Abstract: After a strong disease from following the French revolution and Godwins social ideas, William Wordsworth went back home and heard the sad music of humanity from the ordinary peoples life and found his poetic themes. He described a series of the miserable life of the mean people, of which “The Old Cumberland Beggar” is the most Wordsworthian. The helpless old beggar has an unusual power. He not only called up peoples sympathy, promoted the spread of concern and love, raised the virtue of the benefactor, kept the traditional custom, but also gave the poet a romantic insight of the divine relationship between man and nature.

Key words: Wordsworth, beggar, helpless, power, romantic insight

摘要： 从追随法国大革命和葛德汶的社会理念中大病一场之后，英国浪漫主义诗人华兹华斯回到家乡，从平凡百姓生活中倾听到人间悲曲，从而找到诗歌的主题，描写一系列卑微人群的苦难生活，其中《坎伯兰的老乞丐》最具有华兹华斯风格。无助的老乞丐具有非凡的影响力，他不但能唤起人们的怜悯之心，促进爱心的传播，让施善者提升德行，让传统习俗得以保存，让诗人获得人与自然的神圣融合的浪漫主义洞见。

关键词: 华兹华斯, 乞丐, 无助, 影响力, 浪漫主义洞见