Tintern Abbey
By William Wordsworth

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London : J. and A. Arch, 1798Page images are drawn from the copy of the first edition located in the Penn State Library and digitized by Google.

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Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Lines, Written a few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revising the Banks of the Wye, During a Tour, July 13, 1798". Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, J. and A. Arch, 1798 , pp 201-210 . Literature in Context: An Open Anthology. http://anthologydev.lib.virginia.edu/work/Wordsworth/wordsworth-tintern-abbey. Accessed: 2024-11-21T20:56:44.614Z
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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
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