by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
I travelled among unknown men
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Language: English
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I travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor England! did I know till then What love I bore to thee. 'Tis past, that melancholy dream! Nor will I quit thy shore A second time, for still I seem To love thee more and more. Among thy mountains did I feel The joy of my desire; And she I cherished turned her wheel Beside an English fire. Thy mornings showed, thy nights concealed, The bowers where Lucy played; And thine too is the last green field That Lucy's eyes surveyed.
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- by William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850), "I travelled among unknown men", written 1801, appears in Lyrical Ballads, first published 1807 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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