She Dwelt Among th’ Untrodden Ways + 

She dwelt among th’ untrodden ways + 

Beside the springs of Dove, + 

A Maid whom there were none to praise, + 

And very few to love. + 

A Violet by a mossy stone + 

Half-hidden from the eye! + 

—Fair as a star, when only one + 

Is shining in the sky. + 

She lived unknown, and few could know + 

When Lucy ceased to be; + 

But she is in her Grave, and oh! + 

The difference to me. + 

A slumber did my spirit seal; + 

I had no human fears: + 

She seemed a thing that could not feel + 

The touch of earthly years. + 

No motion has she now, no force; + 

She neither hears nor sees, + 

Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course + 

With rocks and stones and trees! + 