He claimed to have written it entirely in his head, while he was walking back from Tintern Abbey to Bristol, my current home town, and wrote it down when he arrived in Bristol.Īnd he added it as the final poem in the manuscript of Lyrical Ballads, the book he co-authored with his friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and which is generally credited as being the beginning of modern poetry. This poem was published in 1798, fairly early on in Wordsworth’s career. The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, Of eye and ear, both what they half-create,Īnd what perceive well pleased to recognize Therefore am I stillįrom this green earth of all the mighty world Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns,Īnd the blue sky, and in the mind of man,Īll thinking things, all objects of all thought,Īnd rolls through all things. Not harsh nor grating, though of ample power Of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes Have followed, for such loss, I would believe,
Unborrowed from the eye.-That time is past,įaint I, nor mourn nor murmur: other gifts Their colours and their forms, were then to me The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Haunted me like a passion: the tall rock, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798 Please also follow us on Amazon Music, Apple Music, Tidal, Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.From Lines Written a few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, To keep up to date with the latest recordings, add your email address to our newsletter list. If you use our free MP3 hymns, please consider a donation to help keep this service free. The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights belong to Richard Irwin Music®. Cross Of Jesus Cross Of Sorrow : Free MP3 Download Performance ℗ 2022 Richard Irwin Music®.Tune: Cross of Jesus, composed by John Stainer (1840 – 1901).If you need the 8 verse recording, please Contact Us.Ĭross Of Jesus Cross Of Sorrow : Recording Please note, we are aware of an 8 verse version of Cross of Jesus which will come into the public domain in 2023.Lyricist: William John Sparrow-Simpson (1859-1952).
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