Extract from the Prelude Flashcards
1
Q
One summer evening (led by her) I found
A
A little boat tied to a willow tree
2
Q
It was an act of stealth
A
And troubled pleasure
3
Q
Small circles glittering idly in the moon,
A
Until they melted all into one track
Of sparkling light
4
Q
lustily
A
I dipped my oars into the silent lake,
5
Q
my boat
A
Went heaving through the water like a swan;
6
Q
a huge peak, black and huge,
A
As if with voluntary power instinct,
Upreared its head.
7
Q
I struck and struck again,
A
And growing still in stature the grim shape
8
Q
With trembling oars I turned,
A
And through the silent water stole my way
Back to the covert of the willow tree;
9
Q
o’er my thoughts
A
There hung a darkness
10
Q
No familiar shapes
Remained
A
no pleasant images of trees,
