“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,
But to be young was very heaven!”
William Wordsworth book The Prelude
Bk. XI, l. 108.
Source: The Prelude (1799-1805)
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The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem is an autobiographical poem in blank verse by the English poet William Wordsworth. Intended as the introduction to the more philosophical poem The Recluse, which Wordsworth never finished, The Prelude is an extremely personal work and reveals many details of Wordsworth's life.
“Free as a bird to settle where I will.”
William Wordsworth book The Prelude
Bk. I, l. 1.
The Prelude (1799-1805)
Context: Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze,
A visitant that while it fans my cheek
Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings
From the green fields, and from yon azure sky.
Whate'er its mission, the soft breeze can come
To none more grateful than to me; escaped
From the vast city, where I long had pined
A discontented sojourner: now free,
Free as a bird to settle where I will.
“Another morn
Risen on mid-noon.”
William Wordsworth book The Prelude
Bk. VI, l. 197.
The Prelude (1799-1805)
“There is
One great society alone on earth:
The noble Living and the noble Dead.”
William Wordsworth book The Prelude
Bk. XI, l. 393.
The Prelude (1799-1805)
“A day
Spent in a round of strenuous idleness.”
William Wordsworth book The Prelude
Bk. IV, l. 377.
The Prelude (1799-1805)
“Fair seedtime had my soul, and I grew up
Fostered alike by beauty and by fear.”
William Wordsworth book The Prelude
Bk. I, l. 301.
The Prelude (1799-1805)
“The budding rose above the rose full blown.”
William Wordsworth book The Prelude
Bk. XI, l. 121.
The Prelude (1799-1805)
“Brothers all
In honour, as in one community,
Scholars and gentlemen.”
William Wordsworth book The Prelude
Bk. IX, l. 227.
The Prelude (1799-1805)
