He later wrote of his loneliness at school in the poem Frost at Midnight: "With unclosed lids, already had I dreamt/Of my sweet birthplace."
A scris despre singurătatea din timpul școlii în poezia „Frost at Midnight” („Îngheț la miezul nopții”): „With unclosed lids, already had I dreamt/Of my sweet birthplace” („Cu pleoape neînchise, deja visasem/Despre dulcele loc al nașterii mele”).