William Wordsworth

David B. Pirie

Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Types and Symbols of Eternity — ‘Crossing the Alps, The Prelude: (1805) vi. 488-572 and (1850) vi. 557-640 2 The Weakness of Humanity — The Ruined Cottage and The Pedlar 3 The Strength of Love — Michael 4 The Eye Among the Blind — The Idiot Boy and the Immortality Ode 5 The Eye of Nature — Earlier Solitaries: Old Man Travelling: Animal Tranquillity and Decay, The Old Cumberland Beggar and the ‘Discharg’d Soldier’ of The Prelude 6 The Mind’s Eye — Later Solitaries: Resolution and Independence and the ‘Blind London Beggar’ of The Prelude 7 The Reach of Words — ‘Spots of Time’ in The Prelude 8 The Burthen of the Mystery — Tintern Abbey, Surprised by Joy and After-thought; Notes; Index