Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2
by William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
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"Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2" by William Wordsworth is a poetry collection published in 1807. This landmark volume contains some of English Romanticism's most celebrated poems, including "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Ode: Intimations of Immortality." Despite now being considered the peak of Wordsworth's creative power, the collection received harsh criticism from contemporaries like Lord Byron, who dismissed the language as "puerile." Wordsworth faced the reviews with stoic resolve.
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Chapter 2
The Sun has long been set:
The Stars are out by twos and threes;
The little Birds are piping yet
Among the bushes and trees;
There's a Cuckoo, and one or two thrushes;
And a noise of wind that rushes,
With a noise of water that gushes;
And the Cuckoo's sovereign cry
Fills all the hollow of the sky!
Who would go "parading" 10
In London, and "masquerading,"
On such a night of June?
With that beautiful soft half-moon,
And all these innocent blisses,
On such a night as this is!
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This free edition of Poems in Two Volumes, Volume 2 by William Wordsworth comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #8824, released 2005-09-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Poetry, British Literature.
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