MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN ITALY, 1837
TO HENRY CRABB ROBINSON
MEMORIALS OF A TOUR IN ITALY, 1837
COMPANION! by whose buoyant Spirit cheered, In whose experience trusting, day by day Treasures I gained with zeal that neither feared The toils nor felt the crosses of the way, These records take, and happy should I be Were but the Gift a meet Return to thee For kindnesses that never ceased to flow, And prompt self-sacrifice to which I owe Far more than any heart but mine can know. W. WORDSWORTH. RYDAL MOUNT, Feb. 14th, 1842.