{"id":187,"date":"2017-02-18T15:29:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T15:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/?p=187"},"modified":"2017-02-18T15:30:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T15:30:31","slug":"vii-stepping-westward-poem-by-william-wordsworth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/vii-stepping-westward-poem-by-william-wordsworth\/","title":{"rendered":"VII. Stepping Westward &#8211; Poem by William Wordsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 49 - 100 days of poetry<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stepping Westward - Poem by William Wordsworth by Rob Goll\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F308368706&show_artwork=true&maxheight=788&maxwidth=525\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nPoem VII from 'Memorials of a Tour in Scotland, 1803'<\/p>\n<p>\"What, you are stepping westward?\"\u2014\"Yea.\"<br \/>\n\u2014'Twould be a 'wildish' destiny,<br \/>\nIf we, who thus together roam<br \/>\nIn a strange Land, and far from home,<br \/>\nWere in this place the guests of Chance:<br \/>\nYet who would stop, or fear to advance,<br \/>\nThough home or shelter he had none,<br \/>\nWith such a sky to lead him on?<\/p>\n<p>The dewy ground was dark and cold;<br \/>\nBehind, all gloomy to behold;<br \/>\nAnd stepping westward seemed to be<br \/>\nA kind of 'heavenly' destiny:<br \/>\nI liked the greeting; 'twas a sound<br \/>\nOf something without place or bound;<br \/>\nAnd seemed to give me spiritual right<br \/>\nTo travel through that region bright.<\/p>\n<p>The voice was soft, and she who spake<br \/>\nWas walking by her native lake:<br \/>\nThe salutation had to me<br \/>\nThe very sound of courtesy:<br \/>\nIts power was felt; and while mye eye<br \/>\nWas fixed upon the glowing Sky,<br \/>\nThe echo of the voice enwrought<br \/>\nA human sweetness with the thought<br \/>\nOf travelling through the world that lay<br \/>\nBefore me in my endless way.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robgoll.com%2Fcontent%2Faudio-recordings%2Fvii-stepping-westward-poem-by-william-wordsworth%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/vii-stepping-westward-poem-by-william-wordsworth\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/vii-stepping-westward-poem-by-william-wordsworth\/\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/vii-stepping-westward-poem-by-william-wordsworth\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 49 &#8211; 100 days of poetry Poem VII from &#8216;Memorials of a Tour in Scotland, 1803&#8217; &#8220;What, you are stepping westward?&#8221;\u2014&#8221;Yea.&#8221; \u2014&#8217;Twould be a &#8216;wildish&#8217; destiny, If we, who thus together roam In a strange Land, and far from home, Were in this place the guests of Chance: Yet who would stop, or fear &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/vii-stepping-westward-poem-by-william-wordsworth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;VII. 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