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The Abbey and the upper reaches of the Wye, a painting by William Havell, 1804 "Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" is a poem by William Wordsworth.The title, Lines Written (or Composed) a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798, is often abbreviated simply to Tintern Abbey, although that building does not appear within the poem.
The twelve-line poem is divided into three quatrains and is an example of Yeats's earlier lyric poems. The poem expresses the speaker's longing for the peace and tranquility of Innisfree while residing in an urban setting. He can escape the noise of the city and be lulled by the "lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore."
The poem refers to a group of people called the Wicinga cynn, which may be the earliest mention of the word "Viking" (lines 47, 59, 80). It closes with a brief comment on the importance and fame offered by poets like Widsith, with many pointed reminders of the munificent generosity offered to tale-singers by patrons "discerning of songs".
Holograph manuscript of Gray's "Stanzas Wrote in a Country Church-Yard". The poem most likely originated in the poetry that Gray composed in 1742. William Mason, in Memoirs, discussed his friend Gray and the origins of Elegy: "I am inclined to believe that the Elegy in a Country Church-yard was begun, if not concluded, at this time [August 1742] also: Though I am aware that as it stands at ...
From 1845 onward, the poem bore the current title. Manuscript title: "The Affliction of Mary—of—" "Where art thou, my beloved Son," Poems founded on the Affections: 1807 The Forsaken 1804 "The peace which other seek they find;" Poems founded on the Affections: 1842 Repentance. 1804 A Pastoral Ballad "The fields which with covetous spirit we ...
Only one early manuscript of Y Gododdin is known, the Book of Aneirin, thought to date from the second half of the 13th century.The currently accepted view is that this manuscript contains the work of two scribes, usually known as A and B. Scribe A wrote down 88 stanzas of the poem, [a] then left a blank page before writing down four related poems known as Gorchanau.
The lines relating to the "Peace" refer to the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713. [2] The poem is dedicated to Lord Lansdowne, who was then in high reputation and influence among the Tories. [2] Johnson remarks that this poem was written after the model of Denham's Cooper's Hill, with, perhaps, an eye on Waller's poem On St. James's Park. [2]
Prologue: The poem begins in the Malvern Hills between Worcestershire and Herefordshire.A man named Will (which can be understood either simply as a personal name or as an allegory for a person's will, in the sense of 'desire, intention') falls asleep and has a vision of a tower set upon a hill and a fortress in a deep valley; between these symbols of heaven and hell is a 'fair field full of ...