By the Side of the Grave some years after....... 461 Elegiac Verses, in Memory of my Brother, John Lines written in a Copy of "The Excursion," Elegiac Stanzas, suggested by a Picture of Peele To the Daisy, 1805... 461 462 463 463 THE PRELUDE; OR, GROWTH OF A POET'S MIND. The Old Cumberland Beggar, 1798........................ 453 Book I: 455 The Small Celandine, 1804 ... Introduction. Childhood and School-Time... 476 456 The Two Thieves; or, the Last Stage of Avarice, Book II: POEMS WRITTEN IN YOUTH. EXTRACT FROM THE CONCLUSION OF A POEM, COMPOSED DEAR native Regions, I foretell, My soul will cast the backward view, Thus, from the precincts of the West, A lingering lustre fondly throws On the dear mountain-tops where first he rose. AN EVENING WALK, ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG LADY. General Sketch of the Lakes — Author's Regret of his Youth passed among them-Short description of Noon-Cascade Scene· Noon-tide Retreat — Precipice and sloping Lights - Face of Nature as the Sun declines Mountain Farm, and the Cock-Slate Quarry - Sunset - Superstition of the Country, connected with that Moment - Swans -Female Beggar - Twilight Sounds — Western Lights - Spirits - Night- Moonlight — Hope Night Sounds-Conclusion. Far from my dearest Friend, 't is mine to rove In thoughtless gaiety I coursed the plain, Yet still, the sport of some malignant Power, But why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain? When, in the south, the wan noon, brooding still, |