The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 2 (of 8)

by William Wordsworth

Composed 1802.—Published 1807

[The Poem]

[Composed at the same time and on the same view as "I met Louisa in the shade:" indeed they were designed to make one piece.—I. F.]

From 1815 to 1832 this was classed among the "Poems proceeding from Sentiment and Reflection." In 1836 it was transferred to the group of "Poems of the Imagination."—Ed.

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