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

by William Wordsworth

FOOTNOTE:

[GC] See note to Sonnet XXVII.—Ed.

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XXVII
"FALLEN, AND DIFFUSED INTO A SHAPELESS HEAP"

Fallen, and diffused into a shapeless heap,

Or quietly self-buried in earth's mould,

Is that embattled House, whose massy Keep

Flung from yon cliff[459] a shadow large and cold.

There dwelt the gay, the bountiful, the bold;

Till nightly lamentations, like the sweep