I Travelled among Unknown Men
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.
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Who wrote the poem "I Travelled among Unknown Men"?
William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850)
William Wordsworth was an English poet who pioneered the Romantic Movement with his close friend and fellow poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He famously defined poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” Using the ordinary language “really used by men,” he wrote beautiful poetry with sweet imagery, often based around the natural world. He suffered from depression, which was reflected in somber undertones in his poems. He was the Poet Laureate for Queen Victoria from 1843 until his death from pleurisy in 1850.
"I Travelled among Unknown Men" explanation
In the poem, the speaker realizes how much
he loves his country, England, after spending time abroad and vows never to
leave her again. His love for England is intertwined with his love for Lucy
(presumably his beloved) and her memories, who perhaps died and no longer with
him (“That Lucy’s eyes surveyed”). This poem was written in 1801 after the poet
spent time in Germany. It was the third of the poet’s 5-poem Lucy series, where
the speaker mourns his beloved Lucy. Whether this mysterious Lucy was a real person
or, if so, who she was is unclear.
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