I travelled among unknown men
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee.
'Tis past, that melancholy dream!
Nor will I quit thy shore
A second time; for still I seem
To love thee more and more.
Among thy mountains did I feel
The joy of my desire;
And she I cherished turned her wheel
Beside an English fire.
Thy mornings showed, thy nights concealed,
The bowers where Lucy played;
And thine too is the last green field
That Lucy's eyes surveyed.
(1799)
It is another patriotic poem but is handled with a very different approach by Wordsworth. It is an analogy between his passionate love with Lucy and England. In the winter of 1798, he had a short stay in Germany and that stay in the foreign land made him nostalgic for the joys in England. It was when he wrote this poem. The word ‘ unknown’ is used in the title to emphasize the realization of the depth of his feeling for Lucy and England.
Garden of Eden by Briton Rivier
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