LYRICAL BALLADS, WITH OTHER POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. By W. WORDSWORTH. Quam nihil ad genium, Papiniane, tuum! LONDON: PRINTED FOR T.N.LONGMAN AND O. REES, PATERNOSTIR-ROW, BY BIGGJ AND CO, BRISTOL 1800. CONTENTS. Page The Brothers, a Pastoral Poem - - - 19 Ellen Irwin, or the Braes of Kirtle 40 Strange fits of passion I have known, kc. 50 A slumber did my spirit seal, &c. - - - 53 The Waterfall and the Eglantine 54 The Oak and the Broom, a Pastoral 58 The Idle Shepherd-Boys, or Dungeon-Gill Force, "fis said that some have died for love, &c. - 76 Inscription for the Spot where the Hermitage stood on St. Herbert's Island, Derwent-Water - 82 Inscription for the House (an Out-house) on the CONTENTS. Page Song for the wandering Jew - r - - 98 Lines written with a Slate-Pencil upon a Stone, &c. 117 Lines written on a Tablet in a School - - 120 The two April Mornings - - - US The Fountain, a conversation • - 1.27 Three years she grew in sun and shower, &c. 136 The Pet-Lamb, a Pastoral - ... 139 Written in Germany on one of the coldest days The Childless Father - - - - 147 The Old Cumberland Beggar, a Description - 151 Poems on the Naming of Places, - 177 to 196 Michael, a Pastoral - - - - 199 HART-LEAP WELL. Hart-Leap Well is a small spring of water, about Jive miles from Richmond in Yorkshire, and near the side of the road which leads from Richmond to Askrigg. Its name is derived from a remarkable chace, the memory of which is preserved by the monuments spoken of in the second Part of the following Poem, whichmonuments do now exist as I have there described them. The Knight had ridden down from Wensley moor "Another Horse!"—That shout the Vassal heard, |
