Memorials Of A Tour In Italy, 1837 - To Henry Crabb Robinson
By William Wordsworth
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.