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

by William Wordsworth

Use, comfort, do this roof endear;

A tributary shed to cheer

The little cottage that is near,

To help it and adorn.

[376] See the Memorials of Coleorton, vol. i. p. 81; and Wordsworth’s letter on the subject in a later volume of this edition.—Ed.

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1805

“PEACEFUL OUR VALLEY, FAIR AND GREEN”

This is extracted from a copy of an appendix to Recollections of a Tour in Scotland by Dorothy Wordsworth, written by Mrs. Clarkson, September-November 1805. It was composed by the poet’s sister. In February 1892 it was published in The Monthly Packet under the title “Grasmere: a Fragment,” and with the signature “Rydal Mount, September 26, 1829.” It is now printed from the MS. of 1805.—Ed.

Peaceful our valley, fair and green;