Should sally forth, an emulous Company, 1820. The text of 1837 returns to that of 1807. [4] 1840. What strife would then be yours, fair Creatures, driv'n Now up, now down, and sparkling in your glee! 1807. Sparkling, and hurrying through the clear blue heaven; 1820. All hurrying with thee through the clear blue heaven; 1832. In that keen sport along the plain, of heaven; 1837. ... in emulous company Sparkling, and hurrying through the clear blue heaven; 1838 and C. Hurrying and sparkling through the clear blue Heaven. C. With emulous brightness through the clear blue Heaven. C. FOOTNOTES: [A] From a sonnet of Sir Philip Sydney.--W. W. 1807. "THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US; LATE AND SOON" Composed 1806.--Published 1807 One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets."--ED. The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This[1] Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; 5 The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for every thing, we are out of tune; It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; 10 So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,[A] Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising[2] from the sea;[B] Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.[C] The "pleasant lea" referred to in this sonnet is unknown. It may have been on the Cumbrian coast, or in the Isle of Man. I am indebted to the Rev. Canon Ainger for suggesting an (unconscious) reminiscence of Spenser in the last line of the sonnet. Compare Dr. Arnold's commentary (_Miscellaneous Works of Thomas Arnold_, p. 311), and that of Sir Henry Taylor in his _Notes from Books_.--ED. VARIANTS: [1] 1807. The ... MS. [2] 1827. ... coming ... 1807. FOOTNOTES: [A] See Spenser's _Colin Clout's come Home againe_, l. 283-- "A goodly pleasant lea." ED. [B] Compare _Paradise Lost_, book iii. l. 603. [C] See _Colin Clout's come Home againe_, ll. 244-5-- Of them the shepheard which hath charge in chief, Is Triton, blowing loud his wreathèd horne. ED. "WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED FAR AND NIGH" Composed 1806.--Published 1807 Placed among the "Miscellaneous Sonnets."--ED.