Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIVER DUDDON: SONNET 34. AFTER-THOUGHT, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I thought of thee, my partner and my guide Last Line: We feel that we are greater than we know. Variant Title(s): To The River Duddon;the River Duddon. Conclusion;valediction To The River Duddon Subject(s): Duddon (river), England | ||||||||
I THOUGHT of Thee, my partner and my guide, As being past away. -- Vain sympathies! For, backward, Duddon, as I cast my eyes, I see what was, and is, and will abide; Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide; The Form remains, the Function never dies; While we, the brave, the mighty, and the wise, We Men, who in our morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish; -- be it so! Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE RIVER DUDDON by NORMAN NICHOLSON A JEWISH FAMILY; IN A SMALL VALLEY OPPOSITE ST. GOAR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ADMONITION [TO A TRAVELLER] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AN APRIL MORNING by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ANIMAL TRANQUILITY AND DECAY; A SKETCH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AT FLORENCE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AT THE GRAVE OF BURNS; SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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