Tintern Abbey
By
William Wordsworth
Transcription, correction, editorial commentary, and markup by Students and Staff of The University of Virginia and Simon Fraser University
murmurThe river is not affected by the tides a few miles above Tintern. [Wordsworth's note.]half-createThis line has a close resemblance to an admirable line of Young, the exact expression of which I cannot recollect. [Wordsworth's note]
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WRITTEN A FEW MILES ABOVE
TINTERN ABBEY,
ON REVISITING THE BANKS OF THE
WYE
DURING
A TOUR,
July 13, 1798. Five years have passed; five summers, with the length Of five long winters! and again I hear These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs With sweet inland murmur.murmurmurmurThe river is not affected by the tides a few miles above Tintern. [Wordsworth's note.] —Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, Which on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect
WRITTEN A FEW MILES ABOVE
TINTERN ABBEY,
ON REVISITING THE BANKS OF THE
WYE
DURING
A TOUR,
July 13, 1798. Five years have passed; five summers, with the length Of five long winters! and again I hear These waters, rolling from their mountain-springs With sweet inland murmur.murmurmurmurThe river is not affected by the tides a few miles above Tintern. [Wordsworth's note.] —Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, Which on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect