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

by William Wordsworth

Even yet my heart can scarcely brook,

So touchingly he smiled—

As with a rapture caught from heaven—

For unasked alms in pity given.[523]

PART II

I

With nodding plumes, and lightly drest

Like foresters in leaf-green vest,

The Helvetian Mountaineers, on ground

For Tell's dread archery renowned,