...what I feel at this farewell, That, wheresoe'er my steps may tend, And whensoe'er my course shall end, If in that hour a single tie Survive of local sympathy,...the backward view, The longing look alone on you. Thus, while the Sun sinks down to rest Far in the regions of the west, Though to the vale no parting...

...native regions, I foretell That wheresoe'er my steps may tend, And wheresoe'er ray course shall end, If in that hour a single tie Survive of local sympathy, My soul will cast the backward view, I The longing look, alone on you " — Wordsworth. OLD STONINGTON, . . . ISABELLA GRANT MEREDITH OLD...

...Salveson: Landscape of Memory, p. 74. 15 Wordsworth: Poetical Works vol. 1, p. 366. steps may tend [...]. My soul will cast the backward view, / The longing look alone on you."16 This is a truly Wordsworthian spectacle: an elderly man looks back on his teenaged self, who...

...what I feel at this farewell, That, whereso'er my steps may tend, And whensoe'er my course shall end, If in that hour a single tie Survive of local sympathy,...the backward view, The longing look alone on you. Thus, while the Sun sinks down to rest Far in the regions of the west, Though to the vale no parting...

...tend, And whensoe'er my course may end, If in that hour a single tie Survive uf local sympathy, Mv soul will cast the backward view. The longing look alone on you. Thus, while the sun sinks down to rest Far in the regions of the » est, Though to the vale no parting...