" The final section of this poem is addressed to "my dearest Friend, / my dear, dear Friend," who is the poet's (*) sister Dorothy.
This poem claims that there is "ample power / to chasten and subdue" in "the still, sad music of humanity." This poem's speaker claims "the sounding cataract / haunted me like a passion" as he tries to describe his younger days, with all their "aching joys" and "dizzy raptures." The final section of this poem is addressed to "my dearest Friend, / my dear, dear Friend," who is the poet's (*) sister Dorothy. This poem calls a river "thou wanderer thro' the woods," and its speaker recounts "five summers, with the length of five long winters!" since seeing the "Sylvan Wye." Lyrical Ballads ends with—for 10 points—what poem about a ruined monastery, by William Wordsworth?
This poem claims that there is "ample power / to chasten and subdue" in "the still, sad music of humanity."
“Tintern Abbey” [or “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798”] &lt;JW&gt;