Lucy Poems 2
Lucy Poems 2 - context Summary
Written in Germany, 1799
Written while Wordsworth was abroad, this short Lucy poem records the speaker’s sudden realization of a deep love for England after traveling in foreign lands. It frames that patriotic feeling alongside private loss: Lucy appears as an idealized, domestic presence tied to English landscapes and hearth. The poem pairs public belonging with intimate mourning and functions as one piece of the elegiac Lucy group included in Lyrical Ballads (1800).
Read Complete AnalysesI travelled among unknown men, In lands beyond the sea; Nor, England! did I know till then What love I bore to thee. 'Tis past, that melancholy dream! Nor will I quit thy shore A second time; for still I seem To love thee more and more. Among thy mountains did I feel The joy of my desire; And she I cherished turned her wheel Beside an English fire. Thy mornings showed, thy nights concealed, The bowers where Lucy played; And thine too is the last green field That Lucy's eyes surveyed.
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