Strange fits of passion have I known:
And I will dare to tell,
But in the lover's ear alone,
What once to me befell.
Source: Strange Fits of Passion.
-- William Wordsworth, (Apr 7 1770-1850), English poet; His Lyrical Ballads, 1798 are noted for their worship of nature and humanitarianism; poet laureate, 1843-50.