It could be either the hous shook or shakes because of past and present tense
I believe that the thoughts or feelings the first two stanzas of Wordworth's The Solitary Reaper convey <span><u>the speaker's admiration for and gratitude to the reaper.</u>
</span>He constantly repeats that she is doing all these things on her own, and that her song is welcome.
I think this would be to illustrate their massive discontent with things the way they are and to force the introduction of measures that severely quell existing liberties. There is no suggestion as to what is being discussed but it could be like the rise of the Nazis in Germany in WWII or of Mussolini in Italy perhaps.
