![]() ![]() ![]() They alight at a famous inn called the Hoop. They pass beneath the castle and across Magdalene Bridge, from which there is a vista of Cambridge town. The town and its university suddenly seem to draw the coach and its occupants. The poet speculates about the cause of his haste - whether he is pressed for time or for exercise. The coach passes a student who is hurrying on his way. However, his heart stirs and beats more quickly as he sees the chapel of King's College. ![]() As the wheels of the coach lumber over the desolate plain, the poet's mood matches that of the weather. Now he is about to be challenged by the stimulating sophistication of gifted young men who come from near and far and from all walks of life. In a broad sense, the simplicity of his youthful habitat and companions forced him inward upon his own imagination. His views have mostly formed he must decide now through what occupation he will express those views. These investigations are to be put aside while the poet explores some of the larger world about him. The more fundamental philosophical questions about life have been partially answered. From the introspection and sometimes moody tone of the first two books, we turn to somewhat more forthright events, which are described in a lighter vein. ![]()
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