Is it some party in a parlour,
Crammed just as they on earth were crammed—
Some sipping punch, some sipping tea,
But as you by their faces see
All silent, and all damned?


Peter Bell pt. 1, l. 541 in 1819 MS (subsequently deleted so as 'not to offend the pious')

William Wordsworth Quotes

Is it some party in a parlour, Crammed just as they on earth were crammed— Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But as you by their faces see All...

Is it some party in a parlour, Crammed just as they on earth were crammed— Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But as you by their faces see All...

Is it some party in a parlour, Crammed just as they on earth were crammed— Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But as you by their faces see All...

Is it some party in a parlour, Crammed just as they on earth were crammed— Some sipping punch, some sipping tea, But as you by their faces see All...