...untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise, And very few to love. A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one the springs |_of Dove. "whom there were ii ~[ none to praise,[ _ and very few...

...nntrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid, whom there were none to praise, And very fetv to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived nnknown, — and few conld know When Lncy ceased...

...untrodden ways, Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise, And very few to love. A violet by a mossy stone, Half hidden from the eye, Fair as the star when only one Is shining in the sky. Wordsworth. Ah ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple...

...ways Beside the springs of Dove, A maid whom there were none to praise, And very few to love. Lucy. A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. ibid. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy...

...says: Such a starved bank of moss, 'Till that May morn, Blue ran the flash across; Vioiets were born. A violet by a mossy stone, Half hidden from the eye; Fair as a star, when only one is shining in the sky. And Barry Cornwall declares that the violet Stands first...

...untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased...

...the unmoving stone, and then her flickering visibility picked out in the image of the solitary star: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky! (£Y.237/PW7.2:30) By virtue of the speaker's love, she...

...She dwelt among th' untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise A Violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the Eye! — Fair, as a star when only one Is shining in the sky! She Uv'd unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceas'd to...

...singular, not by her own deeds or any naturalistic particularities but by the poet's sense of loss: A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! —Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased...

...further. Two metaphors attempt to evoke substance and specificity for the life of this unknown "She": A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. (lines 5-8) Scarcely noticeable and fleeting natural events...