Project Gutenberg 2006-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 81 Bowles, William Lisle 1762 1850 Gilfillan, George 1813 1878 The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan Reading ease score: 68.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. richyfourtytwo, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1" by William Lisle Bowles is a collection of poetry written in the early 19th century. The volume features a variety of sonnets and miscellaneous poems that reflect on themes of nature, loss, memory, and the passage of time. Bowles’s work draws upon his personal experiences, emotions, and the picturesque landscapes he encountered, suggesting a deep interplay between his reflections and the natural world. At the start of the collection, the author introduces his poetic journey, emphasizing that his sonnets arise from personal feelings and reflections prompted during various excursions meant to alleviate his melancholy. He discusses the real-life influences behind his verses, frequently inspired by the landscapes he visited, from the cliffs and rivers to the quiet of rural settings. Many poems express a profound sense of longing and nostalgia, capturing moments of beauty intertwined with sorrow, as Bowles muses on past relationships and the inevitable passage of time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 1016151 1016023 2024-10-08T10:29:30.329445 2023-09-08T11:36:25.786055 text/html text/html 1046436 2021-10-17T02:37:10 text/html 399351 2024-10-08T10:30:51.802538 application/epub+zip 407977 2024-10-08T10:30:01.017778 application/epub+zip 364271 2024-10-08T10:29:46.061557 application/epub+zip 959811 2024-10-08T10:31:05.032458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1188533 2024-10-08T10:30:25.647671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 960837 2022-09-09T06:35:22.315106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 625099 625040 2024-10-08T10:29:23.817499 2023-09-08T11:36:19.317118 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 624933 2021-10-17T02:38:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19735 2024-10-08T10:31:05.263433 application/rdf+xml 23207 2024-10-08T10:29:46.870325 image/jpeg 4789 2024-10-08T10:29:46.469318 image/jpeg 235653 2021-10-17T02:39:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 273753 2021-10-17T02:39:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 366458 2024-10-08T10:29:30.402444 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia