O Helen fair, beyond compare ! O that I were where Helen lies! O Helen fair! O Helen chaste! I wish my grave were growing green, On fair Kirkconnel Lee. I wish I were where Helen lies! For her sake that died for me. TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON WHEN Love with unconfinèd wings Hovers within my gates; And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates: When I lie tangled in her hair, And fetter'd to her eye; The Gods that wanton in the air, When flowing cups run swiftly round Our careless heads with roses bound, Know no such liberty. When, like committed linnets, I With shriller throat shall sing The sweetness, mercy, majesty, When I shall voice aloud, how good UNKNOWN. If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free; COLONEL LOVELACE. 'I WANDERED LONELY.' I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, A host, of golden daffodils; Continuous as the stars that shine Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they In such a jocund company : I gazed-and gazed-but little thought For oft, when on my couch I lie And then my heart with pleasure fills, W. WORDSWORTH. HESTER WHEN maidens such as Hester die, A month or more hath she been dead, A springy motion in her gait, Of pride and joy no common rate, I know not by what name beside She did inherit. |