WHEN, in the south, the wan noon, brooding still, WORDSWORTH. RESOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE. A GENTLE answer did the old man make, In courteous speech which forth he slowly drew; This is a lonesome place for one like you." He told me that he to this pond had come And he had many hardships to endure: From pond to pond he roamed, from moor to moor; Housing, with God's good help, by choice or chance; And in this way he gained an honest maintenance. The old man still stood talking by my side; Or, like a man from some far region sent, To give me human strength and strong admonishment. WORDSWORTH. |