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

by William Wordsworth

1845
Thou, old Grey-beard! ...	1800

Thou, old Grey-beard! ...

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The Danish Boy

A Fragment
Composed 1799.—Published 1800

[The Poem]

[Written in Germany, 1799. It was entirely a fancy; but intended as a prelude to a ballad-poem never written.—I. F.]

In the editions of 1800-1832 this poem was called A Fragment. From 1836 onwards it was named The Danish Boy. A Fragment. It was one of the "Poems of the Fancy." —Ed.