Lucy
I. Strange fits of passion have I known...
II. She dwelt among the untrodden ways...
III. I travelled among unknown men...
IV. Three years she grew in sun and shower...
V. A slumber did my spirit seal ...
III. I travelled among unknown men...
By William Wordsworth
I travelled among unknown men,
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee.
'T is past, that melancholy dream!
Nor will I quit thy shore
A second time; for still I seem
To love thee more and more.
Among thy mountains did I feel
The joy of my desire;
And she I cherished turned her wheel
Beside an English fire.
Thy mornings showed, thy nights concealed
The bowers where Lucy played;
And thine too is the last green field
That Lucy's eyes surveyed.
Notes to the poem:
Written in Germany in 1799.
First published in 1807.
Source Book
The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth
by William Wordsworth
Copyright 1888
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York
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