IMPROVISATION#304
WORDSWORTH'S ERA
1770-1850

What a romantic mood
in a dream
of a country field
from a thought process
best forgetting the medieval tale
congealed by the snow
falling asleep with an ale
you find a blessed shield
taken up by revolutionary France
you have love's laughter
for a greater partner
after the dawn shadows
you search by the church
for rows of daffodils in the sun
deeply in the morning woods
composing ''The Prelude''
as the trees swing
on a shadow
in your neighborhood
of forest branches
with birds on a wing
feeling an earthly
anonymous personality
though you still wish to sing
by your open windows
as your restful years pass
to be cut loosed,
William Wordsworth
only revealed
into ''The Recluse.''