Poetic Openings : William Lisle Bowles to William Lisle Bowles

Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : In Age : First Line : And art thou he, now "fallen on evil days,"
Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : In Youth : First Line : Milton, our noblest poet, in the grace
Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : Iv. To The River Wenbeck : First Line : AS slowly wanders thy forsaken stream,
Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : Ix. O Poverty! Though From Thy Haggard Eye... : First Line : O POVERTY! though from thy haggard eye,
Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : Languid, And Sad, And Slow, From Day To Day : First Line : Languid, and sad, and slow, from day to day

Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : Netley Abbey : First Line : Fallen pile! I ask not what has been thy fate;
Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : O Poverty! Though From Thy Haggard Eye : First Line : O, Poverty! though from thy haggard eye,
Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : O Thou, Whose Stern Command And Precepts Pure : First Line : O thou, whose stern command and precepts pure
Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : On A Beautiful Landscape : First Line : Beautiful landscape! I could look on thee
Poet : William Lisle Bowles : Poem : On A Distant View Of England : First Line : Ah! from my eyes the tears unbidden start,