipsies          Of human Beings, in the self-same spot!
1807 Gipsies          Of the whole Spectacle the same!