LYRICAL BALLADS,

WITH

OTHER POEMS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

By W. WORDSWORTH.

Quam nihil ad genium, Papiniane, tuum!

VOL: I.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. N. LONGMAN AND O. REES, PATERNOSTER-ROW,

BY BIGGS AND CO. BRISTOL.

1800.

CONTENTS.

Expostulation and Reply

The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the

same subject

1

-

Animal Tranquillity and Decay, a Sketch

The Complaint of a forsaken Indian Woman

The Last of the Flock

Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew-tree which stands

near the Lake of Esthwaite

The Foster-Mother's Tale

Page

1

7

9

-

15

Anecdote for Fathers

Lines written at a small distance from my House,

and sent by my little Boy to the Person to

whom they are addressed

Lines written when sailing in a Boat at Evening

Lines written near Richmond, upon the Thames

The Idiot Boy

Love

The Mad Mother

The Ancient Mariner

Lines written above Tintern Abbey

21

25

29

38

54

59

64

67

83

85

92

94

PREFACE.

The first Volume of these Poems has already been submitted to general perusal. It was published, as an experiment which, I hoped, might be of some use to ascertain, how far, by fitting to metrical arrangement a selection of the real language of men in a state of vivid sensation, that sort of pleasure and that quantity of pleasure may be imparted, which a Poet may rationally endeavour to impart.

I had formed no very inaccurate estimate of the probable effect of those Poems: I flattered myself