Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Prints, Miniatures and Books including 20th Century Art - 17 Jun 2009
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Wordsworth (William). Two autograph transcripts of the last lines from 'Intimations of...
Wordsworth (William). Two autograph transcripts of the last lines from 'Intimations of Immortality' and 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge', both signed 'Wm Wordsworth', 75 x 205mm. and 113 x 128mm., on grey paper. (2)
The first of these transcripts is a variant of the published version reading: 'Thoughts that lie too deep for tears'. In the poem, 'Intimations', of which it is the last line of the eleven stanzas, the published version reads: 'Thoughts that do often lie to deep for tears'. The poem was composed between 1802 and 1804. The second: 'And all that mighty heart is lying still' is the last line of 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge', again written in 1802.