...poetry, is addressed to Dorothy, whose voice is thus described in The Prelude: Then it was— Thanks to the bounteous Giver of all good!— That the beloved Sister in whose sight Those days were passed, now speaking in a voice Of sudden admonition—like a brook That did but cross a lonely road, and now...

...and changed Both as a clouded and a waning moon, She whispered still that brightness would return, She, in the midst of all, preserved me still A Poet,...beneath that name, And that alone, my office upon earth (1979, 409) In 1829, when William explicitly faces the possibility of Dorothy's death from an illness,...

...impaired, and changed Much, as it seemed, I was no further changed Than as a clouded, not a waning moon); She, in the midst of all, preserved me still A poet, made me seek beneath that name My office upon earth, and nowhere else. And lastly, Natures self, by human love Assisted through the...

...First known to me, didst lend a living help To regulate my soul. And then it was That the beloved woman in whose sight Those days were passed . . . Maintained for me a saving intercourse With my true self (X.8y8-9I5) Formally, The Prelude breaks down at this point: it cannot continue by developing further...

...impaired and changed Much, as it seemed, I was no further changed Than as a clouded, not a waning moon: She, in the midst of all, preserved me still A Poet, made me seek beneath that name My office upon earth, and nowhere else; 920 And lastly, Nature's self, by human love Assisted, through...

...First known to me, didst lend a living help To regulate my soul. And then it was That the beloved woman in whose sight Those days were passed . . . Maintained for me a saving intercourse With my true self. (10:904-915) While this recovery seems an abrupt break from the impasse at which the poet had presented...

...Genre Margin Oil my Tangy Aroma Moil me In Tangiers MohelmeIn Tangiers, Baby. Moil me In Tanners. o She, in the midst of all, preserved me still A poet, made me seek beneath that name My office upon earth, and nowhere else. William Wordsworth Mrs. Bortman, my supervisor at the Jewish...

...impaired and changed Much, as it seemed, I was no further changed Than as a clouded, not a waning moon: She, in the midst of all, preserved me still A Poet, made me seek beneath that name My office upon earth . . .2I Dorothy's passionate devotion to her brother, and her unhesitating belief...

...womanly intuition, her sympathy and tact, he has told us in the Prelude : " Then it was— Thanks to the bounteous Giver of all good — That the beloved sister in whose sight Those days were passed, now speaking in a voice Of sudden admonition — Maintained for me a saving intercourse With my true...

...properties Inherent, or from human will and power Derived — find no admission. Then it was — Thanks to the bounteous Giver of all good ! — That the beloved Sister in whose sight Those days were passed, now speaking in a voice Of sudden admonition — like a brook That did but cross a lonely road, and...