"The Solitary Reaper" is a lyric poem by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and one of his best-known works.

[1] The poem was inspired by his and his sister Dorothy's stay at the village of Strathyre in the parish of Balquhidder in Scotland in September 1803.

[1] The words of the reaper's song are incomprehensible to the speaker, so his attention is free to focus on the tone, expressive beauty and the blissful mood it creates in him.

[1] The poet orders or requests his listeners to behold a young maiden reaping and singing to herself.

Having no answer, he guesses it's about death or illness of a loved one, a war long ago, something mundane, or even some suffering.The poet wished for the song to not end as he listened to it standing there without motion and utmost tranquillity.