• Between 1798 and 1801, William Wordsworth wrote five ballads about an idealized young woman named Lucy.
  • William Shuter, Portrait of William Wordsworth, 1798. The earliest known portrait of Wordsworth, painted in the year he wrote the first drafts of "The Lucy poems".
  • To fully understand Wordsworth's haunting "Lucy" poems, we must explore them as they were meant to be read, in the context of "Lyrical Ballads...
  • Five of William Wordsworth’s poems, “Lucy Gray,” “Strange Fits of Passion I Have Known,” “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways...
  • Complete text of the poem by William Wordsworth.
  • She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me!
  • Reading this poem takes me back to my college days when my discovery of Wordsworth changed my life, enabling me for the first time to connect one’s feelings to...
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  • The Lucy Poems study guide contains a biography of William Wordsworth, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and...
  • In this article, we will delve into the world of Wordsworth’s Lucy Poems and explore their significance in the realm of English literature.
  • And now we reach’d the orchard-plot; And, as we climb’d the hill, The sinking moon to Lucy’s cot Came near and nearer still.
  • 'And vital feelings of delight Shall rear her form to stately height, Her virgin bosom swell; Such thoughts to Lucy I will give While she and I together live Here in this...
  • Any readers familiar with William Wordsworth’s poetry, such as ‘Lucy Gray,’ know that the death of a child is a common theme throughout his works.