Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1805
Department
English
Abstract
Poem written by William Wordsworth as a private lament on the death of his brother, left unpublished in manuscript. Captain John Wordsworth died when his ship, the Earl of Abergavenny, sank off the coast of England during a storm in February, 1805.
Annotated by Richard Matlak.
Recommended Citation
Wordsworth, William and Matlak, Richard, ""I only look'd for pain and grief"" (1805). Texts relating to the Earl of Abergavenny (ship). 6.
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/aber_doc/6
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Comments
This is the editor‘s pre-print version of the work. This publication appears in The College of the Holy Cross’ institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Original published version is available in Poems, in Two Volumes (1807) by William Wordsworth. Ed. Richard Matlak. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2016.