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"How disappeared he?" Ask the newt and toad;Ask of his fellow-men, and they will tellHow he was found, cold as an icicle,Under an arch of that forlorn abode;Where he, unpropped, and by the gathering floodOf years hemmed round, had dwelt, prepared to tryPrivation's worst extremities, and dieWith no one near save the omnipresent God.Verily so to live was an awful choiceA choice … [Read more...] about The Brownie, By: William Wordsworth

"These Tourists, heaven preserve us! needs must liveA profitable life: some glance along,Rapid and gay, as if the earth were air,And they were butterflies to wheel aboutLong as the summer lasted: some, as wise,Perched on the forehead of a jutting crag,Pencil in hand and book upon the knee,Will look and scribble, scribble on and look,Until a man might travel twelve stout … [Read more...] about The Brothers, By: William Wordsworth

Fair Ellen Irwin, when she sateUpon the braes of Kirtle,Was lovely as a Grecian maidAdorned with wreaths of myrtle;Young Adam Bruce beside her lay,And there did they beguile the dayWith love and gentle speeches,Beneath the budding beeches. From many knights and many squiresThe Bruce had been selected;And Gordon, fairest of them all,By Ellen was rejected.Sad tidings to that … [Read more...] about The Braes Of Kirtle Or Ellen Irwin, By: William Wordsworth

ACT I. SCENE Road in a Wood.WALLACE and LACY. LACY. The troop will be impatient; let us hieBack to our post, and strip the Scottish ForayOf their rich Spoil, ere they recross the Border.Pity that our young Chief will have no partIn this good service.WAL. Rather let us grieveThat, in the undertaking which has causedHis absence, he hath sought, whate'er his … [Read more...] about The Borderers. A Tragedy, By: William Wordsworth