William Wordsworth (1770-1850). The octett of a sonnet. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

The octett of a sonnet

William Wordsworth (1770–1850)


MOST 1 sweet it is with unuplifted eyes
To pace the ground, if path be there or none,
While a fair region round the traveller lies
Which he forbears again to look upon;
Pleased rather with some soft ideal scene,	5
The work of Fancy, or some happy tone
Of meditation, slipping in between
The beauty coming and the beauty gone …

Note 1. Wordsworth. The octett of a sonnet. [back]