The Poems of William Wordsworth, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

MEMORIAI.S OF A TOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1808 1 DEPAUTURE fROM THE VALE OF GIlA ... ERE. AUGUST, 1803 THE gentlest Shade that walked Elysinn plains Might sometimes covet dissoluble chains; Even for the tenants of the zone that lies Beyond the stars, celestial Pnradise, Methinks 'twoultl heighten joy, to overleap At will the crystal battlements, and peep Into some other region, though less fair, To see how things are made and managed then'. Change for the worse might plense, incursion bold Into the tracts of darkness aud of cold: O'er Limbo lake with aery flight to steer. And on the vergt.· of Chaos hallg in fear. Sueh animation often do I find, Power in my breast, win~s A'rn'in~ in my mind, Then, when some rock or hill is O'CI'p