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

by William Wordsworth

Let Science prove we are, and then

What matters Science unto men, etc.

Ed.

[173] Compare the poem in vol. vii. p. 299, To the Planet Venus, an Evening Star.—Ed.

“HARK! ’TIS THE THRUSH, UNDAUNTED, UNDEPREST”

Composed 1838.—Published 1838

One of the “Miscellaneous Sonnets.”—Ed.

Hark! ’tis the Thrush, undaunted, undeprest,

By twilight premature of cloud and rain;

Nor does that roaring wind deaden his strain[174]