Surprised by Joy

Surprised by joy -- impatient as the Wind (a ) I turned to share the transport--Oh! with whom (b) But Thee, deep buried in the silent tomb, (b ) That spot which no vicissitude can find?( a) Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind— (a ) But how could I forget thee? Through what power, (c ) Even for the least division of an hour, (c ) Have I been so beguiled as to be blind (a) To my …

…many of them compare with the works of Shakespeare and Milton (Mahoney 173). Queen Victoria honored him in 1843 when she appointed him poet laureate. Wordsworth died in 1850. Work Cited Mahoney, John L. William Wordsworth A Poetic Life. New York. Fordham University Press. 1997 Peacock, Markham L. The Critical Opinions of William Wordsworth. New York. Octogon Books. 1969. Wordsworth, William "Surprised by Joy". The Norton Anthology of British Literature Abrams et al. Seventh Edition Volume II. New York . Norton 2000.