“Three Years She
Grew” – William Wordsworth
“Three years
She Grew” is one of the poems from a series called usually called “Lucy Poems” It
was published in 1789 by the English poet William Wordsworth. It was first
published in Lyrical Ballads (collaborative anthology by William Wordsworth and
S.T.Coleridge).
William Wordsworth
(1770 –1850) was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, helped to take-off the Romantic Age in English literature at a great
height.
Three years she grew in
sun and shower,
Then Nature said,
"A lovelier flower
On earth was never
sown;
This Child I to myself
will take;
She shall be mine, and
I will make
A Lady of my own.
"Myself will to my
darling be
Both law and impulse:
and with me
The Girl, in rock and
plain,
In earth and heaven, in
glade and bower,
Shall feel an
overseeing power
To kindle or restrain.
"She shall be
sportive as the fawn
That wild with glee
across the lawn
Or up the mountain
springs;
And hers shall be the
breathing balm,
And hers the silence
and the calm
Of mute insensate
things.
"The floating
clouds their state shall lend
To her; for her the
willow bend;
Nor shall she fail to
see
Even in the motions of
the Storm
Grace that shall mould
the Maiden's form
By silent sympathy.
"The stars of
midnight shall be dear
To her; and she shall
lean her ear
In many a secret place
Where rivulets dance
their wayward round,
And beauty born of
murmuring sound
Shall pass into her
face.
"And vital
feelings of delight
Shall rear her form to
stately height,
Her virgin bosom swell;
Such thoughts to Lucy I
will give
While she and I
together live
Here in this happy
dell."
Thus Nature spake—The
work was done—
How soon my Lucy's race
was run!
She died, and left to
me
This heath, this calm
and quiet scene;
The memory of what has
been,
And never more will be.
In this poem
we find Nature telling us about Lucy. Nature notices “Lucy” as the most
beautiful thing on the earth. Nature promises to make Lucy a part of nature
itself.
She will become
a part of rocks, earth, clouds etc. She will enjoy the company of nature and
also they can be in constant touch.
In the last
stanza, as per nature she is successful in fulfilling her promise. Now, Lucy
has grown into a mature woman. When Lucy dies, she leaves the poet with a calm
atmosphere along with her memory.
Here we see
that nature is personified; nature is given human quality of feeling something
and also talking. This poem can be seen as an elegy written for a beautiful
woman whom Wordsworth admired. He chooses nature to reveal his feelings.
We see
nature plays an important role. Everything that dies becomes the soul of
nature. Thus, by communicating with nature along with the memory of your loved
ones, gives you a kind of peace.
Reference:-
- · https://www.poetryfoundation.org/
- · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth
- · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_years_she_grew_in_sun_and_shower
- · Google Images
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