O Friend! [Written in London, September, 1802]

O Friend! [Written in London, September, 1802]

13. WRITTEN IN LONDON,
September, 1802.

O Friend! I know not which way I must look
For comfort, being, as I am, opprest,
To think that now our Life is only drest
For shew; mean handywork of craftsman, cook,
Or groom! We must run glittering like a Brook
In the open sunshine, or we are unblest:
The wealthiest man among us is the best:
No grandeur now in nature or in book
Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expence,
This is idolatry; and these we adore:
Plain living and high thinking are no more:
The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence,
And pure religion breathing household laws.

Content of O Friend! [Written in London, September, 1802] [William Wordsworth's poems: Part The Second - Sonnets Dedicated To Liberty]

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