Composed By The Side Of Grasmere Lake 1806

William Wordsworth 1770 (Wordsworth House) – 1850 (Cumberland)



CLOUDS, lingering yet, extend in solid bars
Through the grey west; and lo! these waters, steeled
By breezeless air to smoothest polish, yield
A vivid repetition of the stars;
Jove, Venus, and the ruddy crest of Mars
Amid his fellows beauteously revealed
At happy distance from earth's groaning field,
Where ruthless mortals wage incessant wars.
Is it a mirror?--or the nether Sphere
Opening to view the abyss in which she feeds
Her own calm fires?--But list! a voice is near;
Great Pan himself low-whispering through the reeds,
'Be thankful, thou; for, if unholy deeds
Ravage the world, tranquillity is here!'

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABBAABBCDEDEEF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 605
Words 105
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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