Wordsworth's "sister Emmeline" was his only sister, Dorothy; and in the MS. sent originally to the printer the line was "My sister Dorothy and I." This poem is referred to in a subsequent one, A Farewell, l. 56. [See] page 326 of this volume.—Ed.
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"Pelion and Ossa flourish side by side"
Composed 1801.—Published 1815
One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets." From 1836 onwards it bore the title 1801.—Ed.
The Poem
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| Pelion and Ossa flourish side by side, Together in immortal books enrolled: His ancient dower Olympus hath not sold; And that inspiring Hill, which "did divide Into two ample horns his forehead wide," Shines with poetic radiance as of old; While not an English Mountain we behold By the celestial Muses glorified. Yet round our sea-girt shore they rise in crowds: What was the great Parnassus' self to Thee, Mount Skiddaw? In his natural sovereignty Our British Hill is nobler far; he shrouds His double front among Atlantic clouds, And pours forth streams more sweet than Castaly. [Contents 1801] [Main Contents] | [1] [2] [3] | [A] | 5 10 |