The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)

Name: The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)
Author: Wordsworth, William

Wordsworth, William

English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century

Striking with fury; and the ...                             1822.

    Smiting with fury; and the ...                              1827.
]

[Footnote 552: 1827.

    But O the fairest pageant of a dream
    Did never equal that which met our eyes!
    The glacier Pillars with the living Stream
    Of white-robed Shapes, seemed linked in solemn guise,       1822.
]

[Footnote 553: 1827.

    Of number, stood like spotless Votaries
    Prepared to issue ...                                       1822.
]

[Footnote 554: 1827.

    ... sent ...                                                1822.
]

[Footnote 555: 1827.

    ... engirt ...                                              1822.
]

[Footnote 556: 1827.

    ... Mount did seem,                                         1822.
]

[Footnote 557: 1827.

    ... that on the turf did glide,
    To that unmoving band--the ...                              1822.
]

[Footnote 558: 1827.

    ... and unbind;                                             1822.
]

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote IS: Persepolis, the capital city of Persia, "the glory of the
East," was destroyed by Alexander the Great (see Quintus Curtius, book
v. chaps. 6, 7), and is now, for the most part, a mass of ruins. In the
staircase leading up to the Great Hall of Xerxes, the mural decorations
include "colossal warriors, combats with wild beasts, processions, and
the like." Compare Fergusson's _Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis
restored_.--ED.]


[Footnote IT: Compare Leviticus xxiii. 34, 40-43; also Nehemiah viii.
14, 15.--ED.]

[Footnote IU: The Temple of Jupiter Ammon (or Hammon)--the ruins of
which still exist--was, in the centre of an oasis of the Libyan Desert,
twelve days' journey from Memphis, according to Pliny. In Diodorus
Siculus (book xvii. c. 5), in Strabo (book xvii. cc. 37 and 43), and in
Herodotus (book iv. 181), the Temple is described; but a fuller
account--and the one which probably suggested to Wordsworth some part of
his description in the text--will be found in Quintus Curtius, which
records the visit of Alexander the Great to consult the oracle:--"Tandem
ad sedem consecratam deo ventum est. Incredibile dictu, inter vastas
solitudines sita, undique ambientibus ramis, vix in densam umbram
cadente sole, contecta est, multique fontes, dulcibus aquis passim
manantibus, alunt silvas. Coelique quoque mira temperies, verno tepori
maxime similis, omnes anni partes pari salubritate percurrit....

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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)

Wordsworth, William

English poetry -- 18th century; English poetry -- 19th century

Striking with fury; and the ...                             1822.

    Smiting with fury; and the ...                              1827.
]

[Footnote 552: 1827.

    But O the fairest pageant of a dream
    Did never equal that which met our eyes!
    The glacier Pillars with the living Stream
    Of white-robed Shapes, seemed linked in solemn guise,       1822.
]

[Footnote 553: 1827.

    Of number, stood like spotless Votaries
    Prepared to issue ...                                       1822.
]

[Footnote 554: 1827.

    ... sent ...                                                1822.
]

[Footnote 555: 1827.

    ... engirt ...                                              1822.
]

[Footnote 556: 1827.

    ... Mount did seem,                                         1822.
]

[Footnote 557: 1827.

    ... that on the turf did glide,
    To that unmoving band--the ...                              1822.
]

[Footnote 558: 1827.

    ... and unbind;                                             1822.
]

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote IS: Persepolis, the capital city of Persia, "the glory of the
East," was destroyed by Alexander the Great (see Quintus Curtius, book
v. chaps. 6, 7), and is now, for the most part, a mass of ruins. In the
staircase leading up to the Great Hall of Xerxes, the mural decorations
include "colossal warriors, combats with wild beasts, processions, and
the like." Compare Fergusson's _Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis
restored_.--ED.]


[Footnote IT: Compare Leviticus xxiii. 34, 40-43; also Nehemiah viii.
14, 15.--ED.]

[Footnote IU: The Temple of Jupiter Ammon (or Hammon)--the ruins of
which still exist--was, in the centre of an oasis of the Libyan Desert,
twelve days' journey from Memphis, according to Pliny. In Diodorus
Siculus (book xvii. c. 5), in Strabo (book xvii. cc. 37 and 43), and in
Herodotus (book iv. 181), the Temple is described; but a fuller
account--and the one which probably suggested to Wordsworth some part of
his description in the text--will be found in Quintus Curtius, which
records the visit of Alexander the Great to consult the oracle:--"Tandem
ad sedem consecratam deo ventum est. Incredibile dictu, inter vastas
solitudines sita, undique ambientibus ramis, vix in densam umbram
cadente sole, contecta est, multique fontes, dulcibus aquis passim
manantibus, alunt silvas. Coelique quoque mira temperies, verno tepori
maxime similis, omnes anni partes pari salubritate percurrit....

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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 6 (of 8)

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