She lived [2] unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be; 10
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!
When Lucy ceased to be; 10
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!
William Wordsworth
[a] 1800.
]
[Variant 6:
1815.
. . . the planet dropp'd. 1800. ]
* * * * *
SUB-FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Sub-Footnote a: Compare the lines in Arthur Hugh Clough's poem, 'The
Stream of Life':
And houses stand on either hand
And thou descendest still.
Ed. ]
* * * * *
"SHE DWELT AMONG THE UNTRODDEN WAYS"
Composed 1799. --Published 1800
One of the "Poems founded on the Affections. " In the edition of 1800 it
is entitled 'Song'. --Ed.
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love: [1]
A violet by a mossy stone 5
Half hidden from the eye!
--Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived [2] unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be; 10
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!
* * * * *
VARIANTS ON THE TEXT
[Variant 1:
1800.
A very few . . . 1802.
The text of the edition of 1805 returns to that of 1800. ]
[Variant 2: The word "lived" was italicised in the edition of 1800
only. ]
* * * * *
"I TRAVELLED AMONG UNKNOWN MEN"
Composed 1799. -Published 1807
One of the "Poems founded on the Affections. "--Ed.
I travelled among unknown men,
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee.
'Tis past, that melancholy dream! 5
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; [1] 10
And she I cherished turned her wheel
Beside an English fire.
[Variant 6:
1815.
. . . the planet dropp'd. 1800. ]
* * * * *
SUB-FOOTNOTES ON THE TEXT
[Sub-Footnote a: Compare the lines in Arthur Hugh Clough's poem, 'The
Stream of Life':
And houses stand on either hand
And thou descendest still.
Ed. ]
* * * * *
"SHE DWELT AMONG THE UNTRODDEN WAYS"
Composed 1799. --Published 1800
One of the "Poems founded on the Affections. " In the edition of 1800 it
is entitled 'Song'. --Ed.
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love: [1]
A violet by a mossy stone 5
Half hidden from the eye!
--Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived [2] unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be; 10
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!
* * * * *
VARIANTS ON THE TEXT
[Variant 1:
1800.
A very few . . . 1802.
The text of the edition of 1805 returns to that of 1800. ]
[Variant 2: The word "lived" was italicised in the edition of 1800
only. ]
* * * * *
"I TRAVELLED AMONG UNKNOWN MEN"
Composed 1799. -Published 1807
One of the "Poems founded on the Affections. "--Ed.
I travelled among unknown men,
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee.
'Tis past, that melancholy dream! 5
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; [1] 10
And she I cherished turned her wheel
Beside an English fire.
