rdsworth’s (1770–1850) poem “The Solitary Reaper” (1807). In these lines, the poet compares the Highland girl’s song to the song of the nightingale. Nightingale is one of nature’s sweetest and most famous birds.

The poet says that the nightingale sings to comfort tired travellers resting in the hot Arabian desert. But the bird has never sung such a sweet and welcome tune. The nightingale’s song is known for giving peace. It gives joy to people who are tired of traveling. It sings in some shady haunt, a cool and quiet place among the Arabian sands. It offers rest from the burning heat.

But the poet feels that the Highland girl’s song is even softer and beautiful. Her simple human voice brings the same comfort and calmness, not to a group of travellers, but to the poet himself. Her song refreshes his spirit just as the nightingale’s melody refreshes the desert travellers. The phrase “More welcome notes” shows how the poet’s heart gladly receives her music. The song enters his soul like a breath of peace. 

Through this comparison, Wordsworth shows that the beauty of human emotion can be stronger than the beauty of nature.