Prince Schwartzenberg, referred to in Wordsworth's own note, was Generalissimo of the allied armies of Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, and Russia, who were victors in the battle of Leipsic in 1813. The retreat of the French towards the Rhine after that battle was almost as disastrous to them as the retreat from Moscow in the previous winter. The incident described in the sonnet doubtless occurred during this retreat, when the French were driven across the Rhine in November 1813.--ED.] A PARSONAGE IN OXFORDSHIRE Composed 1820.--Published 1822 [This Parsonage was the residence of my friend Jones, and is particularly described in another note.[EN]--I. F.] One of the "Miscellaneous Sonnets."--ED. Where holy ground begins, unhallowed ends, Is marked by no distinguishable line; The turf unites, the pathways intertwine; And, wheresoe'er the stealing footstep tends, Garden, and that Domain where kindred, friends, 5 And, neighbours rest together, here confound Their several features, mingled like the sound Of many waters, or as evening blends With shady night. Soft airs, from shrub and flower, Waft fragrant greetings to each silent grave; 10 And while those lofty poplars gently wave Their tops, between them[410] comes and goes a sky Bright as the glimpses of eternity, To saints accorded in their mortal hour. This sonnet was written at Brugès, during the Continental Tour of 1820 (see note p. 291). It was originally published in a note to one of the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," beginning A genial hearth, a hospitable board.--ED. VARIANTS: [Footnote 410: 1827. Meanwhile between those Poplars, as they wave Their lofty summits, ... 1822. ] FOOTNOTES: [Footnote EN: See the note to _Pastoral Character_, in the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," Part III. xviii.--ED.] TO ENTERPRISE Composed 1820.--Published 1822. _The Italian Itinerant_, etc. [see p. 338], led to the train of thought which produced the annexed piece.--W. W. 1822. This poem having risen out of the _Italian Itinerant_, etc. [page 338], it is here annexed.--W. W. 1827. From 1822 this poem was included in the "Memorials of a Tour on the Continent." In 1845 it was placed among the "Poems of the Imagination."--ED. Keep for the Young the impassioned smile Shed from thy countenance, as I see thee stand High on that[411] chalky cliff of Britain's[412] Isle, A slender volume grasping in thy hand-- (Perchance the pages that relate 5 The various turns of Crusoe's fate)-- Ah, spare the exulting smile, And drop thy pointing finger bright As the first flash of beacon light, But neither veil thy head in shadows dim, 10 Nor turn thy face away From One who, in the evening of his day, To thee would offer no presumptuous hymn! I