The Lucy Poems: 1 "Strange fits of passion have I known" by William Wordsworth

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Strange fits of passion have I known,
And I will dare to tell,
But in the lover's ear alone,
What once to me befel.
When she I loved looked every day
Fresh as a rose in June,
I to her cottage bent my way,
Beneath an evening moon.
Upon the moon I fixed my eye,
All over the wide lea;
With quickening pace my horse drew nigh
Those paths so dear to me.
And now we reached the orchard-plot,
And, as we climbed the hill,
The sinking moon to Lucy's cot
Came near, and nearer still.
In one of those sweet dreams I slept,
Kind Nature's gentlest boon!
And, all the while, my eyes I kept
On the descending moon.
My horse moved on; hoof after hoof
He raised, and never stopped:
When down behind the cottage roof
At once, the bright moon dropped.
What fond and wayward thoughts will slide
Into a Lover's head!
“O mercy!” to myself I cried,
“If Lucy should be dead!”

[@ArthurLWood]

Strange fits of passion have I known, And I will dare to tell, But in the lover's ear alone, What once to me befel. When she I loved looked every day Fresh as a rose in June, I to her cottage bent my way, Beneath an evening moon. Upon the moon I fixed my eye, All over the wide lea; With quickening pace my horse drew nigh Those paths so dear to me. And now we reached the orchard-plot, And, as we climbed the hill, The sinking moon to Lucy's cot Came near, and nearer still. In one of those sweet dreams I slept, Kind Nature's gentlest boon! And, all the while, my eyes I kept On the descending moon. My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped: When down behind the cottage roof At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a Lover's head! “O mercy!” to myself I cried, “If Lucy should be dead!”

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[@Tage-in-Weimar]

Well spoken with passion, THANKS!

[@zitternden]

Very nice. Have you ever thought of doing some Ogden Nash? Or some passages from the Bible, like Ecclesiastes 3:1-8? or 1Corinthians 13: 1-8? Or maybe some of the Psalms, like the 23rd. Psalm 1 is also a good one.

[@exildoc]

He’s done one extraordinary reading of the Song of Solomon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYOTmoGng6eJiMUsi=2Lavhm_HlHCUmUU5

[@floriandiazpesantes573]

He’d upload one part of the Song of Solomon. You might like that

[@zitternden]

@@floriandiazpesantes573 Yes, but King James Version of course.