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POEMS, IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. II.

BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH,

AUTHOR OF THE LYRICAL BALLADS.

    Posterius graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur
    Nostra: dabunt cum securos mihi tempora fructus.

CONTENTS.

POEMS WRITTEN DURING A TOUR IN SCOTLAND.

1. Rob Roy's Grave2. The solitary Reaper3. Stepping Westward4. Glen-Almain, or the Narrow Glen5. The Matron of Jedborough and her Husband6. To a Highland Girl7. Sonnet8. Address to the Sons of Burns after visiting their Father's Grave, Aug. 14th, 18039. Yarrow unvisited

MOODS OF MY OWN MIND.

1. To a Butterfly2.3.4.5. Written in March while resting on the Bridge at the Foot of Brother's Water6. The small Celandine7.8.9. The Sparrow's Nest10. Gipsies11. To the Cuckoo12. To a Butterfly13.

THE BLIND HIGHLAND BOY.

The Blind Highland Boy
The Green Linnet
To a Young Lady, who had been reproached
for taking long Walks in the Country
By their floating Mill, &c
Star-gazers
Power of Music
To the Daisy
To the same Flower
Incident, characteristic of a favourite Dog,
which belonged to a Friend of the Author
Tribute to the Memory of the same Dog

Sonnet
Sonnet
Sonnet
Sonnet to Thomas Clarkson
Once in a lonely Hamlet, &c
Foresight, or the Charge of a Child to his
younger Companion
A Complaint
I am not One, &c
Yes! full surely 'twas the Echo, &c
To the Spade of a Friend
Song, at the Feast of Brougham Castle
Lines, composed at Grasmere
Elegaic Stanzas
Ode
Notes

POEMS WRITTEN DURING A TOUR IN SCOTLAND.

ROB ROY's GRAVE.

The History of Rob Roy is sufficiently known; his Grave is near the head of Loch Ketterine, in one of those small Pin-fold-like Burial-grounds, of neglected and desolate appearance, which the Traveller meets with in the Highlands of Scotland.

  A famous Man is Robin Hood,
  The English Ballad-singer's joy!
  And Scotland has a Thief as good,
  An Outlaw of as daring mood,
  She has her brave ROB ROY!
  Then clear the weeds from off his Grave,
  And let us chaunt a passing Stave
  In honour of that Hero brave!

  Heaven gave Rob Roy a dauntless heart,
  And wondrous length and strength of arm: 10
  Nor craved he more to quell his Foes,
  Or keep his Friends from harm.

  Yet was Rob Roy as wise as brave;
  Forgive me if the phrase be strong;—
  Poet worthy of Rob Roy
  Must scorn a timid song.

  Say, then, that he was wise as brave;
  As wise in thought as bold in deed:
  For in the principles of things
  He sought his moral creed. 20

  Said generous Rob, "What need of Books?
  Burn all the Statutes and their shelves:
  They stir us up against our Kind;
  And worse, against Ourselves."

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