My Tintern Abbey

My Tintern AbbeyBy: Meghan Haggerty

Once again do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, which on a wild secluded scene impress thoughts of more deep seclusion;

The day is come when I again reposehere, under this dark sycamore,and view these plots of cottage-ground, these orchard-tufts

Green to the very door; and wreathes of smoke sent up, in silence,from among the trees, with some uncertain notice

Of vagrant dwellers in thehouseless woods, or of somehermit's cave, where by his fire the hermit sits alone.

Though absent long, These forms of beauty have not been to me

With tranquil restoration:—feelings tooof unremembered pleasure; such,perhaps, as may have had no trivial influence on that best portion ofa good man's life;

While with an eye made quietby the power of harmony,and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee O sylvan Wye! Thou wanderer through the wood how often has my spirit turned to thee!

The picture of the mind revives again:while here I stand, not only withthe sense of present pleasure,but with pleasing thoughts that in this momentthere is life and food for future years.

Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, and the round ocean, and the living air, and the blue sky, and in the mind of man,a motion and a spirit, that impels all thinking things

Thy memory be as a dwelling-place For all sweet sounds and harmonies; Oh! then, if solitude, or fear, or pain,or grief, should be thy portion, with what healing thoughts of tender joy wilt thou remember me,

Nor wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings,many years of absence,these steep woods and lofty cliffs,and this green pastoral landscape, were to me more dear, both for themselves and for thy sake.

Works CitedWordsworth, William, and William Angus Knight. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. Kindle Ed. Kessinger, 2008.Page, Larry. "Google Images." Google. Google, 4 Sept. 1998. Web. 12 May 2011. http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en. Page, Larry. "Google Images." Google. Google, 4 Sept. 1998. Web. 22 May 2011. http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en.

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