English Poetry II: From Collins to Fitzgerald.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 400. Desideria |
| | | William Wordsworth (1770–1850) |
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| SURPRIZED by joy—impatient as the wind— | |
| I turn’d to share the transport—O with whom | |
| But Thee—deep buried in the silent tomb, | |
| That spot which no vicissitude can find? | |
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| Love, faithful love recall’d thee to my mind | 5 |
| But how could I forget thee? Through what power | |
| Even for the least division of an hour | |
| Have I been so beguiled as to be blind | |
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| To my most grievous loss—That thought’s return | |
| Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore, | 10 |
| Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn, | |
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| Knowing my heart’s best treasure was no more; | |
| That neither present time, nor years unborn | |
| Could to my sight that heavenly face restore. | |
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