WM WORDSWORTH* classic romantic compromise heaven earth compromise nobility proletariat compromise dream reality compromise concise diffuse compromise freedom bondage compromise god nature compromise                               (1970-71) _________________________ * In contrast to his unfavourable reaction to ‘Ezra Pound’, Alan Tucker said of this poem: ‘now THAT'S Wordsworth in the Lake District.’ (email dated 3.vii.2002). - BH/03