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Poems Of William Wordsworth: Admonition To A Traveller

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Wordsworth, William

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Admonition To A Traveller

Yes, there is holy pleasure in thine eye! - The lovely cottage in the guardian nook Hath stirr'd thee deeply; with its own dear brook, Its own small pasture, almost its own sky!

But covet not the abode; O do not sigh As many do, repining while they look; Intruders who would tear from Nature's book This precious leaf with harsh impiety:

- Think what the home must be if it were thine, Even thine, though few thy wants! - Roof, window, door, The very flowers are sacred to the Poor,

The roses to the porch which they entwine: Yea, all that now enchants ...

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