The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)

by William Wordsworth

Yet will I not thy gentle grace forget,

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"WHEN HAUGHTY EXPECTATIONS PROSTRATE LIE"

Composed 1819.—Published 1820

One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets."—Ed.

When haughty expectations prostrate lie,[DN]

And grandeur crouches like a guilty thing,

Oft shall the lowly weak, till nature bring

Mature release, in fair society

Survive, and Fortune's utmost anger try;