First Sonnet of William Wordsworth Published in The European Magazine in 1787

William Wordsworth made his debut in the field of writing by publishing a Sonnet in "The European Magazine" in the year 1787. William Wordsworth wrote this Sonnet when he was attending St John's College, Cambridge. He wrote this  Sonnet, on seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams.

Sonnet:-

She wept - Life's purple tide began to flow

In languid Dreams through every thrilling vein ;

Dim were my swimming eyes - my pulse beat flow,

And my full heart was  swell'd to dear delicious pain,

Life left my loaded heart, and closing eyes ;

A sigh recall'd the wanderer to my breast ;

Dear was the pause of life, and dear the sigh,

That call'd the wandered home, and home to rest.

That tear proclaims - in thee each virtue dwells,

And bright will shine in misery's midnight hour ;

As the soft star of dewy evening tells

What radiant fires were drown'd by day's malignant pow'r,

That only wait the darkness of the night 

To chear the wand'ring wretch with hospitable light.

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