Visionary poem · 1729

The Wanderer

A Vision, in Five Cantos

by Richard Savage

A visionary meditation in heroic couplets, in which a wanderer in retirement weighs the still life against the active and finds that misfortune can refine the mind.

Contents · 5 parts

• Canto Iabout 410 lines
• Canto IIabout 420 lines
• Canto IIIabout 330 lines
• Canto IVabout 250 lines
• Canto Vabout 790 lines

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