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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORIAL. NEAR THE OUTLET OF THE LAKE OF THUN, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Around a wild and woody hill Last Line: Touched by his golden finger. Subject(s): Thun (lake), Switzerland | |||
AROUND a wild and woody hill, A gravelled pathway treading, We reached a votive stone that bears The name of Aloys Reding. Well judged the friend who placed it there For silence and protection; And haply with a finer care Of dutiful affection. The sun regards it from the west; And, while in summer glory He sets, his sinking yields a type Of that pathetic story: And oft he tempts the patriot Swiss Amid the grove to linger; Till all is dim, save this bright stone Touched by his golden finger. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ADMONITION [TO A TRAVELLER] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AN APRIL MORNING by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ANIMAL TRANQUILITY AND DECAY; A SKETCH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AT FLORENCE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AT THE GRAVE OF BURNS; SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH BUONAPARTE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, 1803 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SIDE NEAR CALAIS [AUGUST 1802] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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