English poem
“Witness Thou”
Witness thou The dear companion of my lonely walk, My hope, my joy, my sister, and my friend, Or something dearer still, if reason knows A dearer thought, or in the heart of love There be a dearer name.
Compare Byron’s Epistle to Augusta--
My sister! my sweet sister! if a name Dearer and purer were, it should be thine.
It is a mere coincidence, as Byron could not have seen the Wordsworth MS.--ED.
More by William Wordsworth
- “While Beams Of Orient Light Shoot Wide And High”
- “Who But Is Pleased To Watch The Moon On High”
- “Why Art Thou Silent? Is Thy Love A Plant”
- “WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED FAR AND NIGH”
- “Wouldst Thou Be Gathered To Christ’S Chosen Flock”
- “Ye Brood Of Conscience--Spectres! That Frequent”
- “Yes! Thou Art Fair, Yet Be Not Moved”
- “Young England--What Is Then Become Of Old”